PrP - Working with Audio - Keyframes

Keyframing is the process of animation. If you create two Keyframes with different attributes assigned to each, the software will animate the changes between the two Keyframes (also known as tweening).

Wherever you see these ‘stopwatch’ shapes (aka: Toggle animation - Blue means you are in animation mode, grey is deactivated) next to a parameter, it means the parameter can be Keyframed – this goes for both video and audio elements.

The blue diamond (on the right hand side of the image) is for creating a keyframe wherever the playhead is located.

In the Source window, under the Balance parameter we have added two keyframes to the media "Car". We placed the keyframes using the blue diamond shape which created the grey shapes under the media "Car".

The first grey diamond has the value of -100 (left channel), the second grey diamond has the value of 100 (right channel). This means the audio will pan from the left speaker to the right speaker over the duration of the clip.

Premiere has now created the effect “in between” the two keyframes (aka: tweening).

You only need two Keyframes to create an animated effect, however, the more Keyframes you use, the more advanced your effect can become.

Soundscape Workshop Exercise #4

Make at least one audio Pan from left to right.

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