CyberLink PowerDirector Help

Use keyframes in your video production to define the start and end points of an applied fix, enhancement, or effect on images, videos, and audio. You can also use keyframes to change the volume level of your video and audio clips at specific moments.

To use keyframes on your media, select the clip on the timeline and then click the Keyframe* button to open the Keyframe Settings panel. See the available Keyframe Settings below, and Adding Keyframes for information on applying these settings at different moments in your video production.

In the Keyframe Settings panel, the following options are available, depending on the type of media selected:

Fix/Enhance

Use the available sliders to fix and enhance images, videos, and audio clips at the current keyframe in your video production. See Fixing and Enhancing Photos/Videos for a detailed explanation of the available fixes and enhancements.

Clip Attributes

In the Clip Attributes section you can adjust the position, size, opacity, freeform shape, and more for media clips in your video production.

Position

Set the position of a media clip's anchor point at different times (keyframes) in your video production. Adjusting the X and Y values between keyframes lets you manually create motion in your video. When you create motion for media clips, you indicate where on the video image you want the media clip to appear by adding keyframes. To create the motion, CyberLink PowerDirector will ensure it is in the desired location at the specified time.

Height

Set the height of media clips at different times (keyframes) in your video production.

Width

Set the width of media clips at different times (keyframes) in your video production.

Opacity

Use the slider to adjust the opacity of images and video clips at different times (keyframes) in your video production. You can also set a media clip's Blending Mode, or how it is blended with the clip above it in the timeline. See Blending Mode (Blending Clips on the Timeline) for more details.

Rotation

Enter in the preferred orientation in degrees for media clips at different times (keyframes) in your video production.

Ease in/Ease out

Creating motion for a media clip by changing the Position, Height/Width, or Rotation at different keyframes can cause it to appear jerky, as it speeds up and slows down when it moves through the frame, changes its size, or rotates in the video frame. To make the movement look smoother, use the Ease in/out options. Select Ease in to slow down the media clip as it enters a keyframe. Select Ease out if you want it to gradually accelerate out of the keyframe.

Anchor point

You can use the X, Y controls to adjust the position of the media clip's anchor point at different times (keyframes) in your video production.

Freeform position

In the eight freeform position fields provided, define the shape of the selected media clip by setting the X and Y positions for its four corners in the video frame. By entering different values at different times (keyframes) in your video production, the clip's freeform shape can change over time in your video production. See Changing the Shape of Media for more information on freeform media clips.

Enable 3D depth

If you are creating a 3D video production, select this option to give the media clips a 3D* effect. Once enabled, use the slider to set the amount of depth you want the media clip to have in 3D. Dragging the slider left will make the 3D media clip seem nearer to the audience (in the foreground), while dragging it right will make it appear farther away (in the background).

Volume

For video and audio clips in your video production, use the available slider to adjust the level of the selected clip's volume at different moments in your production.