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Tip #537: Add Curves to Keyframes

Larry Jordan – LarryJordan.com

Right-click any keyframe to reveal playback options.

Apple Motion keyframes have a lot of flexibility in their playback options, if you know where to look. Here’s a quick tip to discover the secret.

When you apply keyframes to a clip, they will appear in the Keyframe section of the timeline, in the lower right portion of the interface.

NOTE: To display or hide the Keyframe Editor, type Cmd + 8.

Right-click (or Control-click) any keyframe to reveal a hidden menu.

Some of these options are:

• Ease In slows movement going into a keyframe.
• Ease Out slows movements leaving a keyframe
• Ease Both accelerates and decelerates movement.
• To change the shape of a curve, drag the white dot – called a “Bezier control point.”
• Lock prevents a keyframe from being changed.
• Disable turns off a keyframe, without removing it.