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— Keyframe tracks: To the right of the track header, the keyframe tracks are where you create and edit the keyframes that animate parameter changes. A topmost “master keyframe track” shows every keyframe applied on every keyframe track in the Keyframe Editor, even keyframes applied to a keyframing track hidden inside a track with a closed disclosure triangle.
— Keyframes: Each keyframe appears as a small diamond for a Dynamic keyframe or as a circle for a Static keyframe. Dynamic keyframes are associated with dissolves while Static keyframes (marks) act instantly. Grades are linked to the preceding keyframe, which may be a default one on the first frame of the master clip. Keyframes can be selected by clicking on them, or moved by dragging them to another position in the keyframe track.
— FX track: Resolve FX or OFX plugins that have been added to a grade as a standalone node have a separate track for creating animated effects. Every parameter of that track is keyframed via a single consolidated keyframe track. If you apply multiple plugins as multiple nodes, each has a separate FX track.
— Sizing track: The Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Rotate, and Convergence (in Stereo 3D projects) parameter have an entirely separate track for creating animated pan and scan adjustments.
— Track selection drop-down: A colored bar shows the currently selected scope of keyframing: all tracks at once, just the current correction node, or the Sizing settings, as defined by the Keyframe Timeline mode discussed in the next section.
Ordinarily, the Keyframe Editor takes up the rightmost bottom third of the Color page. However, you can make it wider to have more room to work if you have a scene requiring complex keyframing.
— Click the Expand/Collapse button at the top right corner of the Keyframe Editor. The Keyframe Editor widens or narrows accordingly.
— Use the Zoom slider to zoom into or out of the Keyframe Editor.
— Right-click any keyframe track and choose Maximum Zoom to zoom all the way in.
— Right-click any keyframe track and choose Reset Zoom to fit the entire clip into the available width of the Keyframe Editor.
All/Color/Sizing
Perhaps the most important control for keyframing, the Keyframe Timeline mode, lets you switch the scope of what tracks get keyframed when you use the Start Dynamic or Add Static Keyframe commands, either from the keyboard or via the buttons of your control panel. This command alternates among three modes:
— All: The default mode. Adds keyframes to every track in the Keyframe Editor, keyframing every parameter in every node all at once, including the Sizing settings. In this mode, an orange bar appears highlighting the topmost “master keyframe track.”
— Color: Only adds keyframes to the node currently selected in the Node Editor. In this mode, a green bar appears highlighting the keyframe track corresponding to the node currently selected.