Keyframe controls in the inspector – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 12

Keyframing

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To set another keyframe for the same parameter, move the playhead to the next location, then

change the value of the parameter.

Delete a keyframe

1

Move the playhead to the frame where the keyframe is currently set.

2

In the Inspector, click the Animation menu for the parameter you want to change, then choose

Delete Keyframe.
Note: To delete all keyframes for a parameter, choose Reset Parameter from the Animation menu.

Reset all keyframes for a parameter

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In the Inspector, click the Animation menu for the parameter you want to reset, then choose
Reset Parameter.
All keyframes are removed for that parameter.

Keyframe controls in the Inspector

In the Inspector, basic keyframe controls are available on the right side of animatable parameter
rows. These controls allow you to determine the status of a parameter at a glance, to add or
delete keyframes at the current playhead, and to navigate to next and previous keyframes in
the Timeline.

Keyframed parameter

Behavior applied to parameter

Keyframed parameter with

keyframe at current frame

Parameter not animated

Moving the pointer over an animatable parameter reveals the Add/Delete Keyframe button (a
plus sign enclosed in a gray diamond). Click the button to place a keyframe for that parameter
at the current frame. If a parameter is keyframed at the current frame, as well as before and after
the current frame, additional navigation controls appear (described below).

Previous Keyframe

Next Keyframe

Add/Delete Keyframe

Controls in the Inspector

Previous Keyframe: A left angle bracket that appears when there is a keyframe in the Timeline
to the left of the playhead position. Click this control to move to a previous keyframe in
the Timeline.

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