diff --git a/src/components/canvas/players/player.ts b/src/components/canvas/players/player.ts
index 1624730c..40e00037 100644
--- a/src/components/canvas/players/player.ts
+++ b/src/components/canvas/players/player.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { Pointer } from "@inputs/pointer";
 import { type Size, type Vector } from "@layouts/geometry";
 import { relativeToAbsolute, absoluteToRelative } from "@layouts/position-builder";
-import { type Clip, type ResolvedClip, type Keyframe } from "@schemas";
+import { type Clip, type ResolvedClip } from "@schemas";
 import * as pixi from "pixi.js";
 
 import { Entity } from "../../../core/shared/entity";
@@ -222,13 +222,13 @@ export abstract class Player extends Entity {
 		this.rotationKeyframeBuilder.addLayer(transitionSet.out.rotationKeyframes);
 
 		// Mask keyframes (reveal effect)
-		const maskXKeyframes: Keyframe[] = [...transitionSet.in.maskXKeyframes, ...transitionSet.out.maskXKeyframes];
+		const maskXKeyframes = [...transitionSet.in.maskXKeyframes, ...transitionSet.out.maskXKeyframes];
 		if (maskXKeyframes.length) {
 			this.maskXKeyframeBuilder = new KeyframeBuilder(maskXKeyframes, length);
 		}
 
 		// Wipe brightness sweep (wipeLeft/wipeRight) — driven through WipeFilter, not a mask.
-		const brightnessKeyframes: Keyframe[] = [...transitionSet.in.brightnessKeyframes, ...transitionSet.out.brightnessKeyframes];
+		const brightnessKeyframes = [...transitionSet.in.brightnessKeyframes, ...transitionSet.out.brightnessKeyframes];
 		if (brightnessKeyframes.length) {
 			this.wipeBrightnessBuilder = new KeyframeBuilder(brightnessKeyframes, length);
 			this.wipeInFromRight = transitionSet.in.wipeFromRight;
diff --git a/src/core/animations/composed-keyframe-builder.ts b/src/core/animations/composed-keyframe-builder.ts
index 0fd009c0..61413f39 100644
--- a/src/core/animations/composed-keyframe-builder.ts
+++ b/src/core/animations/composed-keyframe-builder.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Keyframe } from "@schemas";
+import { type AnimationKeyframe } from "@schemas";
 
 import { KeyframeBuilder } from "./keyframe-builder";
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class ComposedKeyframeBuilder {
 	 * For additive mode, keyframes should represent deltas (e.g., 0 → 0.1 means "move by 0.1")
 	 * For multiplicative mode, keyframes should represent factors (e.g., 1 → 1.3 means "scale by 1.3x")
 	 */
-	addLayer(keyframes: Keyframe[]): void {
+	addLayer(keyframes: AnimationKeyframe[]): void {
 		if (keyframes.length === 0) return;
 
 		const neutralValue = this.mode === "additive" ? 0 : 1;
diff --git a/src/core/animations/keyframe-builder.ts b/src/core/animations/keyframe-builder.ts
index 21c1b32d..bcd6cef6 100644
--- a/src/core/animations/keyframe-builder.ts
+++ b/src/core/animations/keyframe-builder.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Keyframe, type NumericKeyframe } from "@schemas";
+import { type AnimationKeyframe, type NumericKeyframe } from "@schemas";
 
 import { CurveInterpolator } from "./curve-interpolator";
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class KeyframeBuilder {
 
 	private cachedIndex = 0;
 
-	constructor(value: Keyframe[] | number, length: number, initialValue = 0) {
+	constructor(value: AnimationKeyframe[] | number, length: number, initialValue = 0) {
 		this.property = this.createKeyframes(value, length, initialValue);
 		this.length = length;
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class KeyframeBuilder {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	private createKeyframes(value: Keyframe[] | number, length: number, initialValue = 0): NumericKeyframe[] {
+	private createKeyframes(value: AnimationKeyframe[] | number, length: number, initialValue = 0): NumericKeyframe[] {
 		if (typeof value === "number") {
 			return [{ start: 0, length, from: value, to: value }];
 		}
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ export class KeyframeBuilder {
 		return this.insertFillerKeyframes(normalizedKeyframes, length, initialValue);
 	}
 
-	private createNormalizedKeyframes(keyframes: Keyframe[]): NumericKeyframe[] {
+	private createNormalizedKeyframes(keyframes: AnimationKeyframe[]): NumericKeyframe[] {
 		return keyframes
-			.filter((kf): kf is Keyframe & { start: number; length: number } => typeof kf.start === "number" && typeof kf.length === "number")
+			.filter((kf): kf is AnimationKeyframe & { start: number; length: number } => typeof kf.start === "number" && typeof kf.length === "number")
 			.sort((a, b) => a.start - b.start)
 			.map(keyframe => ({
 				start: keyframe.start,
diff --git a/src/core/animations/transition-preset-builder.ts b/src/core/animations/transition-preset-builder.ts
index 944bb726..2dcbec68 100644
--- a/src/core/animations/transition-preset-builder.ts
+++ b/src/core/animations/transition-preset-builder.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { type ResolvedClip, type Keyframe } from "@schemas";
+import { type ResolvedClip, type AnimationKeyframe } from "@schemas";
 
 export type TransitionKeyframeSet = {
-	offsetXKeyframes: Keyframe[];
-	offsetYKeyframes: Keyframe[];
-	opacityKeyframes: Keyframe[];
-	scaleKeyframes: Keyframe[];
-	rotationKeyframes: Keyframe[];
-	maskXKeyframes: Keyframe[];
+	offsetXKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
+	offsetYKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
+	opacityKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
+	scaleKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
+	rotationKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
+	maskXKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
 	/** Wipe brightness sweep (+1 hidden → −1 revealed), applied through WipeFilter. */
-	brightnessKeyframes: Keyframe[];
+	brightnessKeyframes: AnimationKeyframe[];
 	/** Wipe reveal direction for this phase: true = from the right edge inward, false = from the left. */
 	wipeFromRight: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/src/core/schemas/index.ts b/src/core/schemas/index.ts
index ac339e8d..4d14c6aa 100644
--- a/src/core/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/schemas/index.ts
@@ -122,13 +122,16 @@ export type ExtendedCaptionAsset = CaptionAsset & {
 // ─── Internal Animation Types ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Keyframes with all required fields and numeric values for animation interpolation
 
+/** A tween as the animation code reads it. */
+export type AnimationKeyframe = Tween;
+
 export interface NumericKeyframe {
 	start: number;
 	length: number;
 	from: number;
 	to: number;
 	interpolation?: Tween["interpolation"];
-	easing?: Tween["easing"];
+	easing?: AnimationKeyframe["easing"];
 }
 
 // ─── Zod Schemas (for validation) ──────────────────────────────────────────