• Adobe After Effects

  Copying an effect and its keyframes from one layer to another

  Posted by John Aten on November 25, 2012 at 8:06 am

  I’ve been following Andrew Kramer’s tutorial on slideshows at https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/slideshows/video-tutorial . I am following it exactly as far as I can tell, but it’s not working. The approach is to add effects to one layer and then copy/paste the effects and their associated keyframes to all the other layers. This should be as easy as highlighting them, then hitting cmd-C, highlighting the layers to paste to and then hitting cmd-V. This seems so simple I can’t imagine what I’m doing wrong. When I do this, the effects themselves are copied but the keyframes end up out of sync. For example, Layer 1’s keyframes happen when Layer 2 plays, layer 2’s keyframes when Layer 3 plays, etc.

  Any thoughts?

  Vishesh Arora replied 13 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Vishesh Arora

  November 25, 2012 at 11:10 am

  john

  Check you CTI ( Current Time Indicator) in the Timeline while pasting the key frames.

  The set of key frames will start from the point where you CTI is placed.

  Vishesh Arora
  3D and Motion Graphics Artist
  Films Rajendra

  Blog:
  https://digieffects.wordpress.com

  Demo Reel(3D):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8
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  John Aten

  November 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm

  That was the problem. It’s the little things that get you!

  Thank you!
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  Vishesh Arora

  November 26, 2012 at 2:02 am

  Anytime John 🙂

  Vishesh Arora
  3D and Motion Graphics Artist
  Films Rajendra

  Blog:
  https://digieffects.wordpress.com

  Demo Reel(3D):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8

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