[vidding tutorial] Keyframes

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Okay, so instead of whining at my computer, I'm taking a break from exporting by re-posting my keyframes tutorial that I'd accidentally deleted awhile ago....


Contents:
- Basic Concept
- General Method
- Specific Method (Adobe Premiere Pro screenshots)
- Specific Method (Final Cut Pro screenshots and example clips) Written and imaged by dzurlady

Keyframes: Basic Concept

You can use keyframes to control (over the duration of a clip):
Position
Scale
Rotation
Opacity
Volume
Brightness/Contrast
Color
etc.etc.etc. (ie. anything that lets you have keyframes)

Or in other words pretty near every effect that stays 'still' you can manipulate so that it changes over time.

What this means?

With Volume, you have full control of the audio mix. With Opacity and Color Correction, you can change tone/color/fades *exponentially*, ie. color bursts, fade to whites, image blips. You can control exactly how a fade happens.

And most staggeringly (at least to me), with Position/Scale/Rotation, YOU basically control the external motion. YOU are The Camera.

And how fucking cool is that? ::huge ass grin::

General Method

1) Open up keyframes.
(might be called 'animation')

2) Set a keyframe for a condition - there should be a button somewhere
(ie. "scale", keyframe will look like a diamond if you're using Premiere)

3) Set conditions for that keyframe - sometimes you type it, sometimes you can just click and drag
(ie. scale="100%")

4) Make another keyframe and set different conditions
(ie. scale="150%"; the net effect of this example is a zoom in from keyframe made in 3 to keyframe made in 4, ie. a zoom from 100% to 150%)

Specific Method

The below screenshots are taken from Adobe Premiere Pro 7. I'm not exactly sure of the setup for 6.5 though I know for *sure* that 6.5 has keyframes.

This:


is how to use keyframes to create movement.

This:


is how they can be applied to transparency.

There's a crossed out diamond on the left-hand side (when you open up the triangle next to "Video #") that opens up the ability to make keyframes for that track.


Then click somewhere on a clip in that track, click the diamond right under "Video", and voila! a diamond appears on the clip for you to manipulate at will.