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2.
Tur n on Auto Key.
3. Move the time slider to fr ame 10.
This is the f rame at which you’ll set the box to
disappear.
4. Right-click the objec t and choose Properties
from the shortcut menu.
5. In the General tab, set Visibility to 0,andthen
click OK.
6. Scrub the t ime slider.
The b ox fades. This creates a visibility track in
Track View and adds a key with a value of 0 to
the track.
Move K eys (Dope Sheet)
Dope Sheet > Keys: Track View toolbar > Move Keys
Move Keys lets you reposition keys horizontally,
w ithin their own track(s), thus changing the times
at which they ta ke effect. If no keys are highlig hted,
you can move any key by dragg ing it. If multiple
keys are highlighted, you can move them al l the
same distance by dragging one of them.
Yo u c a n c l o n e h i g h l i g h t e d k e y s b y m o v i n g t h e m
whileholdingdowntheSHIFTkey.
Note: YoucanuseanybuttonontheMoveKeys
flyout to move keys in Dope Sheet mode, but you
can move keys horizontal ly only.
Procedure
To move a s election of k ey s:
1. On the Keys: Dope Sheet toolbar, click
Move Keys if it isn’t already highlighted. It
should be on by default.
2. Highlight the keys you want to move in the
Keywindowbydraggingaselectionrectangle
around the keys. You can also use CTRL+click
to highlight non-contiguous keys.
3. Position the mouse cursor over one of the
highlighted keys, and then drag horizontally to
move the keys in time.
Tip: Press SPACEBAR to lock the key selection.
Then you don’t have to drag over the selected
key , but anywhere in the viewport. This is
useful when you have a complex selec tion set
of k eys.
Slide K eys
Track View > Highlight keys in the Key window. > Track
View toolbar > Slide Keys
Use Slide Keys to move a group of keys (highlighted
keys plus all the keys to one end of the animation).
The direction that you drag determines w hich
group of keys moves:
• Dragging to the right moves the highlighted
keys, plus all keys to the last key of the
animation, forward in time.
• Dragging to the left moves the highlig hted keys,
plus all keys to the first key of the animation,
backward in t ime.
SlideKeysisawaytosplittheanimationatthe
highlighted keys and spread the ends apart. Slide
Keys is available in Edit Keys mode.
You can clone keys and insert them elsewhere
in your animation curve while offset ting existing
keysbythelengthoftimeoccupiedbythecloned
keys by dragging while holding down SHIFT.
Based on the length of your selection, the existing
keys to the rig ht of the selection move forward in
time (that is, to the right) to allow the new key
insertion, whether you drag to the right or the left.