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Introduction
This is the result we're going to create: a marker that jumps instantly to three locations along the city street, and a label that changes text every time the marker moves, all using hold keyframes. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Not all animations need to be smooth. Sometimes we want values to change instantly, like a score board or a slide that switches. In this episode, we'll use hold keyframes on top of the city street footage.
Step 1: Location Marker
Create a composition from the city street footage. Press F2, select the Ellipse Tool, then drag a small red circle with a thick white border as a marker. Add a bread shop text next to it, then make the text a child of the marker with PIK WIP so it moves along with it.
Step 2: Three Position Keyframes
Select the marker and press P. At frame 0, place the marker on the left building and activate stop walk. At frame 2, move it to the right building, and at frame 4 to the end of the street. Play the preview, the marker glides between those points.
Step 3: Toggle Hold Keyframe
Select all three position keyframes, then press Ctrl Alt H, or right-click and select toggle hold keyframe. The keyframe icon changes to a square. Hold means the value is held until the next keyframe, then changes instantly without transition.
Step 4: Jumping Result
Time indicator. The marker stays still on the left building until exactly frame 2, then appears instantly on the right building, and so on. The motion path in the composition panel disappears because there are no transition frames.
Step 5: Replace Text Content
Open the text layer's text properties, activate stop walk source text at frame 0. Go to frame 2, double-click the text in the composition panel, type 'cafe sudut'. At frame 4, type 'hal tebus'. Source text keyframes are always hold type, because text cannot be blended in the middle.
Step 6: Preview
Press space. The marker jumps to the 3 locations and the label changes exactly at the same time. Ideal for map videos, step-by-step lists, or location pointers in travel videos.
Done!
Done. We have now understood the difference between linear and hold, using the hold keyframe toggle with Ctrl+Alt+H, creating jump markers, and replacing text content with source text keyframes. In the next episode, we will learn about parenting with a null object. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides motion graphics and visual effects services, as well as opens After Effects courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source footage, and project scripts, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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