keyframe

A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.

Noun

  1. A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
    • Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes. - 2013, Chris Georgenes,...
  2. A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression.

Origin

From key + frame.

Forms

keyframes key frame

Synonyms

reference frame intraframe

Related

interframe I-frame B-frame P-frame

Derived

keyframer

Verb

  1. To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.

Forms

keyframes keyframing keyframed key frame