Hello!
I’m having a hard time animating transparency/a gradual fade. When I go into the effect to adjust the value it lets me adjust it once, but then it locks so I can’t add a key with a different value to animate into.
I attached an image, has anyone had this problem? Any help would be super appreciated, getting kinda frustrated.
Thanks!
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Hi ShiraHabs,
Which level of Harmony are you using? I believe the following works with all three levels:
Do you have at least two keyframes in the Timeline for the transparency layer? You need a keyframe for each extreme for instance if this is a linear transition from A to Z. You can adjust the amount of transparency in the Timeline under “Parameters” when you select the keyframe. You do not make this adjustment in the window you have shown in your image. That window in your image is the Transparency Layer Properties but the actual animating of that layer is done with the keyframes.
You would select the first keyframe and give it 0 transparency. You would select the keyframe marking the most extreme transparency degree and give it 75 if you want it to be a ghost or 100 if you want it to disappear, for example. You can use any amount you need to suit your desired effect.
Note: What you can do in that window shown in your image is give the transition an ease in/out.
Also, I used Motion Keyframes when I mocked up a test before making this post.
I’m having this same issue, and adding keyframes doesn’t help anything. Adding even just one keyframe locks the transparency effect so it can’t be edited on ANY keyframes. Adding more doesn’t help. I can tell this user was using Premium. I am too. I used to use advanced, and this was as simple as adjusting the value in the timeline. In Premium, we have to use nodes and the “Layer Properties” box to adjust the effects (which honestly doesn’t make any sense to me, as Advanced’s way of doing this was infinitely simpler!). I’m new to Premium though, so hopefully someone can help here. Really banging my head against the wall with this one.