“Continuous Keyframe” hotkey?

[Andy George]

You could set the default interpolation rather than linear keyframes. Then new keyframes will default to Continous Bezier

“To change the default to linear interpolation, choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and select Default Spatial Interpolation. Changing the preference setting does not affect keyframes that already exist or new keyframes on properties for which keyframes already exist.”

-Andy George
Senior Editor
http://www.chiselindustries.com

[Andy George]

Sorry I ment to say

You could set the default interpolation TO CONTINOUS rather than linear keyframes

-Andy George
Senior Editor
http://www.chiselindustries.com

[Ben G unguren]

Thanks Andy — but I’m not looking for Continuous Bezier, which influences how the keyframes are interpolated spatially; rather I’m looking for Continuous Keyframe, which influences how keyframes are interpreted temporally. If you’ve ever worked in the graph editor (Shift F3) and you change the input velocity of a keyframe, you’ll notice that it won’t change the output velocity unless you do the dance [select keyframe; command+shift+k (this brings up the “Keyframe Velocity” window); check the “Continuous” checkbox]. At least that’s how things have been for me….

Spatially I prefer linear keyframes; but temporally I prefer continuous keyframes. I find it gives me the most control in the long run when doing lots of keyframing.

Incidentally, I just ran a test to see if Continuous Bezier keyframes also default to Continuous temporal keyframes, and it doesn’t look like they do. Maybe it isn’t possible, which would be too bad for a hotkey addict like myself….

[Andy George]

Sorry! I should have read your post more carefully.

-Andy George
Senior Editor
http://www.chiselindustries.com

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

I don’t think there’s a shortcut key for that. What I do is select the linear keyframes and then CTRL+CLICK.

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[Davide Boscolo]

You can use Kease. You have a button and a custom shortcut available for that.

https://www.davideboscolo.com/kease-extension-for-after-effects/extension-shortcuts/https://www.davideboscolo.com/kease-extension-for-after-effects/extension-shortcuts/

[Luke Bolus]

Here’s a scriptlet that I found that Zack Lovatt made that changes the key to continuos
I used Kbar to execute it.

/**
 * Enables temporal continuous status on selected keyframes
 *
 * Modifiers:
 *  - Hold SHIFT to DISABLE temporal continuous
 *
 * @author Zack Lovatt <zack@lova.tt>
 * @version 0.2.2
 */
(function toggleTemporalContinuous() {
  var enable = !ScriptUI.environment.keyboardState.shiftKey;

  var comp = app.project.activeItem;

  if (!(comp && comp instanceof CompItem)) {
    alert("Please select a composition!");
    return;
  }

  var layers = comp.selectedLayers;

  app.beginUndoGroup('Toggle Temporal Continuous');

  for (var ii = 0, il = layers.length; ii < il; ii++) {
    var layer = layers[ii];
    var props = layer.selectedProperties;

    for (var jj = 0, jl = props.length; jj < jl; jj++) {
      var prop = props[jj];

      if (prop instanceof PropertyGroup) {
        continue;
      }

      var keys = prop.selectedKeys;

      for (var kk = 0, kl = keys.length; kk < kl; kk++) {
        var selectedKeyIndex = keys[kk];
        prop.setTemporalContinuousAtKey(selectedKeyIndex, enable);
      }
    }
  }

  app.endUndoGroup();
})();