# Insert Blank Keyframes?

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/insert-blank-keyframes/9770
**Category:** Feature discussions
**Tags:** keyframe, waypoint, insertion, blank
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/insert-blank-keyframes/9770 "2019-05-10T15:16:50Z")
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### Author: ![student](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@student](https://forums.synfig.org/u/student)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/insert-blank-keyframes/9770/1 "2019-05-10T15:16:50Z")

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I’m not sure if anyone already suggested this.  
I’d like to suggest Insert blank keyframes(vector layer) in the timeline similar to Adobe Animate’s  
as a way of  
#1 minimizing the number of layers you need to get the job done, which in a way also improves performance  
#2 as another alternative of doing frame by frame animation (aside from switch layers),  
so that when people asked if Synfig is good for frame-by-frame, then we could say it is just as good for frame-by-frame with the advantage of being able to  
#3 simultaneously do frame-by-frame and shape tweening(via spline tool)

The source:  
[https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/using/frames-keyframes.html](https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/using/frames-keyframes.html)

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### Author: ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/insert-blank-keyframes/9770/2 "2019-05-10T20:52:32Z")

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Hi and welcome here 🙂

Synfig and Adobe Animate don’t share the same philosophy about keyframes.

In Synfig, a keyframe affects all the values of the whole animation (=all the parameters for all the layers).  
Intermediates steps, where each parameter of each layer can change its value independently is a waypoint.

You can add any keyframe you want, but everything will be initialized with a set of values.  
You can move a keyframe, but be aware that all the waypoints between 2 keyframes are placed in relative way, they will expand or compress.

And Synfig in nature is not made for frame-by-frame 😉

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### Author: ![student](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@student](https://forums.synfig.org/u/student)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/insert-blank-keyframes/9770/3 "2019-05-11T03:46:05Z")

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Oh, I see. I guess switch layer is the best way to go for emulating frame by frame…

By the way, thanks for giving us a wonderful program to use. I really appreciate it.

I’m excitedly anticipating the v2.0 release even when I know that it’s going to take awhile.