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parker0101
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August 2, 2021
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Can no longer use arrow keys to move one frame forward while keyframing

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Hello. Before I had wiped my system a few days back I was able to use my arrow keys to go frame by frame while manually moving my video preview with my mouse to get accurate and precise keyframes on moving objects. I am no longer able to go frame by frame with arrow keys when I have the preview window selected instead it changes the NUMBER values on the "position" setting inside the effects panel.

 

To help you understand what I was doing before my system wipe.

1. I selected the motion effect tab in my clip

2. I go the beginning of the clip and start a keyframe on position

2. I manually move the keyframe with my mouse in the preview window and follow the object, hitting my arrow key and moving the keyframe every couple of frames

 

This made it extremely easy and fast to have accurate tracking on moving objects, I however cannot use my arrow keys to go frame by frame anymore while the preview tab is selected it instead now changes the position value by one. What I need is to be able to jump by one frame while I still have the preview window selected and keyframes enabled at that time. Currently I have to click on the timeline, hit my arrow keys then click back onto the preview to move my next keyframe, this is a huge issue as I do a lot of fast precise keyframing and it is to slow to the point where it seems impossible.

I feel like this might just be a setting that I have yet to re enable but I cannot find anything online about this any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank You - Parker

Correct answer parker0101

There's a bunch of tutorials out there, but the basic thing is go in there and assign a shortcut of your choice... Here's a basic article and then google for others. (The features is located at the bottom of the Edit menu.)

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html

 

Don't forget, if you change to an already assigned key, then the old keystroke is removed and you then get the changed behavior.


Got a solution, it was actually very simple.

All I needed to do was change the "step forward 1 frame" to a different button other than the arrow keys. I am now able to move through the timeline while a "motion effect" value setting is selected and my "program monitor" window is highlighted blue

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MyerPj
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MyerPjCommunity Expert
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August 2, 2021

FWIW: As far as I can figure out, it's all working correctly here.

 

One of the problems is your terminology. I can't the 'preview' window. Do you mean the Program Monitor or perhaps the Source Monitor? Using your own / wrong / different terms for items Adobe has named just makes things unclear and unhelpful. 

 

<< I manually move the keyframe with my mouse in the preview window>> I don't know the preview monitor. Are you saying the keyframe you made in the first #2  - (second #2) you move that keyframe with the mouse?

 

Try your question again, and use Adobe terms and more precisly say what you are doing. It sounds like you are moving the single keyframe, but I suppose you are adding new ones as you go

 

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parker0101Author
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August 2, 2021

Hello sorry for the confusion allow me to explain in steps.

1. Select my clip and open the effects tab for the video and under video motion I select "position" and create my first keyframe at the start

2. I then make sure something under "motion" is selected (highlights the little tab behind the text) that then creates a little circle with a dot in the middle on my "source monitor"? Not sure of the actual name but the window that shows your recording as you edit

3. I then click onto my "source monitor" and then i'm able to click and drag anywhere on the video preview (source monitor) to move the "position" while tapping my arrow key to constantly go forward a single frame on my "timeline" and thus allowing me to accurately create each keyframe to the perfect spot quickly by clicking and draging every few frames while spamming my arrow key.

 

Issue: My issue right now is my arrow keys don't affect my frames on the timeline but change the values of the position of my clip whenever I have the "source monitor" selected (blue outline around the window) and something in the video motion tab of the effects is selected.

 

This is how I edited my videos before I had my system wipe that's the way it worked for me by I think default. It made it so much eaiser and far more fun to do keyframes that way and not spending so much time clicking on and off different motion settings. I pray that this wasn't just a bug in the program and is an actual feature that i'm just missing because I can't see doing keyframes any other way to be honest it would just be to slow and tedious.

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parker0101Author
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August 2, 2021

Thanks for clarifying. Still some areas of confusion. 

<<Select my clip and open the effects tab>> There is an Effects tab, and there is an Effect Controls tab, you're refering to the later. Look at the top of the Tab for the actual name.

 

<< that then creates a little circle with a dot in the middle on my "source monitor"?>> Again, I'm pretty sure you are referring to the Program monitor, the name is right at the top of the tab, it should be easy to use the Adobe names.

 

Assuming I've translated what you are really doing. When you click in Postion on the Effects Controls tab and get that little circle and the selection marks around the edges of the video in the Program monitor, you then have that clip selected, and the arrow keys work as 'Nudge', like most programs, so you can move the picture to where you want it in the frame. If you stay in the Effects Controls (or move into the timeline), your arrows will move along the timeline. This is the way it works. You can customize the key strokes and maybe get what you want, which seems to me to ignore moving the clip around in the Program monitor with the arrow, and apply those clicks to the timeline.

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<<You can customize the key strokes and maybe get what you want, which seems to me to ignore moving the clip around in the Program monitor with the arrow, and apply those clicks to the timeline.>> If this is possible how would I go about doing this? This does sound like it would solve my problem quite easily.

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