Effect ends after sequence

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I ran the Check Sequence function and I got an error :
WARN: Effect Morph ends at 9:18.600 after the sequence end 3:23.390. Model: 'Mega Tree' Start: 9:16.250

And there are a couple things with this.
First, the Morph starts AFTER the sequence ends so I can't even see it on my timeline to remove it.
Second is how could I have even placed an effect there?
Third, how do I remove it? I think I might be able to go into the .xml file and delete the appropriate line? But it is in an effect layer so I am not sure if that is all I need to do.
I assume that in the .xml file that the times are noted as the number of seconds appended to the three digit decimal fraction without a decimal point?
So in my case, it states that the Morph effect ends at 9:18:600 would be reflected in the .xml file as ending at  558600?

Here is what I think is the pertinent line of code:

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<EffectLayer>
        <Effect ref="38" name="Morph" startTime="34300" endTime="41350" palette="9"/>
        <Effect ref="39" name="Color Wash" id="1" startTime="44950" endTime="49800" palette="18"/>
        <Effect ref="40" name="Shape" id="2" startTime="52050" endTime="58450" palette="19"/>
        <Effect ref="41" name="Color Wash" id="3" startTime="61450" endTime="68000" palette="20"/>
        <Effect ref="41" name="Color Wash" id="4" startTime="71750" endTime="78300" palette="20"/>
        <Effect ref="42" name="Morph" id="5" startTime="87750" endTime="95600" palette="21"/>
        <Effect ref="43" name="Lightning" id="6" startTime="111750" endTime="114000" palette="9"/>
        <Effect ref="44" name="Color Wash" id="7" startTime="165450" endTime="173450" palette="22"/>
        <Effect ref="45" name="Fill" id="8" startTime="174500" endTime="187050" palette="23"/>
        <Effect ref="46" name="Morph" id="9" startTime="556250" endTime="558600" palette="9"/>
      </EffectLayer>

So do I just remove the line:
<Effect ref="46" name="Morph" id="9" startTime="556250" endTime="558600" palette="9"/>
and resave the .xml file to fix this?

Thanks!

[Gilrock]

First its probably not hurting anything.  We allow effects to be dropped past the end of sequence boundary we just quit writing the data to the file when rendering when it hits the end.  Usually if you zoom all the way out you can see past the end and select and delete it.  It's also possible you changed the sequence length which could leave stragglers out there past the end.

It would be more than one spot you would need to delete because that line is just the effect database.  Later in the file are the actual lines that determine which effects are on the model and it would reference that 46 number.  We do that so it saves space if you use the same effect in many places.

What you could do is just go into the sequence settings and change the length to a bigger number, delete the effect, then change the length back.

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Thanks for the help, zooming all the way out didn't allow me to see it, but I was able to delete it by making the sequence longer like you said.
I did not previously change the sequence length, so how did I put that effect that far out so that I don't do it again?

Thanks

[Gilrock]

If you want to see a way to do it just highlight all your effects and then shift drag the first effect all the way to the right and it will put the rest of your effects way out there.  Of course you'll just say you never did any operations to cause that so we can save that post and my reply is always I guess the cat did it.

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I won't claim that I didn't do something, I am sure I probably did.... but I don't have a cat, LOL