I've done that! I haaaaaaate that. The best work-around I've found is to add a new keyframe on the very first frame of all the animated objects. Then slide all of the keyframes forward a couple of seconds except for the new ones. The additional keframes at the front allow for better control when you adjust the animation parameters to fix the weirdness that will occur in the tweener. Make sure that you change the tweener between frame 0 and frame 1 to a discreet tweener or you'll keep having strange things going on as you adjust things on the keyframes at frame 1. BTW, how'd the Alamo turn out? mark