Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 249)

Chapter 10 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 249
When you choose to view all parameters in the Video Animation Editor, keyframes appear as
white diamonds for all parameters. Double diamonds indicate you added a keyframe for more
than one parameter at that point.
Double diamonds
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In the Video inspector: Position the playhead in the Timeline at the point where you want to
add a keyframe, and click the Keyframe button (or press Option-K).
Once you add a keyframe, the Keyframe button changes to yellow, indicating that the
playhead currently sits on this keyframe.
Keyframe button
When you move the playhead in the Timeline, arrows appear next to the Keyframe button
in the Video inspector to indicate which side of the playhead has keyframes. To go to the
previous keyframe, click the left arrow or press Option-Semicolon (;). To go to the next
keyframe, click the right arrow or press Option-Apostrophe (’).
Arrows
5 Add keyframes as needed.
Tip: After you’ve added one keyframe, you can add another automatically by moving the
playhead in the Timeline and then adjusting the effect parameter value in the Video inspector.
Add keyframes automatically across a selected area
If an effect appears in the Video Animation Editor with a disclosure button, you can use either
the Select or Range Selection tool to add keyframes automatically across a selected area.
1 Do one of the following:
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Select a clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Show Video Animation (or press Control-V).
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Control-click a clip, and choose Show Video Animation from the shortcut menu.
2 Select an effect, and click the disclosure button to expand it in the Video Animation Editor.
Disclosure button