Moving keyframes in the Keyframe Editor

As animators, we will constantly be adjusting and moving keyframes in order to fine-tune our animations. Let's look at some ways of doing this in the Keyframe Editor.

How to do it...

1. Open the 04_06 project from this chapter's exercises folder.

2. Press the Space bar to play back the animation. This animation has a camera that goes across a series of vines that sprout onscreen, eventually revealing text. We want to extend the animation so it takes a second longer before coming to a rest.

3. Select Camera in the Layers tab and click the disclosure triangle to reveal its content, and notice that it's being controlled by a behavior. If we want to extend the animation, we simply extend the behavior.

4. Select the Ramp Position X behavior and press Shift + O to move to its out-point.

5. Double-click in the Current Time field and type Shift + = + 1 + . to move one second forward, as shown in the following screenshot. Press O to extend the behavior to this point.

   

6. Play back the...