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AndrewTheGreat
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January 21, 2026

Premiere Pro > AE time stretch inconsistency

  • January 21, 2026
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I'm not sure if it's by design or a bug, but since it brings certain problems during Pr>Ae>Pr workflow I'd consider it a bug. 

The bug: an inconsistency between time stretching in Premiere Pro and After Effects when using Dynamic link workflow.

What happens: when you stretch a clip via the Rate stretch tool or using the Speed\Duration context menu and then send it to After Effects, there the stretching becomes completely different.

Steps to reproduce

- Place a clip in the timeline. Define a reference timestamp and put a marker on the clip there. Mine is at 00:00:54:21 where there's a scene change in the video, so I can easily identify if anything is wrong. Choose an easyly identifiable part of the video, like a part of a scene change. Also put a marker on the timeline in this part to see how far the markers are from each other when you stretch the clip.

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- Slow down the video with a Ctrl+R command, say, up to 15%

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Now the markers are at a long distance from each other. Note that the clip marker is at the 00:06:03:33.

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- Now send this very clip to AE via Dynamic link (Replace with After Effects comp). See the timestamp there - it's 0:00:54:20 and where the playhead stands in the screenshot below is the part where the marker should be - at 0:05:29:17. It is the exact part where the change of scenes happens, and even so as you can read above in Premiere Pro it happens at 00:06:03:33. 

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So AE does not only save the marker position on a stretched footage, it also messes up the timestamp.

This is why one cannot thouroughly sync clips that have been stretched or sped up and sent to AE from Pr. 

Of cource there's nesting but  it cannot be used in certain scenarios. Also, both AE comp and Pr sequense have a similar framerate which corresponds to the framerate of the footage.

 

2 replies

AndrewTheGreat
Known Participant
January 22, 2026

Hi, @Dani_V. 

Just usual files with no VFR. Mp4 and mov in h264, h265. 25,29,97,30, 50 fps. Different projects, different files. The example above I tested it with had h254, 50 fps, CFR. Premiere Pro file goes to AE via Replace with AE comp, as I mentioned, so they all have the same settings. Still I doublechecked it, they were identical - same framerate, same size. 

In AE the frames are all in other parts of the clip, I also noted that and showed screenshots. You can easily reproduce it.

Stop trying to edit and EDIT!
Community Manager
January 22, 2026

Hi @AndrewTheGreat

Thank you for reporting a problem and sorry you've been experiencing issues. We need a few more details to help like Premiere/After Effects version you are on and hardware/system information

What kind of files you are working with (source, fps, etc) and do they have a variable frame rate? You mentioned the Pr sequence, AE comp, and footage have a similar frame rate—are they all matching exactly? 

Once the video is replaced with an After Effects composition in Premiere, are the frames shifting when viewing the comp within Premiere, or are they in the same place as before it was sent to After Effects? 

Sorry for the frustration, 
Dani