Transform option missing in video track for simple shape

Question

I am dumbfounded - why does such as simple feature need to become so complex in Adobe CC?

I recently watched a Lynda.com tutorial about the creation of animated Gifs, and the expert showed how one can scale a shape layer in the timeline video track using key frames. Now in CC it is no longer there, except for two added features "Vector mask Position" and "Vector Mask Enable". But no matter what I do, I cannot get a vector shape to transform in its size over time.

For the love of mike - does this have to be so difficult?

Please, anyone?

davescm · Accepted Answer

O-ok! It looks like everybody is as dumbfounded as I am ;-)

Hi

Right click on your layer in the layer panel and convert the shape layer to a smart object

You can now add the transform keyframes in the timeline

Dave

defaultfj25xmzkyskx · Answer

I know I'm late to this discussion, but I figured I'd add something here. If you have an object with a layer mask and you want to animate the object behind the layer mask, then just converting it to a smart object won't fix this. My layer was missing the transform option for keyframes too. The solution I found was to delete the mask, convert the layer to smart object, then reapply the mask to the smart object in the main document. (so not in the smart object itself). Now the keyframe transform option is there and you can animate the new smart object.

(Note: I know the original question was already answered, but this was among the first results shown for my question. I hope this will help others who run into this. Thanks again for the previous answers.)

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