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Jacob241703391h0s
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November 27, 2023
Question

make keyframe longer

  • November 27, 2023
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i want to make my keyframe longer, and so i press control and drag it extending it longer.... BUT IT DOESNT MAKE WHAT  PLACED IN MY KEYFRAME LONGER. As in  i have a character that i want his eyes shut for one second.. so i place a key frame and with the frame picker change his eyes to be shut then extend it with control/drag to one second long.... but his eyes are not shut for one second... its just shut for as long as the keyframe was before i extended it. BOTH ADOBE CHAT AND ADOBE CALL SUPPORT TOLD ME TO GO HERE and post it in the forum.

- THANK YOU

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    _keyframer
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    _keyframerCommunity Expert
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    September 16, 2025

    @kglad advised correctly but I'm now wondering if you have any kind of motion tween applied? There are Classic and Motion tweens which could be effecting your attempt at holding on a single frame (the blink). 
    Typically, there's a keyframe on frame 1, then to "hold" or "extend the duration of the contents in the keyframe" for a 1 sec duration, go to the 1 second mark on your timeline and click to select that frame and hit F5 (Insert Frames).

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    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    November 27, 2023

    if you want something shown in a keyframe to persist for 1 second add 1 second worth of frames after the keyframe.

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    Jacob241703391h0sAuthor
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    November 27, 2023

    There's got to be a FASTER way then adding like 10 keyframes and individually and then going one by one and adding it in.. that would take sooo long when in OTHER animation applications you easily just drag it longer to increase the keyframe to be longer.. NO WAY you have to add a redicoulus amount of keyframes and do it individually.    ADOBE is supposed to be an industry standard 

    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    November 27, 2023

    calm down. no one said this is complicated or time-consuming 

     

    add one frame 1second down the timeline in the desired layer.

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