Lesson 2

Animating with Keyframes

This lesson looks at adding and managing keyframes, using keyframe graphs and customizing keyframe graphs’ behavior. It contains some practical examples to guide you through the philosophy of animation and keyframing.

Media Used: The media for this lesson is in the MC205 Pro Effects Project. Open the bin called Lesson 02 Animation.

Duration: 60 minutes

GOALS

Add, move, and adjust keyframes

Use the keyframe graphs

Understand the options in the Add Keyframe Mode menu

Copy and paste keyframes

Use different keyframe interpolation methods

Use Bézier curves