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hellopaul4
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November 21, 2024
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Clicking a property in an effect should reveal it in timeline

  • November 21, 2024
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If I have a complex effect with a lot of keyframed properties, it can be tricky to find its keyframes in the timeline (coloured labels for keyframes are a big help). To make life easier, it would be lovely to be able to click a property in the effects control panel, and have it appear highlighted in the timeline. I know I can use "u" to reveal all the layer's keyframes, but if I've animated a lot of the layer's properties, it can still be hard to search through and find the specific property, and being able to reveal it by clicking the property in the ECP would alleviate this. Right-clicking a prooerty in the ECP and doing "reveal in timeline" kind of works, but tends to reveal a whole load of properties, not just the selected one.

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JohnColombo17100380
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November 21, 2024

Hi @hellopaul4,

Thank you for making this request! Have you tried double-clicking the effect properties in the Effect Controls panel? That should reveal the property in the Timeline.

 

This is the same functionality as "Reveal in Timeline", so it likely presents a similar behavior of showing more properties than the one double-clicked, but that behavior might be handled as a bug versus a new feature.

 

Thanks again,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team