<p>You can choose which frame of footage is shown by enabling <strong>Time Remapping</strong> for the layer. Find it in the layer menu, or by right-clicking a layer in the timeline, or by using <kbd>ctrl / ⌘</kbd><kbd>alt / ⌥</kbd><kbd>t</kbd></p>

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<p>Turn it on for a layer and the displayed time is set by the value of the <strong>Time Remap</strong> property, which can be keyframed or controlled with expressions. Once you've applied it hit <kbd>u</kbd> to show it.</p>

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<p>The value of the property is in in seconds, so you'll have to convert it to frames. You'll have to check what fps value the footage is interpreted as having.</p>

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<p>so I'm completely new to After Effects (normally work with premiere or stop motion animation) so if I've not given enough/or the right information, just let me know what you need to know.</p>

<p>I have a four frame animation, and want to use keyframes generated by audio to choose which frame to show of the animation (it's for a music video and each frame is a different position while playing an instrument). I was hoping to assign a frame to different value ranges generated by the audio, I've managed to animate other things with audio keyframes and linear expressions. The issue I seem to be having is that keyframes seem to only exist for effects, so I can't figure out how to assign each frame of the animation a value that I can then use in relation to the generated keyframes.</p>

<p>I'm sorry if that doesn't make any sense, but any help would be hugely appreciated!</p>

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Stop motion animation and audio keyframes in AE
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# Stop motion animation and audio keyframes in AE

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-07)

so I'm completely new to After Effects (normally work with premiere or stop motion animation) so if I've not given enough/or the right information, just let me know what you need to know.

I have a four frame animation, and want to use keyframes generated by audio to choose which frame to show of the animation (it's for a music video and each frame is a different position while playing an instrument). I was hoping to assign a frame to different value ranges generated by the audio, I've managed to animate other things with audio keyframes and linear expressions. The issue I seem to be having is that keyframes seem to only exist for effects, so I can't figure out how to assign each frame of the animation a value that I can then use in relation to the generated keyframes.

I'm sorry if that doesn't make any sense, but any help would be hugely appreciated!

**Tags:** after-effects, audio, animation, keyframes, stop-motion


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-09. Score: 1

You can choose which frame of footage is shown by enabling **Time Remapping** for the layer. Find it in the layer menu, or by right-clicking a layer in the timeline, or by using `ctrl / ⌘``alt / ⌥``t`

[![layer menu](https://i.sstatic.net/ijPy6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ijPy6.png)

Turn it on for a layer and the displayed time is set by the value of the **Time Remap** property, which can be keyframed or controlled with expressions. Once you've applied it hit `u` to show it.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/I4u8V.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/I4u8V.png)

The value of the property is in in seconds, so you'll have to convert it to frames. You'll have to check what fps value the footage is interpreted as having.


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