View keyframes in the Timeline in Motion (2024)

Motion User Guide

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What’s new
- What is Motion?
- Motion workflow
- Motion interface
- Basic components of Motion
- Using input devices
- Intro to creating projects
- Create a new project
- Open an existing project
- Search for projects from the Finder
- Bypass the Project Browser
- Create and modify project presets
- Save, autosave, and revert projects
- Intro to adding and managing content
- Intro to project playback
- Define the play range
- Project playback performance
- Intro to basic compositing
- - Modify layer opacity
- Intro to 3D compositing
- - Intro to 3D coordinates
  - Relative coordinates
- Transform layers in 3D space
- - Create 3D intersection
  - 2D and 3D group properties
- Intro to the Timeline
- Display or resize the Timing pane
- Navigate in the Timeline
- Show and modify keyframes in the Timeline
- - Intro to the Timeline ruler
  - Edit a range of frames in the Timeline
- Edit in the mini-Timeline
- Intro to behaviors
- Behaviors versus keyframes
- - Browse for behaviors
- - Intro to adjusting behaviors
  - Adjust behaviors
- Intro to keyframing
- Add keyframes
- - Add an animation path in the canvas
  - Modify animation paths
- Animate from the HUD
- - Apply keyframes to behaviors
  - Combining keyframes and behaviors
- Use the mini-curve editor
- Animate on the fly
- Simplify a keyframe curve
- Intro to Final Cut Pro templates
- - Template workflow
  - Placeholders vs. drop zones
- - Convert a Motion project to a template
  - Convert a template to another type
- Use placeholder images in templates
- Set template resolution
- Add multiple aspect ratios to templates
- Override the Final Cut Pro color space
- Create templates that conform to the Final Cut Pro color space
- Where are templates saved?
- Using masks in templates
- - General template guidelines
  - Tips for color processing in templates
- Intro to rigging
- How does rigging work?
- Build a simple rig
- Work with widgets
- Control rigs from Animation menus
- Publish rigs to Final Cut Pro
- Intro to Particles
- - Add a particle system
  - Anatomy of a particle emitter
- Create 3D particles
- Particle system timing
- Using graphics in particle systems
- Using filters and masks with particles
- Save custom particle effects
- Intro to replicators
- Replicators vs. particle systems
- - Add a replicator
  - Anatomy of a replicator
- Work with 3D replicators
- Replicator timing
- Using filters and masks with replicators
- Save custom replicators
- Intro to basic text
- Select and modify text in the canvas
- Preview and apply fonts
- Use preset text styles
- - Intro to editing text
  - Display the Text Inspector or HUD
- Convert standard text to 3D text
- Check spelling
- Find and replace text
- Using filters with text
- Intro to 3D text
- 3D text workflow
- - Add 3D text
  - Convert 2D text to 3D text
- Apply a preset 3D text style
- Move and rotate 3D text
- Add a glow or drop shadow to 3D text
- 3D text intersection
- Intro to animated text
- Apply a text behavior
- - Use the Scroll Text behavior
  - Scroll Text controls
- - Use the Text Tracking behavior
  - Text Tracking controls
- - Use the Type On behavior
  - Type On controls
- Animate individual text glyphs
- Animating 2D text in 3D space
- When to use keyframes to animate text
- Adding nontext behaviors to text
- Save a modified text behavior
- Intro to shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- - Intro to complex shapes and masks
  - Draw complex shapes and masks
- Edit fill, outline, and feathering
- Keyframe shape control points
- Convert between shapes and masks
- Using filters and masks with shapes
- Copy shape styles
- Save custom shapes and shape styles
- Intro to using generators
- Add a generator
- - Modify or animate a generator
  - Controls common to all generators
- Save a modified generator
- Intro to filters
- Browse and preview filters
- Apply or remove filters
- - Animate filter parameters with keyframes
  - Animate filters using behaviors
- About filters and color processing
- Publish filter controls to Final Cut Pro
- Using filters on alpha channels
- Filter performance
- Save custom filters
- Intro to color keying
- - Intro to the Luma Keyer filter
  - Luma Keyer filter controls
- Intro to 3D objects
- Add a 3D object
- Move and rotate a 3D object
- Reposition a 3D object’s anchor point
- Exchange a 3D object file
- 3D object intersection and layer order
- - Intro to 3D object timing
  - Modify 3D object timing in Motion
- Using cameras and lights with 3D objects
- Save custom 3D objects
- Guidelines for working with 3D objects
- Working with imported 3D objects
- Intro to 360-degree video
- 360-degree projects
- Create 360-degree projects
- Add 360-degree video to a project
- - View 360-degree projects
  - View 360-degree video in a VR headset
- - Intro to graphics in 360-degree projects
  - Use graphics in 360-degree projects
- Create a tiny planet effect
- Reorient 360-degree media
- Creating 360-degree templates for Final Cut Pro
- 360-degree-aware filters and generators
- Export and share 360-degree projects
- Guidelines for better 360-degree projects
- Intro to tracking
- How does motion tracking work?
- Analyze and record motion in a clip
- Track shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- Track the position of a filter or object
- Adjust onscreen trackers
- Load existing tracking data
- Use a range of frames for analysis
- Save tracks to the Library
- Intro to audio
- View audio files
- Add audio files
- Play audio files
- Intro to exporting projects
- Export a QuickTime movie
- Export audio only
- Export a still image
- Export an image sequence
- Export to Apple devices
- Export to email
- Export using Compressor
- Create share destinations
- Render settings
- View the status of shared items
- Share notifications
- About color space
- Intro to color management
- Set the color processing method
- Manage automatic color processing
- View HDR media
- Adjust HDR media
- Choose HDR colors
- Display luminance values
- Tips for color management
- Intro to Cinematic mode video
- Move Cinematic clips to your Mac
- Enable Cinematic mode video adjustments
- Adjust focus points in Cinematic mode video clips in Motion
- Adjust depth of field in Cinematic mode video clips
- Intro to settings and shortcuts
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Move assets to another computer
- Work with GPUs
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View keyframes in the Timeline in Motion (1)

When keyframing, it’s often helpful to view your keyframes in the Timeline. This lets you move keyframes to line them up with other important timing elements in your project such as edit points, sound cues, markers, and other keyframes. In the Timeline, keyframes appear in the track area as small red (or white, when selected) diamonds beneath the object they animate. You can also view keyframe values in the Timeline, and delete keyframes you don’t need.

View keyframes in the Timeline

In the upper-right corner of the Timeline in Motion, click the Show Keyframes button so that it’s highlighted blue.
Any applied keyframes appear in the track area as small red (or white, when selected) diamonds beneath the object they animate.

Identify a keyframe’s value

In Motion, Control-click (or double-click) a keyframe in the Timeline and view its value in a shortcut menu.
Note: Multiple keyframes on the same frame are listed in the menu.

Display a keyframe with its associated animation curve in the Keyframe Editor

In Motion, Control-click the keyframe in the Timeline, then choose Show in Keyframe Editor from the shortcut menu.
The Keyframe Editor appears below the Timeline. For information on working in the Keyframe Editor, see Display the Keyframe Editor.

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View keyframes in the Timeline in Motion? ›

In the upper-right corner of the Timeline in Motion, click the Show Keyframes button so that it's highlighted blue. Any applied keyframes appear in the track area as small red (or white, when selected) diamonds beneath the object they animate.

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How do you show keyframes in timeline in Premiere? ›

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the clip containing the keyframe properties you want to view. Choose Show Clip Keyframes, and then choose the effect containing the keyframes you want to view.

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How to see keyframes in timeline final cut? ›

You can set keyframes in the timeline or in the Video inspector. To see keyframes in the timeline, you need to display the Video Animation editor for the clip. Additional keyframing controls appear with the Final Cut Pro built-in effects.

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What are keyframes in timeline? ›

In animation and filmmaking, a key frame (or keyframe) is a drawing or shot that defines the starting and ending points of a smooth transition. These are called frames because their position in time is measured in frames on a strip of film or on a digital video editing timeline.

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How do you view keyframes in motion? ›

How to show only keyframes in Premiere Pro? ›

View Keyframes

Expand the view of a track, if necessary, by clicking the Wrench icon and select Expand All tracks.
Show video keyframes by clicking the Wrench icon and select Show Video Keyframes.
Show audio keyframes by clicking the Wrench icon and select Show Audio Keyframes.

Feb 11, 2021

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How do I open keyframes in Premiere? ›

1. Adding Keyframes Directly on the Timeline. Import the video or audio you want to edit into Premiere Pro and drag it onto the timeline. Then, select the desired video or audio track on the timeline, right-click, and choose "Show Clip Keyframes."

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How do I open the keyframe menu? ›

To open the keyframe menu, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (macOS) a keyframe. Displays the value of the selected keyframe.

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What is the keyboard shortcut that reveals all the keyframes in your timeline? ›

For layers: Select your layer in the Project Panel and hit the U key to reveal all of the keyframes used in that layer in the Timeline.

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How do you add a keyframe in timeline? ›

How to create keyframes in the Timeline view

From the top menu, select Insert > Keyframe.
Right-click on the selection and select Insert Keyframe.
Press F6.
In the Timeline View toolbar, click the Add Keyframe button.

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What is the shortcut key to add keyframes in timeline panel? ›

After Effects Keyframe Shortcuts

Add a Keyframe Shortcut. Shortcut: Option + APSRT. ...
Easy Ease Selected Keyframes in After Effects. Shortcut: F9 (Easy Ease), Shift + F9 (Easy Ease In), and Command + Shift + F9 (Easy Ease Out) ...
Select All Keyframes Shortcut. Shortcut: Command + Option + A.

Aug 4, 2020

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How do I see all keyframes? ›

Showing all the keyframes in your composition is actually super simple. Just make sure you have paper and pen ready because this might be difficult to remember. Select the timeline window and click U. To see all modified keyframes, select the timeline window and click UU.