Control the duration/length of the file when you add it to the composition

Hello

This was bugs me for a while and feel that there is probably an easy fix for this.

When I drag and drop a file (image, video, etc.) in the project to the composition/timeline panel, AE automatically decides that the length of the file is that of the whole of the compositions. Much of the time I want this file to be only say 10 seconds long while the whole composition may be 60 years for a long time. I know that you can drag and drop the file into the current-time indicator, it will still be long in the 1960s in this case however. So I have to 'manually' cropping the length of the layer.

Is there a shortcut keyboard or something you can do with markers to decide the length of the file/layer before/while drop you in the composition?

I use CS6.

Thank you!

You can set the time always in import options in the preferences.

Mylenium

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