I was wondering if there was a way to "time-stretch" an entire project? I have put an animation together in Adobe After Effects and like the way it looks, however, it needs to be longer. Do I have to time-stretch each layer starting from the beginning or can I time-stretch the entire project?
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Time-Stretching
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You can time-stretch Compositions. If your project has just a single Comp with several layers, select all the layers then choose Pre-Compose from the layers menu. This puts all the layers into a new Comp and nests it inside your original Comp. You can then Time-Stretch it to taste. If you've got several Comps already, make a new top-level Comp to contain them and either stretch them individually, or again, select them all and Pre-Comp.
I would not use time stretch. Use time remap instead. Precompose your footage as ellipsis suggested. Open your Precomp and then "enable time remapping". You can lengthen the comp for as long as you need to and keyframe your timeline. You have much more control using time remap than you do using time stretch.
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