Keyframes

Keyframes (or keys) store character poses and positions. Changes made to a pose in a regular frame will not be saved, so you need to create a keyframe every time you want to adjust a character.

Keyframes are found on the Timeline.

By default, they are repesented as blue-colored rectangles.
This color can change when a keyframe is only present on some of the Animation Tracks in the folder. In such a case, this keyframe will be colored rose when the folder is closed:

See Animation Tracks to learn more about tracks and folders.

Working With Keyframes

Create/remove a keyframe:

1. Select a frame on the Timeline

2. Click  or hit the  hot key.

Create several keyframes:

1. Select a group of frames

2. Press the  key while holding 

Move a keyframe/group of keyframes:

1. Select it.

2. Drag it to a new position while holding 

Copy a keyframe/group of keyframes:

1. Select it on the Timeline.

2. Hold 

3. Drag the keyframe(s) to a new position while holding the  

You can also move and copy groups of frames. To do this, select a group and move or copy it as you would move or copy a single frame

An interval between two keys can be made longer or shorter by adding or removing frames

AutoKey

Keyframes can be generated automatically when you adjust scene objects.

To enable AutoKey feature, click the A symbol near the keyframe button on the Timeline:

To disable AutoKey, click the A symbol again.

Labels

A label is an element of Timeline used to mark keyframes. Labeling keyframes has no impact on how they work, this is done for visual convenience.

A keyframe (at the center) marked by a label (red line).

A labeled keyframe is underlined with red.

To add/remove a label to a keyframe: 

1. Select the frame.

2. Click the red flag on the upper part of the timeline:

Adding a label to the selected keyframe.

See Also

Timeline

Trajectories

Interpolation