Time rules (Displaying time seconds instead of frames)

[Emrecan51403863]

i want to display seconds in my timeline window but i am getting still frames.Before i wrote here also i googled to fix this problem and followed the steps below :

• Ctrl-click (Windows) the current-time display. The current-time display is in the upper-left corner of the Timeline panel and at the bottom of the Layer, Composition, and Footage panels is not worked.
• File>Project settings>time display settings>timecode not worked

then i closed after effects and clicked shift+ctrl+alt to reset preference settings of after effects and opened a new project and new composition then i achived to showing seconds later on i bring that problem composition to the new new project but i still getting frames instead of frames in timeline.

Probably i click wrong key while i worked on my project.How can i fix this issue and recover that setting?

Thanks for your kind helping attempt.

[Roei Tzoref]

what version exactly of Ae do you have?

so you press Ctrl and on this:

and it does not change to this?

so you say this is project related? if you create a new project, does it work? if this is project related could you upload the project so we can take a look?

[Emrecan51403863]

i am using after effects cc 2015 version.and yes when i reset the preference and open a new project i can see the timeline as a seconds like 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s...

but if i open that projects then i am still getting frames in timeline window like 1f 2f 3f and if i ctrl+click i am getting 0001 0002 0003 on my timeline window

[Mohammad.Harb]

It seems you clicked alt + mouse scroll ( Zoom in/out as the slider does in the image below )

[Emrecan51403863]

zoom in zoom out not worked Mohammad

[Mohammad.Harb]

[Roei Tzoref]

Good call Mohhamad! Guess Op is zoomed up all the way in the timeline that he sees the actual frames in the upper bar and that caused the confusion.. Hear that Op? Take a step back drag to the small mountains or minus key.

[Mohammad.Harb]

Go to composition -> composition settings

and see the start time code if it is set to zero or not,

[Emrecan51403863]

not worked.thank for your help .i am going to delete everything and reinstall probably.thank you for your help

[Roei Tzoref]

I really  don't think you need to re-install . You are probably working in a very short sequence or your frame rate is very low. Please provide Screenshots, and if you can- video capture or send us the project file.

[sharono6081637]

did you have to reinstall?

[Emrecan51403863]

Yes i did.but you don't have to..

There are 2 ways that you could not see timecode in timeline area

mine is my composition was not  long to seen as timecode.

For example: set duration 0:10:00:00 instead of 0:00:10:00 from "compositon settings".

it's a common mistake that people do.like me

[sharono6081637]

That wasn't the problem. I reinstalled and it still was messed up.

Turned out that my system needed to be upgraded from Mavericks 10.9.6 to El

Capitan 10.11.6 for After Effects to work properly.

I had to stop at 10.11.6 (instead of easily upgrading to Sierra) because

our publishing system isn't compatible with Sierra yet.

Thanks for the reply!

Sharon

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Emrecan51403863 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[AkrionTheLich]

Just wanna say thanks, this solved an issue I had with my comp, AE crashed on me and I copy pasted my ending time code in and wound up making a 10 frame comp instead of a 10 second comp. Cheers!

[cristianem95048277]

Hi all

I just started having a similar problem after the latest April 2017 update. I know about zooming in and out in the timeline and it always worked, but now I just do not see the seconds anymore, they are all in frames.

The screen below shows this, and I still have the time on the left corner in big blue text, but I do want the seconds back where it was before.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

[Roei Tzoref]

now I just do not see the seconds anymore, they are all in frames.

it appears you are correct. It happens on 30fps and 29.97 fps where you don't see regular seconds timeline bar but seconds and frames that are not whole number. here's a comparison

this is at 30fps

this is at 25fps comparison - here it's for the better actually as the units have changed a bit and you get more in between.

unless anybody here has a decent explanation for this, it's either a bug or a feature. more investigation is needed. please report it here and link to this thread/post. Feature Request/Bug Report Form

[mkarpeev]

It definitely looks like a "feature" no one has asked.

[Roei Tzoref]

mkarpeev@delta.org  wrote

It definitely looks like a "feature" no one has asked.

I definitely agree! vote to cancel this "feature" (or alternatively report this bug to be fixed)

[mkarpeev]

I wrote a Request/Bug report.

[Roei Tzoref]

Well done, thank you. and now we wait...

[ODvisuals]

I was just in chat for a long time with tech support and they couldn't answer this either! It's obviously a terrible bug or feature (you never know these days with the crap they release) that needs to be fixed.

[rob4rg568]

Has anyone found a resolution to this yet?

[Roei Tzoref]

it's a bug. no solution until they fix it. ask for a fix here: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

[mkarpeev]

Hi guys!

I call their support center. They ask to get an access to the computer through the software they provide. And they fix it renaming and deleting some folders.

Contact Customer Care

The problem occurs after each update.

[erinw76355268]

Hi! I'm having this same problem. Did anyone find a solution?