- Select all keyframes and hold the option/alt key to reinterpolate all keyframe positions
- Cmd/Ctrl Click on a keyframe to cycle the type of keyframe
- The Anchor point
- For a shape, the anchor point has two locations - the shape layer and the individual shape content of which there can be many
- To center the anchor point for the individual shape Opt+Cmd/Ctrl double click on the Pan Behind tool
(Layer=>Transform=>Center Anchor Point in Layer Content) To center an object on the stage go to Layer=>Transform=>Center in View
- Advanced features on the Graph editor
- Custom eases
- Create bounces by above and below starting points:
Value graph view
- Time Remapping - Assets
- Layer=>Time=>Enable Time remapping
- This allows to control what frame is playing at a certain time. Precomp an animation. You can then customize the movement as a whole...including going backwards. The following shows an example of going from frame 0 to 1:23 to 0
- Motion sketching - Assets
- Create a small solid (100px X 100px)
- Go to Window Motion Sketch
- Click Start Capture
- Once you start drawing on the stage the mouse movements will be recorded
- Select all position keyframes and go to Window=>Smoother
- Change the tolerance value to get a better effect...You might need to reposition the keyframes as well
- To have a more complex object, like a fly with flapping wings, follow the path...bring the comp to the timeline
- Hold the shift key as you pickwhip the Parent mode of the fly layer to the shape layer and the fly layer will reposition directly over the shape
- Expressions
- Opt/alt + click the stopwatch of the property to access the expressions panel in the timeline
- loopOut();
Constant repeat after the last keyframe - loopIn();
Constant repeat before the first keyframe - loopOut("pingpong");
Animates back and forth
- loopOut();
- More information on Loop expressions
- Opt/alt + click the stopwatch of the property to access the expressions panel in the timeline