# Keyframes

[Adding a keyframe](/editor/animating/timeline/keyframes/add-a-keyframe.md) is the core action for animating in Lottielab. A keyframe stores the change you've made to the [properties](/editor/properties.md) of your object/layer at a point in time. 

You can see the change at a glance using [keyframe thumbnails](/editor/animating/timeline/keyframes/keyframe-thumbnails.md) or by playing back your animation.

The basic logic of a keyframe is as follows:

* If you change the dimensions of a rectangle shape to `20px by 20px` in `Keyframe 1`.
* Then go to another point in time and change the dimensions of the same shape to `40px by 40px` by adding another keyframe (`Keyframe 2`).
* You will have an animation of the rectangle **increasing in size** from `Keyframe 1` to `Keyframe 2`.

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[Add a keyframe](/editor/animating/timeline/keyframes/add-a-keyframe.md)
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[Keyframe thumbnails](/editor/animating/timeline/keyframes/keyframe-thumbnails.md)
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