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title: "Time Locks"
slug: "time-locking"
updated: 2024-06-12T08:17:17Z
canonical: "support.dise.com/time-locking"
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# Time Locks

Content is time locked to the end of a scene by default. Objects can be unlocked in order to create templates with dynamic content lengths and set content to start or end relative to other objects.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/image-1695818093996.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T17%3A19%3A49Z&se=2026-11-12T18%3A19%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=tEzEWwoxKfOjVAsha%2BUFf6tcwizlttU%2FMW%2BlfKBG%2FnM%3D)

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## Timeline

Time locked objects are shown in the timeline with a dotted line at the end of the object time bar:![image-1695818200242](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/image-1695818200242.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T17%3A19%3A49Z&se=2026-11-12T18%3A19%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=tEzEWwoxKfOjVAsha%2BUFf6tcwizlttU%2FMW%2BlfKBG%2FnM%3D)🔎︎

A time locked object will automatically change on the timeline if the times of a linked object is changed.

The duration of a time locked object can't be changed manually.

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## Set Time Locks

Time locks can be added within 'Object Properties':![image-1695818340562](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/image-1695818340562.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T17%3A19%3A49Z&se=2026-11-12T18%3A19%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=tEzEWwoxKfOjVAsha%2BUFf6tcwizlttU%2FMW%2BlfKBG%2FnM%3D)🔎︎

Lock an object's start/stop time to:

- Start of scene.
- Stop of scene.
- Start of another object.
- Stop of another object.
- Offset the start/stop time by a specified amount
  - Absolute offset - Specify a fixed time
  - Relative - Specify a percentage of the object's duration.

Ensure an object's start time isn't locked to a time after its own end.Ensure objects aren't locked to each other in an endless loop.

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## Unlocking

Remove all **time locks** on an object:

- Select an object.
- Click Lock -> Time -> Unlock time of selected objects:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b18b81f9-f0ab-453e-8933-1b71091f98f7/Images/Documentation/image-1695819081046.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T17%3A19%3A49Z&se=2026-11-12T18%3A19%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=tEzEWwoxKfOjVAsha%2BUFf6tcwizlttU%2FMW%2BlfKBG%2FnM%3D)