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510 Chapter 12: Animation
Tip:
Keys are “soft-selected” across time only
(horizontally).
Procedure
To soft select k eys in Track V iew:
1.
In either Dope Sheet Edit keys mo de or in the
Function Curve Editor, select a single key in the
middle of the animation curve or graph.
2. From the Keys menu, choose Use Soft Select.
3. From the Keys menu, choose Soft Select
Settings
The Soft Selection Settings dialog appears.
4. Change the Range and obser ve the sof t
selection display in the keys window.
See also
Soft Selection Settings (page 2–510)
Soft Selection Settings
Track V iew menu bar > Keys > Use Soft Select
Track Vie w menu bar > Utilities > Track View Utilities >
Soft Selection Settings Manager
Displays a dialog with controls to adjust the range
and falloff of the soft selection of keys in the Dope
Sheet and Curve Editor.
Inter face
Soft—Turns on or off the use of the soft selection.
When this is off, only the selected keys are used,
the soft selection is not.
Range—Determines the range of keys affected by
the soft selection.
Fa lloff—Determines the distribution of the
strength of the soft selection over the range of keys.
Curves Menu
Graphic Editors m enu > Track View - Cur ve Editor >
Curves menu
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open) > Curves menu
TheCurvesmenuisonlyavailablewhenworking
in Track View’s Curve Editor mode. The tools on
this menu facilitate curve adjustments.
Apply – Ea se Cur ve—Appliescurvestoselected
tracks that allow you to effect the t iming of
the animation. S ee
Apply Ease Curve / Apply
Multiplier Curve (page 2–560)
.
Apply – Multiplier Cur ve—Applies curves to
selected tracks that allow you to effect the strength
of the animation. See
Apply Ease Curve / Apply
Multiplier Curve (page 2–560)
.
Remove—Removes Ease and Multiplier Curves.
See
Remove Ease/Multiplier Curve (page 2–561) .
On/Of f —Turns Ease and Multiplier Curves on or
off. See
On/Off (Curves) (page 2–561) .
EaseCurveOutofRangeTypes—Applies Eases to
Parameter Out of Range keys. See
Ease Curve
Out-of-Range Types (page 2–562)
.
Multiplier Curve Out of R ange Types—Applies
multiplier curves to Parameter Out of Range keys.
See
MultiplierCurveOut-of-RangeTypes(page
2–563)
.
Time Menu
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Dope Sheet > Time
menu
UsetoolsontheTimemenutoedit,adjust,or
reversetime. TheTimemenuisavailableonly