• Adobe After Effects

  adding a keyframe

  Posted by Joe Reh on July 12, 2008 at 7:09 pm

  Hi, Im joe, and Ive been using adobe after effects for alittle while now, but I’m not as “educated” as alot of people are.

  The problem Im having is that, Im trying to do a blur to a text

  So, I used the preset, foggy

  I went to the scale
  Set the Start to 0%
  set the End to 100%

  the only problem is, It will stay there for the hole time the video, starts, and I only want it to stay for a few seconds

  MY question is, how do I add an extra keyframe or diamond

  so that I have a total of 3

  so that, I can make it to this

  Set the Start to 0%
  Set Middle to 100%
  Set the end to 0%

  If you can help me plz :] reply 😀

  Simon Bonner replied 18 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Simon Bonner

  July 12, 2008 at 10:53 pm

  Scrub (move the current time indicator) to where you want the value to be zero. Hit the stopwatch for the effect in the effects panel, or for the property in the timeline.

  Scrub to where you want the value to be 100 and then change the value for the effect. A keyframe will be added automatically.

  Scrub ahead again and change the value to 0. Once again, a keyframe will be automatically added.

  If you want the value to remain steady for a while (e.g. to stay at 100% for a certain number of frames) add another 100% keyframe at the desired time by hitting the small button at the left of the timeline panel between the two small arrows.

  Simon Bonner
  
  youtube.com/simonsaysFX

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