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Add Animation Keyframing for Mac
This guide introduces the steps of adding keyframes and adjusting their settings in your video.
You can create a keyframe to specify what values for animation qualities should be on specific frames of your video. Filmora allows you to set the keyframe scale (size), position, rotation, opacity, etc. When you have edited the start and end keyframes, the animation will be automatically exported.
The suggestions are on the version of Keyframes for macOS.
Add Keyframes
Here is how to add keyframes in a clip.
Step 1: Import the video
Launch the application first. Then, drag the clip from your computer or the library to the timeline.
Step 2: Activate the Transform feature
Click the clip in the timeline, then the property panel will appear on the left side of the interface. Alternatively, you can right-click the clip in the timeline and scroll to select Add Animation. Then, click the button beside properties like Transform to activate the feature.
Step 3: Add keyframes
Move the progress bar of the video in the PLAYER section to where you want to add a keyframe. Then, click the diamond icon in the property panel to set a keyframe in the timeline.
Note: There is a diamond icon with a shadow and a plus in the timeline toolbar. It functions as an exclusive keyframe icon. Once you click on it, all the Transform parameters will be selected as keyframe values. You can first choose where to place the playhead and then click the icon to add a keyframe.
Edit Keyframes
Here is what you need to note when editing keyframes.
Step 1: Edit the parameters
When you have added one keyframe, you need to edit the parameters. Adjust the values of Scale, Position, Flip, and Rotate the video in the Transform section. In the following sections, you can adjust the Compositing, such as the Blend Mode, Opacity, and Drop Shadow and its related values. And there are many other features you can set in a keyframe.
Step 2: Add more keyframes
After editing one keyframe, you need to add at least another one to form an animation. Otherwise, the keyframe settings would maintain unchanged throughout the whole clip. You can add as many keyframes as you like. Then, edit the values of each keyframe.
Step 3: Save the adjustments
When you have done, click Ok to save the feature. The system will analyze the changes between every two adjacent keyframes and give you the output with automatic and smooth animation.
Delete Keyframes
To delete one or all keyframes in the clip, here are the various methods.
On the Property Panel/Menu
- You can click the back or diamond icon to delete one parameter such as Scale or Position in Transform.
- You can click the back or diamond icon on the upper right corner of the Property tab to delete all the parameters in a whole property such as Transform.
- You can click Reset at the bottom in the bottom right corner of the property panel to delete all the keyframe values.
On the Timeline
- Right-click the diamond icon in the timeline, and then choose between Delete Keyframe and Clear All Keyframes based on your needs.
