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How To Reverse Paste Keyframes in After Effects

May 14, 2024 ·

This tutorial will show you how Reverse Paste Keyframes to reverse play an animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

https://youtu.be/Z4hLkUFSzPY

Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Reverse Paste Keyframes

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how Reverse Paste Keyframes to reverse play an animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

Cmd/Ctrl + C: Copy Keyframes
Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + V: Reverse Paste Keyframes
UU: Reveal All Keyframes

**Version Used In Tutorial:
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This feature was released in May 2024 (Version 24.4.0 or later)

Adobe New Feature Summary:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/whats-new/2024-4.html#reverse-paste-frames

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:13 Version Required (AE 24.4.0 or Later)
00:25 How To Check Version of AE
00:38 Example: Logo Animation
00:45 What is the end goal?
01:00 Previous Method To Reverse Keyframes
01:37 Preview: Time Reverse Keyframes (Original Method)
01:49 May 2024 Method: Copy/Paste Reverse
02:03 Copy Selected Keyframes (Cmd/Ctrl + C)
02:23 Paste Reversed Keyframes (Shift + Cmd + V)
02:46 Example 2: Easy Ease Keyframes
03:07 Select All Keyframes & Copy
03:17 Paste Reversed Keyframes (Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + V)

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How Copy & Paste Reversed Keyframes in Adobe After Effects CC 2024:

  1. Create New Composition (1920 x 1080, 10 seconds)
  2. Add Graphic such as logo
  3. Animate on Position, Rotation and/or other properties.
  4. Select Layer & Tap UU To Reveal All Keyframes
  5. Drag a selection over keyframes
  6. Copy To Clipboard (Cmd/Ctrl + C)
  7. Move CTI forward in Time
  8. Paste Reversed Keyframes (Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + V) or go to Edit Menu…Paste Reversed Keyframes
  9. Tap Spacebar to Preview
  10. Animation should play in forward direction and then reverse direction on the Pasted Reversed Keyframes

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