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Adding keyframes to layers

Adding keyframes to layers - Storyboard Pro Tutorial

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Adding keyframes to layers

[Instructor] - When you create animatics, you often wanna animate a layer, or a group of layers, using your Transform tool. And, in order to animate a group, or a layer, you need to give that group, or layer, keyframes. Keyframes are the extremes of any motion. They are the beginning and end locations as well as any other key points you might want to set during the motion. In Storyboard Pro version 4.2 and earlier, it only allowed you to set the beginning and end of a motion for a new layer. Starting in version five, you can now set as many keyframes as you want. So, let's take a look at how simple this is. So, if I move my timeline to the beginning of this panel, and I've got my group, Man, selected, I'm going to make sure that my Transform tool, over here on the left, is selected. And then, here, under Tool Properties, on the right, I'm going to select the K.F., which is Keyframe Plus, which is to add a keyframe. Notice, underneath the panel, we've got this little button I just…

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