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DKins
Known Participant
November 26, 2022
Question

Can AE nudge a keyframe(s) one frame at a time via keyboard shortcut or menu command?

  • November 26, 2022
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Last step before I go the "feature request" route, does anybody here know if it's possible via keyboard shortcut (or menu command) to nudge a selected keyframe(s) by one frame forward or backward? Lately I have been having some trouble with my fine motor skills and moving keyframes around at normal zoom levels has become problematic. I have combed the support community and the web-at-large and have found no information. Thanks in advance.

 

- DK

4 replies

Community Expert
May 4, 2023

To nudge a keyframe or keyframes in the Timeline:

  1. Select the keyframe or keyframes to be nudged.
  2. Then press Option Right Arrow to nudge to to the next frame or press Option Left Arrow to nudge to the previous frame (use Alt if running Windows).

 

Optional: Add Shift to nudge 10 frames at a time.

 

If frequently nudging the same keyframes, consider using Keyframe Color Labels (right-click the keyframe or keyframes > Label) to quickly reselect the Color Label Goup later (right-click a keyframe and choose Label > Select Label Group).

 

 

-Warren

Participating Frequently
May 4, 2023
ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 27, 2022

The closest I can suggest is if you use Page Down or Page Up to move the current time indicator one frame back or forward, then hold Shift while dragging your keyframe, it should snap to the time indicator.

Mylenium
Legend
November 26, 2022

No, there is no such feature. There's a bunch of scripts on AEScripts.com that deal with moving keyframes around, but that's pretty much it.

 

Mylenium