Move the current-time indicator to a keyframe, Select keyframes – Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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“Shortcuts for showing properties in the Timeline panel” on page 647

Move the current-time indicator to a keyframe

After you set the initial keyframe for a property, After Effects displays the keyframe navigator, which you can use to
move from keyframe to keyframe or to set or remove keyframes. When the keyframe navigator box is filled with a
yellow diamond

, the current-time indicator lies precisely at a keyframe for that layer property. When the

keyframe navigator box is not filled

, the current-time indicator lies between keyframes.

To detach the keyframe navigator from the A/V Features column to function as its own column, choose Column >
Keys from the Timeline panel menu.

Keyframe navigator in Timeline panel

A. Keyframe at current time B. No keyframe at current time C. No keyframes for layer property

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To move to the next or previous keyframe, click a keyframe navigator arrow.

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To snap to a keyframe or marker, Shift-drag the current-time indicator.

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To move to the next or previous visible item in the time ruler (keyframe, marker, or work area end), press K or J.

“Work with the Graph Editor” on page 184

Select keyframes

In layer bar mode, selected keyframes are yellow. Unselected keyframes are gray.

In Graph Editor mode, the appearance of a keyframe icon depends on whether the keyframe is selected, unselected, or
semi-selected (another keyframe in the same property is selected). Selected keyframes are solid yellow. Unselected
keyframes retain the color of their corresponding graph. Semi-selected keyframes are represented by a hollow yellow box.

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To select a keyframe, click the keyframe icon.

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To select multiple keyframes, Shift-click the keyframes or drag a marquee around the keyframes.

Note: To toggle viewing of the free-transform bounding box in the Graph Editor, click the Show Transform Box
button

at the bottom of the Graph Editor.

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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.