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jarredh27814680
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February 19, 2020
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Timecode and playback issues with After Effects

  • February 19, 2020
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Yes hi I'm creating a new project in After Effects on my iMac and the timeline is showing the seconds as 5-digit numbers like 00002, 00004, 00006, etc as opposed to 01s, 02s, 03s, etc. Also, when I preview, it plays SUPER fast. The whole animation is only 30 seconds.

 

I've attached 2 screenshots. The one labeled "right" is how I want the timecode to look, the other one is how it looks now. 

 

Can anyone help me? Adobe support has already tried to help me twice.

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Rick Gerard
Adobe Expert
February 19, 2020

Your comp timeline is set to frames, not timecode. It looks like your comp is only 28 or 29 frames long.

Check the comp settings and Ctrl/Cmnd + click on the timeline time display to switch between frames and timecode. You can also use the Project Settings panel.

 

Cropped screenshots are usually not very useful and posting to the forum is very easy. Please do that in the future. It looks like you also need to spend some time with the User Guide learning the basics: Learn AE

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jarredh27814680Author
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February 19, 2020

Hi Rick I've done that and all that does it switch from frames to seconds, or vise versa, seconds being the 5-digit numbers I'm referring to which I dont want, and I also dont want frames. I just want normal seconds counting by 1's or 2's.

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jarredh27814680Author
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February 19, 2020

The comp has to be longer than a few frames and you need to expand the timeline to see seconds.  Your problem comp is less than one second if the frame rate is 30 fps. What are the composition settings?

 

This is not a bug, this is just not having the comp and the UI set up properly.  


 

These are my current settings. I'm trying to make a 15 second video for Instagram. 

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