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  • Can’t drag or richt-click certain keyframes

    Posted by Xavier Bonet on June 28, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    So today, out of the blue, AE CC 2020 has decided to prank me with a brand new bug that I had NEVER before seen. I simply cannot move certain keyframes, or change their ease, nothing… when I right-click on them nothing happens either: no options popup.

    Right now it’s happening with 10 duplicated masks. I created keyframes for all and I want to sequence them but it only lets me move the keyframes on the first free masks… and the only way to move the keyframes on the other 7 masks is to select them as well as those from one of the first 3 masks, and move the keyframes on that first mask (one of the first 3), thereby moving all the rest as a group.

    Of all the bizarre malfunctions this is the most bizarre I’ve ever encountered!

    I’ve deleted al temp files, purged AE cache, rebooted my computer… every time I open that project file the “bug” is there. I’ve tried opening other files and can’t see the same issue there; but by no means have I done a thorough test to see if other files have the same issue because I’m currently on a deadline with the project that has the issue. The first time I saw the issue I tried relinking the video files from PPro once again and making a new AE project, but the issue returned. All I can think of is that that video file I’m linking from PPro is somehow causing the issue… but it’s one of many files I’ve been using for this project without any issues up to this point.

    Any one seeing something similar?

    P.S. I haven’t found any references online to this particular issue, at least no answers. But I have found a couple of posts from people who’re new to AE and who haven’t realized that you have to open the keyframe “details” in order to edit them, ie press the down arrow. This is of course not the case here.

    Walter Soyka replied 5 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Walter Soyka

    June 29, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    They’re not roving keyframes, are they?

    Can you reduce the project to just the offending sequence and post it (without footage)?

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