TimeLine Changes

Here is something very important I learned today about timelines by reading the user guide:


Ease In The ease in value modifies how the property value changes as time approaches the keyframe. You can set the degree of ease by specifying a value between 0% (no ease) and 100% (full ease, which is half the time distance between the previous keyframe and the edited keyframe).

Ease Out The ease out value modifies how the property values changes as time moves away from the keyframe. You can set the degree of ease by specifying a value between 0% (no ease) and 100% (full ease, which is half the time distance between the edited keyframe and the next keyframe).

Hold Out Hold out doesn’t interpolate changes over time; rather it makes an abrupt change to the new property value when the play head reaches the keyframe where the change occurs.
Linear Linear interpolation changes the property value in equal increments between the keyframes. The interpolation between two keyframes will be linear if the Ease Out value is 0% for the first keyframe and the Ease In value is 0% for the second keyframe.

You can modify keyframe interpolation values by right-clicking a keyframe on the timeline.

What I was trying to figure out was how to make a little icon stop changing inbetween frames. For example I have a picture of a cloud on frame 1 and would like it to be invisible on frame 5. my problem was on frames 2 to 4 it would slowly change to invisible instead of only changing on frame 5 to invisible all of a sudden like I wanted it to. So what I found the solution to be was on the keyframe(white circle thing) before the keyframe of the change I had to right click it and click on "hold out". Which makes nothing happen UNTIL frame 5 like I wanted. sheesh! Just remember to right click the key frame before instead of the keyframe you wanted the abrupt change on. Make sense?