Keyframes help

Hi
How does a person copy and paste keyframes in the motion tab?
tx in advance
peace

You can use the 'Paste Attributes' function to copy and paste keyframable attributes such as filters, and all the parameters in the Motion Tab (as well as others).
You can't however, directly copy & paste keyframes by selecting them on the Keyframe Timeline in the viewer Motion Tab.
To Paste Attributes, select the clip you want to copy, press command+C, then select the clip you want to paste certain attributes to and press Option+V. Then tick whichever attributes you want to paste from the little window that pops up.

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I have all my grades ready. In each 3 to 4 minutes clip, I have to go from grade A to grade B via keying (for primaries and for secondaries). Sometimes from A to B to C (3 different grades).
Now that I have my A and B grade, my plan was to set up key frames in primary and in secondaries and load grade A and grade B to each key frame.
For some reason, sometimes I add a keyframe but it doesn`t show up in the time line or it shows up but it s not conneced to another one... Going from one key frame to another is also not always working... Dragging a Keyframe is not always working well ...
The manual is not very detailed about all this...
What is the correct worflow? Add the key frames and then load the grade A then B? What about when it`s from A to B to C? Why is a Keyframe sometimes not connected to another one? Am I missing something? Is my method the wrong one?
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You need to recast your paradigm for keyframing.
Keyframes only effect the room you're in.
You can keyframe each of your Primaries, 8 secondaries, each ColorFX node, and Geometry Room separately.
You can't keyframe grades turning on or off, rooms turning on or off (though you could keyframe back to neutral).
You can create 4 completely different grades. Render each out separately and do dissolves between in editorial - but that's a hack compared to what you want to do.
Also, once you add a keyframe all parameters lock on that shot. To make further changes you must make them where a keyframe exists. So you need to add a second keyframe and then sit on that keyframe to make your change.
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Each of the 4 grades are independent of the others. There is no way to switch between them via keyframes.
Each Room is independent of all the others and can not trigger actions.
Once added, a keyframe locks down any further changes in that room. To make changes you must be parked on a keyframe first - meaning keyframe #2 must be added before making the tweak. Color does not auto-add keyframes.
HTH... and makes sense.
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Create a button and give it an instance name of myButton1
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.*;
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I'm not sure how else to describe the problem aside from unintentional audio keyframing, but not that is visible in any individual audio tracks.
Here's what's happening.
I have a single video clip of someone entering a car. when he's in the car and the door shuts, I have key framed 3 of the audio tracks to drop from +10 to -10 decibels to simulate the effect of the closed door.
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import ab3.rankz.*;
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par227.bmFtZTE = Armor_Bot_30_En_AS1.Encode(par3);
par227.c2NvcmUx =
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No errors are thrown, but...
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