Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 - Editing, Moving, and Copying Keyframes; To Edit Keyframes with the Pen Tool; To View or Edit a Keyframe Value

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
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Keyframe Interpolation Displays the Keyframe Interpolation dialog box.
Rove Across Time Toggles Rove Across Time for spatial attributes.
Keyframe Velocity Displays the Keyframe Velocity dialog box.
Keyframe Assistant Displays a submenu with the following options:
• Convert Audio to Keyframes Analyzes amplitude within the composition work area and creates keyframes to
represent the audio.
• Convert Expression to Keyframes Analyzes the current expression and creates keyframes to represent the
property changes it describes.
• Easy Ease Automatically adjusts the influence into and out of a keyframe to smooth out sudden changes.
• Easy Ease In Automatically adjusts the influence into a keyframe.
• Easy Ease Out Automatically adjusts the influence out of a keyframe.
• Exponential Scale Converts the rate of change in scale from linear to exponential.
• RPF Camera Import Imports RPF camera data from third-party 3D modeling applications.
• Sequence Layers Displays the Sequence Layers assistant.
• Time-Reverse Keyframes Reverses selected keyframes in time.
See also
“Interpolation methods” on page 220
“About expressions” on page 555
Editing, moving, and copying keyframes
To view or edit a keyframe value
1 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the keyframe. The keyframe value appears at the top of the
context menu that appears.
2 Choose Edit Value to edit the value, if desired.
To edit keyframes with the Pen tool
Using the Pen tool to edit a keyframe for a spatial property in the Composition or Layer panel is similar to modifying
a path in a drawing application such as Adobe Illustrator. (See “Creating masks with the Pen tool” on page 245.) For
best results with the Pen tool, you should understand how Bezier interpolation affects graphs and the paths. With
Bezier interpolation, you can control the shapes of curves at vertices, making them into smooth curves or angled
corners.
1 In the Timeline panel, select the property for the layer you want to edit.
2 Select the Pen tool from the Tools panel.
3 In the Composition or Layer panel (depending on where the controls appear), do any of the following:
• Click the path to add a keyframe.