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Function Curve Display group
Check boxes in this group, when active, specify
which transforms are suppressed, for which axis,
and which RGB color values are suppressed. This
is only used for controllers such as the Bezier
Posit ion controller that displays all three axis with
one track selected.
Note: The “W” and “A” Filters are for use with the
Point4 controller. The W is simply a fourth filter
for posit ion, the A for use with the new floating
point RGBA controller, which is based on the
Point4 controller.
Copy Controller
Main toolbar > Cur ve Editor (Open) > Highlight a
controller track in the controller window. > Controller
menu > Copy
Main toolbar > Cur ve Editor (Open) > Highlight a
controller track in the controller w indow. > Right-click any
blank space on the Track V iew toolbar > Show Toolbars >
Controllers: Track View > Copy Controller
Copy Controller copies the selected item to the
Track View clipb oard.
YoucanuseCopyandPastetocopyobject
and modifier tracks, controllers, objects, and
containers, depending on what you are working
on.
The Controller tools are also available as buttons
on the Contr ollers: Track View toolbar. This
toolbar is hidden by default; to unhide right-click
thetoolbarandchooseShowToolbars>
Cont rollers: Track View.
Not all tracks can be copied and pasted. The basic
restrictions for using Copy and Paste in Track
View are:
• Only a sing le selected item c an b e copied.
• A copied item can only b e pasted into another
itemofthesametype.
• Acopieditemcanbepastedintoaselectionof
multiple items only if all of the items are of the
same type.
Procedures
To copy and paste a modifier:
1.
In the Track View Hierarchy, hig h light a
modifier track.
2. From the Controller menu, choose Copy.
3. ClicktheobjecttrackforanobjectintheTrack
View Hierarchy.
4. From the Controllers menu, choose Paste.
The Paste dialog is displayed.
5. Set the options in the Pa ste dialog, and click
OK.
The pasted modifier is inserted above the object
track yo u selected. Note that it does not replace
any of the tracks in the target object.
To copy and paste a controller:
1.
In the Track View Hierarchy, hig h light a
controller track.
2. On the Track View Controllers menu,
click Copy Controller.
3. Highlight the controller track for an object in
the Track View Hierarchy.
Make sure you choose the same type of
transform that you copied.
4. From the Controllers menu, choose Paste.