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# Copying and Pasting Keyframes

Copying and pasting keyframes eliminates the need for manually duplicating your creative accomplishments. With copying and pasting, you only need to set up a keyframe once and then you can reuse it as many times as your project demands. With Lustre, you can easily copy a single keyframe or multiple keyframes from a source channel or folder (group of channels) and paste them in a target channel or folder in the Channel hierarchy.

Keyframes for grading, geometries, point trackers, and Effects plugins are just some of the types of keyframes that you can copy and paste. When copying and pasting keyframes, keep in mind that you can only copy and paste the same channels. For example, when you copy a keyframe for a grading channel, you can only paste it to another grading channel. For copying and pasting keyframes for geometries, point trackers, and Effects plugins, see Guidelines for Geometries, Point Trackers, and Effects Plugins.

NoteA red dot next to a channel or folder indicates keyframes have been applied.

There are three different tools you can use to perform a copy and paste procedure:

- The user interface. See About the Copy/Paste Keyframe Controls.
- Hotkeys. See About Copy/Paste Hotkeys.
- The Autodesk Control Surface (ACS). See the Autodesk Control Surface User Guide.

There are four main ways to copy and paste keyframes:

- On the current frame. See Copying and Pasting Keyframes on the Current Frame.
- All of the keyframes in the shot. See Copying and Pasting All Keyframes in a Shot.
- A manual selection of keyframes. See Copying and Pasting a Selection of Keyframes.
- Over a selection of keyframes. See Copying and Pasting Over a Selection of Keyframes.

In the case where you want to create a dissolve using keyframes, you can paste a sequence of keyframes that exceeds the target shot boundary.

See Pasting a Keyframe Sequence That Exceeds a Shot Boundary.

#### Topics in this section

- About the Copy/Paste Keyframe Controls
- About Copy/Paste Hotkeys
- Copying and Pasting Keyframes on the Current Frame
- Copying and Pasting All Keyframes in a Shot
- Copying and Pasting a Selection of Keyframes
- Copying and Pasting Over a Selection of Keyframes
- Pasting a Keyframe Sequence That Exceeds a Shot Boundary
- Guidelines for Geometries, Point Trackers, and Effects Plugins