Open Paraplex

Editing keyframes

Every keyframe is a diamond on one of the timeline's lanes. Select one to move it, give it a different curve or delete it.

A Position X lane with its keyframe selected, numbered: the selected keyframe, the curve button, the eye and the trash
  1. A selected keyframe turns white. The others stay blue.
  2. The curve button sets how the motion eases from this keyframe to the next. See Easing and springs.
  3. The eye dims the lane, to help you focus on the others. It doesn't change the animation.
  4. The trash deletes the whole lane: every keyframe of that setting.

Select a keyframe

  • Click its diamond. It turns white. Selecting a keyframe also pauses playback.
  • To deselect, click it again, press Esc, or click anywhere outside the timeline.
  • Hover a diamond to see its value.

You can select one keyframe at a time.

Move a keyframe

Drag the diamond along its lane. It moves in hundredths of a second, and the change is one step in undo.

Dragging the second Position X keyframe from 1.5 to 3 seconds

You can also select it and press ← or → to move it a quarter second at a time.

Note

Keyframes don't snap to markers or to the playhead. Only clips snap to markers.

Move a moment's keyframes together

Moving a layer means moving three keyframes, Position X, Y and Z. To move them in one go, use the scene timeline:

  1. Click an empty part of the canvas, so nothing is selected. The timeline lists every layer.
  2. Drag a diamond on the layer's row. Every keyframe that layer has at that moment moves with it.

These diamonds move in steps of 0.05 seconds. If the layer already has a keyframe of the same setting where you drop them, it's replaced. See The timeline.

Change a keyframe's value

Put the playhead on the keyframe, then change the setting. The keyframe takes the new value.

Important

The playhead has to be exactly on the keyframe's time. Even a little off, and you get a second keyframe beside the first instead.

The keyboard lands on exact times: click in the timeline's rows, press Home, then → to step a quarter second at a time. Set your keyframes at quarter seconds this way and you can always step back to them.

Tip

Changing a keyframe's value resets its curve to Smooth. Set values first, and curves last.

Delete keyframes

  • One keyframe: select it and press ⌫ (Backspace or Delete on Windows).
  • A whole lane: click the trash at the end of the lane.
  • All of a setting's keyframes: click its filled diamond in the properties panel.

Deleting a lane's last keyframe removes the lane, and the setting goes back to a single value for the whole piece. Each of these is one step in undo.

Copy keyframes

Keyframes can't be copied on their own. Copying a layer copies its keyframes with it. See Copy, paste and duplicate.