user30611: Here is screenshot of my projects.


Pre-comp 1 is made with inerted shapes
phoneFooting_New.mp4 is a 8 seconds video
Red Solid 1 Comp1 is a composition made with :


A 36 seconds video called iphoneNavigation.mov and
Red Solid 1



iphoneNavigation.mov starts playing at 0s. I want it, to start playing at 24s instead. Please how can I perfom that ?

user1950: You can drag the footage to the left, until the point you want is aligned with the start, or you can type in an exact number in the In column in the timeline window. By default this column is not shown, to show it right-click in the column headings, where it says Source name … Parent & Link and select In from the list.

You can click the number and enter -24. in the text field. **Pro tip:**you don't have to type the zeroes, AE will add them for you if you type ., this works for hours and minutes too, so if you wanted 1:02:00 you could just type 1.2..

This brings me to the third way to do it. In the current time box, type -24. to set the current time to -24, then hit [ to set the layer's in point to the current time (the comp window will be grey because you're outside the composition). Hit home to go back to the start of the comp.


30611: <p>Here is screenshot of my projects.
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/COH2Q.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/COH2Q.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pre-comp 1</strong> is made with inerted shapes</li>
<li><strong>phoneFooting_New.mp4</strong> is a <strong>8 second</strong>s video</li>
<li><strong>Red Solid 1 Comp1</strong> is a composition made with :
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ElXXN.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ElXXN.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
<ul>
<li>A <strong>36 seconds</strong> video called <strong>iphoneNavigation.mo</strong>v and</li>
<li><strong>Red Solid 1</strong></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>iphoneNavigation.mov</strong> starts playing at <em>0s</em>. I want it, to start playing at <em>24s</em> instead. Please how can I perfom that ?</p>
 1950: <p>You can drag the footage to the left, until the point you want is aligned with the start, or you can type in an exact number in the <strong>In</strong> column in the timeline window. By default this column is not shown, to show it right-click in the column headings, where it says <strong>Source name … Parent &amp; Link</strong> and select <strong>In</strong> from the list.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBGjK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBGjK.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>You can click the number and enter <code>-24.</code> in the text field. **Pro tip:**you don't have to type the zeroes, AE will add them for you if you type <code>.</code>, this works for hours and minutes too, so if you wanted 1:02:00 you could just type <code>1.2..</code></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TO9KS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TO9KS.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>This brings me to the third way to do it. In the current time box, type <code>-24.</code> to set the current time to -24, then hit <kbd>[</kbd> to set the layer's in point to the current time (the comp window will be grey because you're outside the composition). Hit <kbd>home</kbd> to go back to the start of the comp.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jCr8O.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jCr8O.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
