To Move Keyframes To Another Time; To Expand Or Contract A Group Of Keyframes In Layer Bar Mode; To Move A Keyframe To A Specific Time; Copying And Pasting Keyframes - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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Drag an existing keyframe to a new location.
Adjust the direction handles or change the interpolation method.
See also
"Applying and changing interpolation methods" on page 222

To move keyframes to another time

With multiple keyframes selected, you can copy or delete them simultaneously or move the keyframes together
without changing their positions relative to each other.
Select one or more keyframes.
1
Drag any of the selected keyframe icons to the desired time. If you selected multiple keyframes, then all of the
2
selected keyframes maintain their relative distance from the keyframe that you drag.
See also
"Using keyframes" on page 192

To expand or contract a group of keyframes in layer bar mode

Select at least three keyframes.
1
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag the first or last selected keyframe to the desired time.
2
See also
"Using keyframes" on page 192

To move a keyframe to a specific time

1
Move the current-time indicator to the desired time.
Do one of the following:
2
In layer bar mode, hold down Shift after you begin to drag a keyframe icon to the current-time indicator. When
you drag over the current-time indicator, the keyframe snaps to the current-time indicator.
In Graph Editor mode, when you drag a keyframe, it snaps to the current-time indicator by default, without
holding down the Shift key.
See also
"About the Graph Editor" on page 188

Copying and pasting keyframes

You can copy keyframes between layers for the same property (such as Position) or between different properties that
use the same type of data. The keyframe properties you can copy include the following:
Properties that have the same dimension: for example, Opacity and Rotation, which have adjustable parameters
in one dimension; or Mask Feather and 2D scale, which have adjustable parameters in two dimensions
Rotation, effect angle control, and effect slider control properties
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