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8 To nish, click Done in the upper-right corner of the Viewer.
When you play the clip, the video moves smoothly between the keyframes, creating an
animated eect. You can actually add multiple keyframes by moving the playhead to a
new position and changing the eect’s controls. For more information on working with
keyframes, see “Video animation overview” on page 270.
Adjust the Transform eect animation path
Transform animations have additional keyframe controls you can use to ne-tune the
animation path. To show these, you rst need to create a simple three-corner eect.
The Add Keyframe button
changes to a Delete Keyframe
button when you are
positioned on a keyframe.
The center keyframe
1 Select a clip in the Timeline and put the playhead at its start.
2 Click the Transform button in the lower-left corner of the Viewer (or press Shift-T),
and drag the onscreen controls to reduce the image’s size and place it in the
upper-left corner.
3 Click the Add Keyframe button.
4 Move the Timeline playhead to the middle of the clip.
5 Use the Transform onscreen controls to move the image to the upper-right corner.
A keyframe is automatically added, and a red line appears showing the animation’s
path so far.
6 Move the Timeline playhead to the end of the clip.
7 Use the Transform onscreen controls to move the image to the bottom center.
A keyframe is automatically added, and the red line extends to this new point.