Keyframes and Drawing Blocks
When you extend the exposure of a drawing, it is represented by a grey block in the Timeline view. When you expose a second drawing, a second grey block is displayed.
You can consider these blocks as drawing blocks.
To animate the position of a block over time, you don't need to create a second block, just add a position keyframe. The position keyframes are coordinates indicating the position of your drawing on a particular frame. These appear as black squares in the Timeline view.
In the example below, notice that the keyframes are positioned on frames independently from the beginning and end of each drawing block.
You can keyframe three different positions for a drawing in the same drawing block and create a motion path between them.
Creating Keyframes and Drawings in the Timeline View
You can see how the Timeline view behaves differently depending on whether you create a new drawing, a new keyframe, or both at the same time.
- Do one of the following:
‣ | From the top menu, select Drawing > Create Empty Drawing. |
‣ | In the Timeline toolbar, click the Create Empty Drawing button. |
‣ | Press Alt + Shift + R. |
A new drawing block is inserted.
- Do one of the following:
‣ | From the top menu, select Insert > Keyframe |
‣ | In the Timeline toolbar, click the Add Keyframe button. |
‣ | Press F6. |
A keyframe is created in the layer.
- From the top menu, select Insert > Keyframe and Duplicate Drawing.
A drawing block is created which contains copies of the selected drawing and a keyframe.