Filmora Keyframing - Easy Method to Add Keyframes
Keyframing is a great feature to smoothly apply various values of position, scale, rotation, blur (opacity) to a text, image, or video at various timestamps of your video. Keyframing also saves from the action of cutting video into clips for applying several animation effects on each clip. You can smoothly pan and zoom in Filmora through Keyframing. For example, through keyframing, you can apply various zoom sizes to a single video clip.
Filmora keyframing is best alternative to Pan & Zoom tool for video editing. With Filmora keyframing, you can zoom in and zoom out of a video clip without splitting it.
Although you can first adjust the size or position and then apply the first keyframe. But in my experience, it is better to apply the first keyframe at the default size or position of the video because it makes it easy to revert to the default values at any later keyframe.
So, adjust playhead, click on any element such as text, image, or video and then click the Keyframing symbol on timeline toolbar. It will add the first keyframe at the current state of the media element. Alternatively, you can also click the keyframe sign, next to Transform in right-side editing panel.
Now move the Playhead on some other timestamp in timeline to add a second keyframe. Now on the side panel, you can either change the value of only one factor or adjust values of all factors including scale, position, rotate or opacity fields, at once.
For example, you can only change the scale of the clip.
As you change the value of any factor, it automatically adds keyframe in timeline and fills the symbol next to that factor on side panel.
Now move the playhead to another timestamp and repeat the process to add the third keyframe. For example, you can change values of all factors including scale, position, rotate or opacity fields for the third keyframe.
Position values (on right-side panel) also automatically changes as you drag the video clip in Player preview.
If you want the video to play in same frame settings for few seconds then apply same values on two consecutive keyframes. For example, you may not change any values in the fourth keyframe and apply keyframe manually by clicking on Keyframe sign in Timeline toolbar.
Similarly, you can add several keyframes to a clip.
For example, at the fifth and last keyframe, if you want to show the video at its original default state, then you will manually change the values of all factors to the default values. For example, under Scale, click inside either X or Y field, and write 100 and press Enter on keyboard. Under X or Y position, write 0 and press Enter. Or click the Restore button next to Scale or Position.
Right-click any one keyframe on the video clip, to delete a single keyframe or clear all keyframes.
You can also drag a keyframe to change its timestamp.
You can also apply keyframes to a logo image to display it on various positions on video, for keeping the copycats at bay.
Playback the video, so that you can watch the animation of keyframes in action.
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