Adding keyframes to the opacity layer?

I want to add keyframes to the opacity layer. I double click on the image in the Viewer, go to the frame I want, and use Control + K to add a keyframe, though it is not being added to the opacity layer, just the other layers. How do I add it there?
Thanks.

Opacity Keyframes don't work that way Kat ... but you can add them in the Motion tab > Opacity section if you want (you can pull the Motion tab off into a separate window to make that easier) or you could switch the Playhead Sync mode to Open (or Gang) so that when you go to the frame you want in the Viewer then the playhead will keep sync in the timeline so that you can add the needed opacity keyframe there.

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