Your layers have transform properties which is the heart and soul of animation. Anything that has a stopwatch next to it can be animated. All these parameters can be overwhelming at first glance. Lets go over each property shortcut to familiarize your self with them all. Twirl word transform down to see all the properties:
- Anchor Point: Shortcut is Y
- Position: Shortcut is P
- Scale: Shortcut is S
- Rotation: Shortcut is R
- Opacity: Shortcut is T
- Reveal all key frames: Shortcut is U
Pressing any of these keyboard shortcuts while your layer is selected will bring up that parameter:
Transform properties
All these transform properties can be animated across time. All such properties appear with the icon of a stopwatch, which indicates the feature of animating them in the timeline.