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    Keyframe modes confusion (circle and arrow shape)

    Posted by Alex Volkov on February 3, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    Hi all

    Normally a keyframe is diamond shaped.
    When I Ctrl+Alt+Click a keyframe it becomes arrowshaped
    When I Control+Click a keyframe it becomes circleshaped

    I tried searching for it, but without luck.
    Can anyone please explain what those special two modes are?

    Thanks in advance

    Joshua Van replied 12 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Simon Bonner

    February 3, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Alex,

    The circular keyframe is a roaming keyframe. The arrow one might be a hold keyframe. Search for these in help and you should find out all you need to know. Easy-ease keyframes are worth knowing about too.

    Simon Bonner

    youtube.com/simonsaysfx

  • Alex Volkov

    February 3, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Thanks, now at least I know what they are called. But the hold keyframe I actually knew about – I just forgot.

    Thanks 🙂

  • Michael Szalapski

    February 3, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    This page [link] covers it along with a lot of other useful info. It’s in the help file under Animation and Keyframes.

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  • Joshua Van

    February 4, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    Good greyscale gorilla video on it..

    https://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/tutorials/guide-to-keyframes-in-after-effects/

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