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Known Participant
February 15, 2020
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Can't apply easy ease to puppet pin tool keyframes

  • February 15, 2020
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Hi,

 

For some reason, the keyframes appear round rather than diamond shaped as usual and I can't select them and therefore apply any effect to them. No idea why it's like this. Help much appreciated.

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Correct answer Mike_Abbott

I think what you are looking at here are not the actual keyframes...  I think you're looking at 'keyframe indicators' telling you there are keyframes within the property group that you're looking at.  That's why you can't select them. Are these dots on a line that has a ">" at the before the name?  That's a property group. Keep hittng that ">" to twirl it open - repeat until you see the Position value for an individual puppet pin. Are you now seeing your expected diamond (linear) keyframes?

 

PS: Mylenium is also right is saying that 'Roving' keyframes have an identical small round dot icon - but my guess is that is not what you're looking at here.

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Mike_Abbott
Mike_AbbottCorrect answer
Legend
February 15, 2020

I think what you are looking at here are not the actual keyframes...  I think you're looking at 'keyframe indicators' telling you there are keyframes within the property group that you're looking at.  That's why you can't select them. Are these dots on a line that has a ">" at the before the name?  That's a property group. Keep hittng that ">" to twirl it open - repeat until you see the Position value for an individual puppet pin. Are you now seeing your expected diamond (linear) keyframes?

 

PS: Mylenium is also right is saying that 'Roving' keyframes have an identical small round dot icon - but my guess is that is not what you're looking at here.

Known Participant
February 23, 2020

Thanks Mike, you were exactly right. I feel a little stupid for not looking further, but thanks anyway 🙂

Mike_Abbott
Legend
February 26, 2020

No problem!  It's very easy to get tripped up by the Ae interface 🙂

Mylenium
Legend
February 15, 2020

Round keys indicate "Rove across time", a.k.a. constant speed keyframes. Disable that option and they will revert back to regular keyframes.

 

Mylenium

Known Participant
February 15, 2020

I browsed for a bit, but I can't find this option anywhere. I never intentionally turned it on anywhere anyway. Could you give some indication where to find it?