Keyframe menu commands – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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Animation and keyframes
Last updated 12/21/2009
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To select all keyframes for a layer property, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) a segment between two
keyframes in the Graph Editor, or click the layer property name in the layer outline.
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To select all keyframes for a property that have the same value, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a
keyframe, and choose Select Equal Keyframes.
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To select all keyframes that follow or precede a selected keyframe, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)
a keyframe, and choose Select Previous Keyframes or Select Following Keyframes.
Note: The Select Previous/Following Keyframes commands aren’t available if more than one keyframe is selected.
More Help topics
About animation, keyframes, and expressions
Keyframes and the Graph Editor (keyboard shortcuts)
Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts)
Keyframe menu commands
When you select one or more keyframes, the keyframe menu
becomes available at the bottom of the Graph Editor.
To open the keyframe menu, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a keyframe.
[Value]
Displays the value of the selected keyframe. If more than one keyframe is selected, the Display Value command
is available, which displays the value of the highlighted keyframe in the selection.
Edit Value
Opens a dialog box in which you can edit the value of the keyframe.
Select Equal Keyframes
Selects all keyframes in a property that have the same value.
Select Previous Keyframes
Selects all keyframes preceding the currently selected keyframe.
Select Following Keyframes
Selects all keyframes following the currently selected keyframe.
Toggle Hold Keyframe
Holds the property value at the value of the current keyframe until the next keyframe is
reached.
Keyframe Interpolation
Opens the Keyframe Interpolation dialog box.
Rove Across Time
Toggles Rove Across Time for spatial properties.
Keyframe Velocity
Opens the Keyframe Velocity dialog box.
Keyframe Assistant
Opens a submenu with the following options:
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Convert Audio To Keyframes
Analyzes amplitude within the composition work area and creates keyframes to
represent the audio.
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Convert Expression To Keyframes
Analyzes the current expression and creates keyframes to represent the property
values it describes.
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Easy Ease
Automatically adjusts the influence into and out of a keyframe to smooth out sudden changes.
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Easy Ease In
Automatically adjusts the influence into a keyframe.
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Easy Ease Out
Automatically adjusts the influence out of a keyframe.
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Exponential Scale
Converts the rate of change in scale from linear to exponential.