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Keyframe menu commands – Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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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.

See also

“About animation, keyframes, and expressions” on page 183

“Work with the Graph Editor” on page 184

“Shortcuts for keyframes” on page 650

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

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:

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 values 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

Opens the Sequence Layers assistant.