<p>You cannot expand the Transform Line in the Timeline. You can finetune your <em>Position</em> keyframes separately in the Viewer.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Create keyframes and navigate between them with the keyframe buttons in the top-left corner of the Viewer.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CKNe9.png" alt="keyframe buttons" /></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Position keyframes</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Click the Transform button in the lower-left corner of the Viewer (Shift-T).</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/64mbz.png" alt="transform button" /></p>
</li>
<li><p>The yellow handles in the middle of your clip are your position keyframes. Control-click on one of them.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jHTra.png" alt="keyframe popup" /></p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Smooth in the popup, you will see two smaller red dots, they are the bezier handles!</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vSotu.png" alt="bezier handles" /></p>
</li>
<li><p>You can change direction and speed by moving the bezier handles.</p>
<ul>
<li>change the length of the handle that points to the other keyframe</li>
<li>short means fast, long means slow</li>
<li>set your start speed in the first keyframe, and your end speed in the last keyframe.</li>
<li>if you make them both short, you will start gradually, speed up in the middle and slow down before stopping. use it for a smooth motion</li>
<li>if you make them both long, you will start promptly, slow down in the middle and stop abruptly. Use this effect to imitate gravity (bouncing)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Rotation and Scale keyframes</h2>
<ul>
<li>These can also be set separately but they are not visible on the Position line in the viewer as yellow dots.</li>
<li>In the middle of your clip is the blue Rotation handle.</li>
<li>On the corners and borders are the eight blue handles for Scaling.</li>
<li>Scale and Rotation keyframes don't have a smooth option in FCPX. It might be possible to do that in Motion.</li>
</ul>

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2014-02-18T22:34:07.900Z
2014-02-18T22:34:07.900Z
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Duvrai
<p>I'm wondering how I can expand the transformation line like it's possible for the compositing. Can it be done? Where can I edit the connection between two keyframes from linear to ...?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0FC8I.png" alt="Video animation dialoge: How to open the transformation pane like the compositing one at the bottom?"></p>

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2014-02-18T15:43:23.637Z
Try clicking on the little triangle next to the name.  I don't have FCPX myself, but that generally indicates that something can be expanded.
AJ Henderson
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Precise Keyframing in Final Cut Pro X
NE555
# Precise Keyframing in Final Cut Pro X

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-18)

I'm wondering how I can expand the transformation line like it's possible for the compositing. Can it be done? Where can I edit the connection between two keyframes from linear to ...?

![Video animation dialoge: How to open the transformation pane like the compositing one at the bottom?](https://i.sstatic.net/0FC8I.png)

**Tags:** final-cut-pro-x, animation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Try clicking on the little triangle next to the name.  I don't have FCPX myself, but that generally indicates that something can be expanded.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-18. Score: 2

You cannot expand the Transform Line in the Timeline. You can finetune your *Position* keyframes separately in the Viewer.

* Create keyframes and navigate between them with the keyframe buttons in the top-left corner of the Viewer.

  ![keyframe buttons](https://i.sstatic.net/CKNe9.png)

## Position keyframes

* Click the Transform button in the lower-left corner of the Viewer (Shift-T).

  ![transform button](https://i.sstatic.net/64mbz.png)
* The yellow handles in the middle of your clip are your position keyframes. Control-click on one of them.

  ![keyframe popup](https://i.sstatic.net/jHTra.png)
* Choose Smooth in the popup, you will see two smaller red dots, they are the bezier handles!

  ![bezier handles](https://i.sstatic.net/vSotu.png)
* You can change direction and speed by moving the bezier handles.

  + change the length of the handle that points to the other keyframe
  + short means fast, long means slow
  + set your start speed in the first keyframe, and your end speed in the last keyframe.
  + if you make them both short, you will start gradually, speed up in the middle and slow down before stopping. use it for a smooth motion
  + if you make them both long, you will start promptly, slow down in the middle and stop abruptly. Use this effect to imitate gravity (bouncing)

## Rotation and Scale keyframes

* These can also be set separately but they are not visible on the Position line in the viewer as yellow dots.
* In the middle of your clip is the blue Rotation handle.
* On the corners and borders are the eight blue handles for Scaling.
* Scale and Rotation keyframes don't have a smooth option in FCPX. It might be possible to do that in Motion.


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