Creating key frames in After Effects

This is a simple but useful tutorial for Adobe After Effects. Keying will allow you to create animations of objects rotating, changing transparency, changing location, and more.

1. Select the layer you want to create key frames for

2. Choose what you want to animate (location, opacity, rotation, size, etc.) and open the related menu (for example: type "R" for rotation, "T" for opacity, "S" for scale, and "P" for position)


3. Move the time indicator to a spot where you want to apply the transformation to the object and click the stopwatch icon. This will create a key frame in your timeline (the small diamond that appears)


4. Repeat these steps to create another key frame. Now move the time indicator between the two key frames you have created, you will notice that your effect was automatically animated.


5. If you want to quickly change the properties of a key frame already on the timeline, simply double click the key frame and a menu will pop up allowing you to change the key frame's properties.


6. If you wish to delete a key frame that is already in the timeline, simply select the keyframe and press the "Delete" key

I hope you found this tutorial helpful, and as always please feel free to leave comments or questions