What Is A Keyframe? 5 Keyframe Applications You Should Know

What Is A Keyframe? 5 Keyframe Applications You Should Know

October 13, 2023

Keyframe is a popular tool that is familiar to everyone in the video production industry. This tool plays an important role in helping to mark and control changes in elements such as position, size, color, and other characteristics at key points in time. Follow the article with Viewfinder Media for more useful information!

1. What is a Keyframe?

A keyframe is an important frame in an image or video sequence. It represents a state in motion. This technique is used in animation, video editing, or related fields to identify critical points during the change from one state to another. Techniques used to determine the position, rotation, color, and other properties of an object at a specific time.

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Keyframe techniques to create motion for video 

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2. What role does Keyframe play?

Keyframe play a particularly necessary role in determining important states of motion. Besides, object changes in animation, video editing and many other graphic effects are based on the method of this effect.

2.1 For video production

In video production, keyframe play an important role in the editing process and creating motion effects. By transforming images, effects, and angles, controlling time and speed, video effects become soft and beautiful.

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Keyframes play an important role in video production

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2.2 For animation production

What are keyframes? For animation production, keyframe are effective in creating soft, natural movements. Fast and slow effects, virtual rotation angles, color changes,... are coordinated smoothly. All contribute to creating the liveliness of the film, attracting viewers into the story.

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The effect creates realistic image movement

3. 5 Types of keyframes commonly used in After Effects and Premier

In the digital age, construction and video images are becoming more and more modern. Along with that, keyframe technologies are also gradually improved. Here are 5 types of transition effects commonly used in After Effects and Premier.

3.1 Linear Keyframes – Keyframes create linear motion

Linear keyframes in Adobe After Effects create straight and uniform movement between consecutive images. Attributes change linearly and uniformly from scene to scene over a given period of time. The result is that the movement between states is a smooth line, with no slowing down or speeding up effects.

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Uniform linear motion between consecutive images

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3.2 Auto Bezier – Keyframe automatically creates curved motion

When the user sets an Auto Bezier, the program automatically adjusts the motion path based on surrounding keyframe to create a natural curve. Thereby, the movements will start slowly, speed up in the middle, and end slowly. This helps create a softer and more natural motion effect than linear keyframes.

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Curved motion creates soft, graceful scene transitions

3.3 Continuous Bezier – Keyframe creates curved motion manually

Continuous Bezier allows users to create curved motion manually. Using this technique, you can control the curvature of the motion path at both ends of the keyframe independently. Thanks to that, the movements created are very flexible and unique.

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Manual curving motion is the common method

3.4 Bezier Keyframe – Keyframe creates curved motion

Bezier Keyframe is used to create curved motion. This technique allows you to adjust the shape of the motion path by using handles to control the speed and curvature of the motion at specific time points. Thanks to that, the movement becomes flexible and extremely realistic.

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Flexible movements

3.5 Hold Keyframe – Keyframe stops

Hold Keyframe creates a stop motion, keeping the same characteristics, not making changes when reaching the next keyframe. This effect is often used to create sudden changes. An instantaneous change from one state to another without intermediate movement.

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The stopping effect attracts the viewer's attention

4. 5 Ways to use keyframes to create effects for videos

What are keyframes? How to apply keyframe to create smooth video effects? Nowadays, the application of effects to create videos and make animated films has become popular. However, users need to choose the appropriate method of use to create a product suitable for the purpose.

4.1 Slow zoom effect (Slow zoom)

The slow zoom effect is an important technique in video editing to create slowness and smoothness in movements. This makes viewers feel the video content conveyed more deeply. Slow zoom controls the scale and changes of the video over time.

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The slow zoom effect helps convey profound content

4.2 Fast zoom effect (Fast zoom)

The quick zoom effect is applied to create quick and sudden image changes. Fast zoom, creates focus through dynamic scene transitions. This technique is used to create emphasis or highlight an important event in a video.

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The flash effect focuses on movement

4.3 Creating filters and transition effects

Creating filters and transitions is an important part of the video editing process. Users select and drag and drop filters according to appropriate parameters to create a satisfactory product.

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How to create transition effects for videos

4.4 Rotate Effect

Rotate Effect is an effect that adjusts the rotation angle, creating vividness for the video. Panning not only makes videos creative, but is also often used to create unique highlights or transitions.

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The rotation effect creates unique scene transitions

4.5 Slow Motion

This is a filming technique in which images are recorded at a higher speed than the playback speed. When played back at normal speed, the image becomes slower, creating a smooth and exciting slow motion effect.

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Slow motion brings an interesting feeling to viewers

The above article is all information about keyframe. Hopefully through the article, users can apply techniques to create unique movies. If you have any questions that need answering, please contact Viewfinder Media's website directly for free consultation!

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