Keyframe animation is a technique used in computer graphics and video editing where an animator defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition, allowing the software to automatically fill in the frames in between. It's like telling a computer "make this object move from here to there in 60 frames" and letting it figure out the details, so you can focus on more important things like arguing on Reddit about which JavaScript framework is the best.

How to use it in a sentence

• "I was going to refactor the legacy codebase today, but I got stuck tweaking the keyframe animation on the loading spinner for 6 hours instead."

• "Sure, the new intern's code is a mess, but did you see that buttery smooth keyframe animation on the hamburger menu? The rest is just details."

If you actually want to learn more...

• CSS Animations: Keyframes - W3Schools provides a simple introduction to keyframe animations in CSS, perfect for when you want to procrastinate on that big project.

• Keyframe Animations in Unity - Unity's official documentation dives deep into keyframe animations for game development, for those times when you're questioning your life choices.

• After Effects Keyframe Assistants - Adobe's guide to keyframe animation assistants in After Effects, which you'll definitely need when the marketing team asks for "just a few small changes" to that video.

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