Summary

This may have been a short chapter, but it had thought-provoking content. You have learned everything you need to know about keyframing. I would like to stress that adding keyframes is not complex once you get your head around it. The principles are simple, but you need to plan ahead as to how you approach it.

You should keep this basic concept in mind: every change needs two keyframes – one to start the change and the other to end the change. The green and red rectangles in the Ken Burns effect are a good example to keep in mind.

I recommend that you get to understand keyframing as soon as you can. You will be able to use the knowledge in all NLEs once you have the concept under your belt.

You learned that once a keyframe has been added, any further change will automatically add another keyframe each time you release the mouse. You need to be clear on this as it’s easy to start making adjustments that you don’t want to be recorded as keyframes...