To Copy And Paste Keyframes; To Move A Layer Duration Bar But Not Its Keyframes - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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Effect color properties
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Mask properties and spatial properties (effect points, anchor points)
You can copy keyframes from only one layer at a time. When you paste keyframes into another layer, they appear in
the corresponding property in the destination layer. The earliest keyframe appears at the current time, and the other
keyframes follow in relative order. The keyframes remain selected after pasting, so you can immediately move them
in the destination layer.
Note: When copying and pasting between the same properties, you can copy from more than one property to more than
one property at a time. However, when copying and pasting to different properties, you can copy only from one property
to one property at a time.
See also
"To copy a value from a layer property that contains no keyframes" on page 200
"To duplicate a layer" on page 157
"About masks" on page 243

To copy and paste keyframes

In the Timeline panel, display the layer property containing the keyframes you want to copy.
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Select one or more keyframes.
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3 Choose Edit > Copy.
In the Timeline panel containing the destination layer, move the current-time indicator to the point in time where
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you want the keyframes to appear.
Do one of the following:
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To paste to the same property of the copied keyframes, select the destination layer.
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To paste to a different property from the copied keyframes, select the destination property.
6 Choose Edit > Paste.
See also
"Using keyframes" on page 192

To move a layer duration bar but not its keyframes

Make a note of the time at which the first keyframe appears.
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2 In the layer outline, click the name of one or more layer properties containing the keyframes you want to keep at
the same times.
Choose Edit > Cut.
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4 Move or stretch the layer duration bar to its new In and Out points.
Move the current-time indicator to the time at which the first keyframe appeared before you cut the keyframes.
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Choose Edit > Paste.
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