Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

Animating a property

 Animating a property is essentially marking a parameter in time and adjusting that property further down the timeline. We create animation by creating at least 2  keyframes. The steps to animate a property is simple. But you need to be sure you follow these steps each time. When you want to animate any property you need to:

1. First hit the stopwatch, that will automatically create a key frame for you.
2. Move down in the timeline and change the transform property to whatever you want it to be. That will automatically create a blue diamond key frame for you. But you have to be sure and press the stopwatch first.

After you have created key frames your free to move and adjust those key frames. Later I will get into a lot more ...