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  • changing the import – still footage – base 30 to 25

    Posted by Nelson Fernandes on October 24, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Hi guys. I was wondering. In the preferences, when you import still images, they’re all imported with a duration based on 30fps. I’m in the UK and here the base is 25fps. Is there a way to change the “base 30” to 25?
    Thanks.

    James Cundill replied 6 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Giriraj Bakale

    October 24, 2008 at 11:00 am

    hi nelson

    if u import any footage by default after effects takes them as 30fps
    so if u want to change 30fps to 25, you should select the footage in project window right click on that footage you will get Interpret Footage
    in that click on Main, a window is opened than in Assume this frame rate
    change 30 to 25fps

    Giriraj Bakale
    India

  • Roland R. kahlenberg

    October 24, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Select Edit>Preferences and then choose Import. In the dialog window, look for Sequence Footage, change the number from 30 (AE’s default) to 25.

    Cheers
    RoRK

    broadcastGEMs.com – the leader in customizable royalty-free animated backdrops

  • G melissa Graziano-humphrey

    June 2, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    This does not work for still images, such as .PSDs or .JPGs, since they inherently don’t have a timecode. How do you change the base timecode for still images?

  • G melissa Graziano-humphrey

    June 2, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    I apologize, I also forgot to mention: when I go to “interpret footage” for any still image, the top half of the dialog box (Alpha and Frame Rate) are greyed out, therefore not allowing me to conform the frame rate to something else. How do I get this to let me change it?

    Thanks!

  • James Cundill

    January 24, 2020 at 2:03 pm

    I know this is an old post but I ran into this and didn’t see the correct answer anywhere.

    You can change the default base in Project Settings (not preferences) under the Time Display Style tab.

    Set it to 25 in there and it fixes the issue.

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