Animation and Keyframes Flashcards
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What keyboard shortcut toggles the visibility of keyframes on a selected layer in After Effects?
Answer: U
Pressing U reveals all keyframed properties on the selected layer.
Which interpolation type creates a smooth ease-in and ease-out between keyframes?
Answer: Easy Ease
Easy Ease applies both ease-in and ease-out Bezier handles for smooth transitions.
What does the Graph Editor in After Effects allow you to control?
Answer: The speed and value curves of keyframe interpolation
The Graph Editor displays value and speed curves so you can fine-tune keyframe interpolation.
Which type of keyframe maintains the same value until the next keyframe, then jumps instantly?
Answer: Hold
Hold keyframes freeze the property value and jump abruptly to the next keyframe's value.
What is the purpose of the Motion Path in After Effects?
Answer: It visualizes the trajectory of a layer's Position keyframes in the Composition panel
The Motion Path appears as a dotted line in the Comp panel showing the spatial path of position keyframes.
When you set the first keyframe for a property, what does After Effects do automatically when you change the property value later in time?
Answer: Creates a second keyframe at the current time indicator position
After Effects automatically adds a new keyframe whenever you change a value while keyframing is active.