Start moving object during a movie

Ok I'm making objects "float away" using motion 5.
So far I have all the objects and using the record feature and moving the playhead to where I want and then moving the object so it moves over the path over that amount of time.
Things are all moving from the start of the clip.
Basically what is happening is a balloon is floating in, and "grabing" and object already visible and floating away with the object.
I have all the objects moving right etc etc but I cant get the chair to stay still for "x" frames and then start moving. The record feature only moves an object from the begining.
I even tried having one chair in the timeline while the balloon was moving into position, then a new chair on the timeline in the exact same position on the canvas then move this second chair which only "appears" half way through the video, but motion starts moving this second chair even before it appears so when it does appear it is half to its destination!!
I've two ideas
1. start moving this second chair from the begining but on a huge path so when it gets to that point on the timeline it is in the position of the first chair and it just continues moving from there.
2. create two seperate movies, one of the balloon moving into position and the other of the chair floating away and stich them in FCP
How can i do this properly in motion 5?
Regards

hi,
as you state, when you add keyframes to an object somewhere on the timeline, Motion will automatically add a keyframe to the start of that object. Sometimes this isnt what you want. So my advice is go to the start of the timeline add a keyframe for your chair. Now go forward to where you want it to start moving and add another keyframe. The chair hasnt moved but you've just locked it in place with another keyframe. Now go forwards again to where you want it to move to and add another keyframe for it in its new postion.
There's a little gotcha here that can sometimes throw things off. The default animaiton type for keyframes is often a bezier curve. This means that although point A and Point B are equal, the object seems to move out and into place. To fix this you need to open the Keyframes editor, control click on the keyframes in question and select Linear as the animation type. Now it wont move til its meant to.
hth
adam

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