Is there a way to insert or remove time?

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April 1, 2026
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I'd like to extend my composition by basically shifting everything after a point by a defined duration... is there a way to do this? Similarly, I imagine there could be cases where I'd want to 'cut out' a range of time.

ShiveringCactus

Community Expert

When I’ve had to do this in the past, I’ve either!

added the comp to another and time remapped using hold keyframes to add a gap
set markers on the comp for the gap, then used U to highlight all the keyframes on all the layers, dragged a box to select them all at once and then moved them as a group to the second marker.

The first way gets the job done, but if you are concerned about future changes, then the second way is still pretty quick.

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Community Manager

Hi,

Thanks for the question. Have you tried splitting layers, selecting everything forward of that, and dragging all the layers forward? Then you can drag the trailing layers forward to meet them. Let me know if that works for you.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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DoYouLikeHamAuthor

Inspiring

yes, I started going down that path, but the realized this would become a maintainence nightmare resulting in 2x the number of layers to manage --> when I need to change something about a layer, I would need to change that on its duplicate as well for the lifecycle of the project.

K

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hey there,

I believe there are scripts for extending or deleting in the middle of layers. I hope the community can offer better suggestions for you. Sorry for the frustration.

Thanks,
Kevin

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