After Effects CC 2021: How to use Toggle Hold Keyframes to Pause/Freeze Animations

This tutorial will show you how to add toggle hold keyframes to stop or pause an animation for a set time and then have it resume.

Position Property Keyboard Shortcut: P

When adding Toggle Hold Keyframes, the animation will freeze until a change is made on the timeline.


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How To Add Toggle Hold Keyframes:
1. First add Position Keyframes (P) to create animation on the timeline
2. Drag Playhead in between 2 sets of Position Keyframes
3. Click the diamond shape to the far left in the layers panel to add a keyframe
4. Right-click or Ctrl+Click and select ‘Toggle Hold Keyframe’
5. Drag Position Keyframes to the right of Toggle Hold Keyframe to add space
6. Press Spacebar to preview
7. Adjust as necessary. Animation will stop



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