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jt69372757
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April 13, 2026
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Adobe Express Scenes Converted to Pages, Animation, Timeline Missing

  • April 13, 2026
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Hello,

I am in the middle of creating a presentation with audio and video in Adobe Express. I already time many objects to appear, disappear, pan, etc. Suddenly, some objects don’t appear properly and I refreshed the browser.

Once the browser refreshed, it states a system change takes effect and my file has been updated and I need to check the update. Upon checking my file, I lost almost all of my changes. Scenes got converted to pages, which I don’t want because I want to flow from one scene to another. I no longer see the timeline either. All of my animation and timing to appear, disappear are gone.

 

How can I get the timeline back and how to convert the pages back to scenes? 
I would appreciate any guidance you have.

Thank you.
Regards,
Judith

    Correct answer jt69372757

    In case useful for anyone, somehow the file got switched to presentation file. That’s why the timeline disappeared. After converting back to Express file, the timeline reappeared.

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    jt69372757
    jt69372757AuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    April 13, 2026

    In case useful for anyone, somehow the file got switched to presentation file. That’s why the timeline disappeared. After converting back to Express file, the timeline reappeared.

    audreyb19975882
    Participant
    April 14, 2026

    Thank you Thank you! This same thing happened to me and you saved me. 

    jt69372757
    Participant
    April 13, 2026

    Hello Community, 

    This screenshot was the message I got when I lost all my work. Any idea what to do?

     

    jt69372757
    Participant
    April 13, 2026

    Hello,

    I am experiencing the same problem as described in this post:

    Anyone knows the solution to this issue? Is this a known issue?

    Thank you.

    Regards,

    Judith

    Julakanti Sai
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    April 14, 2026

    We can check the Play Audio/Video cards in the Animation panel and rearrange them to control playback timing (by adding delays) or trigger them using Play on Click cards.
    https://helpx.adobe.com/express/web/documents-and-presentations/control-animation-playback-with-click-order.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com