To animate a graphic in Adobe using keyframes and the Applied Effects panel, you typically follow a specific workflow involving selecting the graphic and enabling animation controls for its properties.
Animating graphics allows you to bring static images, shapes, or text to life within your video projects or motion graphics compositions. One common method in Adobe software like Premiere Pro or After Effects involves using keyframes to control properties like position, scale, rotation, or opacity over time.
Based on the provided reference, a direct approach involves using the Applied Effects panel to control these animations. This panel allows you to view and modify the effects and transformations applied to a selected graphic.
Here are the steps to animate a graphic using keyframe controls in the Applied Effects panel:
- Select the graphic you wish to animate on your timeline or composition. This action makes its properties editable in relevant panels.
- Click on the Applied Effects panel (sometimes called Effect Controls). This panel displays all applied effects and transform properties for the selected graphic.
- Locate and click on the Show/Hide Keyframe Controls button, often found in the top right corner of the Applied Effects (or Effect Controls) panel. This reveals the keyframe timeline for the graphic's properties.
- Find the property you want to animate (e.g., Motion > Position, Scale, Rotation) and click the Toggle Animation (stopwatch) icon next to it. Clicking the stopwatch creates an initial keyframe at the current playhead position and enables keyframing for that property.
- Move the playhead to a different point in time on the timeline within the Applied Effects panel.
- Change the position parameter (or other parameters like scale, rotation, etc.). When you modify the value of an animated property at a different time, the software automatically creates a new keyframe.
The software then interpolates (smoothly transitions) the property's value between these keyframes, creating the animation. By setting multiple keyframes at different times and with different values, you can create complex movements and changes for your graphic.
This method is fundamental for controlling the movement and appearance of graphics frame by frame or over specific durations within your Adobe projects.
