After Effects - The timeline problem.

[Fukushuu]

I timed some text with another program and I wanted to use the times from that in after effects to save me time BUT in the timeline you can only do for example 1.29 sec and then instead of 1.30 sec you have 2 secs. Where's 1.30? 1.31? etc etc etc

There is half a sec missing which makes it hard to time it when I have a time like 14.84. How would I do 14.84 in after effects?

Confused :/.

[SLK001]

The "fractional" part is FRAMES. Since there are 29.97 frames per second, then the next count after 1.29 is 2.00.

[Fukushuu]

How would i start some text at the time 14.86 then?

[SLK001]

Use:

30fps x .86s = 25.8 frame.

Round to the nearest frame, so use 26.

[Cornucopia]

When dealing with video in after effects, think more like Timecode and less like Feet/Frames.

What is the time 1 second after ( hr:mnec) 11:59:59? 12:00:00 !

It's Zerobase-incrementing (computer style), not Onebase-incrementing (like most humans count). There are actual terms for this, I just can't recall at the moment.

So 1 sec, 29 frames + 1 = 2 seconds.
Not 1 sec, 30 frames. It actually is the same thing, but you just don't count it or say it that way.

When you say 14.86--do you mean [14.86 sec] or [14 sec + 86 frames] or [14.86 min] ... or what?
That's one good reason for using true timecode numbering--

HR:MN:SEC:FRAME with ":" used before the frame section for non-dropframe NTSC, and ";" used before the frame section for dropframe NTSC.

Assuming you meant 14.86 sec, then SLK001's estimation is correct.

Scott