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Copy & Paste Keyframes Across Multiple Layers

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December 11, 2023
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Hello Beta users!

In the latest Beta builds of After Effects, you are now able to copy and paste keyframes across multiple layers. This new functionality is available in After Effects (Beta) 24.2.0.38 or later. We have been working on this feature for quite some time and are very excited to share it with all of you!

We know this functionality is highly requested, so we'd love to hear your feedback.

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Correct answer JohnColombo17100380

Hi all,

The ability to copy/paste keyframes across multiple layers and Paste Reversed Keyframes has shipped with the 24.4 update to After Effects. Thank you all again for your requests and feedback while this feature was in Beta!

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

JohnColombo17100380

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Community Manager

Hi all,

The ability to copy/paste keyframes across multiple layers and Paste Reversed Keyframes has shipped with the 24.4 update to After Effects. Thank you all again for your requests and feedback while this feature was in Beta!

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

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nicholasfer

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That's a great feture John!

Any chance to make the copy/paste function by Alt + click and dragging the keyframes? (Like any other adobe software)
This video is a great example of how it could be implemented!
Thnak youu!
https://vimeo.com/137401276

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Ali Jaber

Community Expert

Good idea, voted

JohnColombo17100380

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Community Manager

Hi all,

Thank you for your feedback on the copy & paste improvements for keyframes! In response to your feedback, we've now added a new menu command for pasting keyframes in reverse, available in After Effects (Beta) 24.4.0.20 and later. The new command also works when pasting keyframes across multiple layers.

Please let us know how the new command is working for you.

We are also seeking feedback on potential keyboard shortcuts for the new "Paste Reversed Keyframes" command. Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + V is often requested—how many of you often use the existing mapping of Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + V to "Hide Other Video"? Would you prefer "Paste Reversed Keyframes" in the default keyboard assignments?

We hope this is beneficial to your work!

Szalam

Community Expert

I have never, in the history of AE, used "Hide Other Video" and would be on board with that being the paste reversed command instead.

Rene Andritsch

Community Expert

Same here. Also Jake Bartlett even shows this in his lates Video about the new BETA-features and immediately assigns SHIFT+V to this command. So I think this might be a good default shortcut.

Manaus

Inspiring

That's a great addition! The old copy-paste was annoying and time-consuming, so well done, AE Team!

Hopefully, we can see more QoL features for the timeline panel.

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Ali Jaber

Community Expert

Finally... would be useful if we have also the option to paste reversed keyframes.

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Scott.C.

Inspiring

I mapped ctrl + shift + r to time reverse keyframes. Makes that at least just one more keystroke instead of a right click menu.

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Ali Jaber

Community Expert

No, pasting reversed keyframes will give you a different result than reversing after pasting. Immagine that the keyframes form an upward ladder, paste reversed keyframes will paste a downward ladder, a complete inverse of the whole original keyframes; while normal paste will paste another upward ladder, then if you reverse those keyframes you will have the same upward ladder with reversed keyframes of individual properties (hope that makes sense).