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• Dragging toward shrinks the keys toward
the current time. Shrink i ng the selection
reduces time between the selected keys and
accelerates that part of the animation.
• Dragging through the current time reverses
the keys and expands the keys away from
the current time.
Tip: You can type-in the Scale Value using the first
field in the Key Stats: Track View toolbar.
The scale percentage is displayed in the Show
Selected Key Stats field as you drag the selection.
Add K ey s (Dope Sheet)
Track View > Dope Sheet > Track V iew toolbar > Add Keys
Track View > Dope Sheet > Keys menu > Add Keys
Add Keys inserts a key (page 3–1054) at the point
whereyouclickacurveoratrack.
AddKeysisamodethatremainsactiveuntilyou
activate another mode. While Add Keys is on, you
click in any animation track to add a key at that
location in time.
Procedure
To add keys in Track View:
1.
On the Track View toolbar, click Add
Keys.
2. Click an animation t r ack to add a key.
The location where yo u click sets the time of
the key as measured on the time r uler.
Thevalueofthenewkeyissetbyoneofthe
following conditions:
• Keys added before the first key of a track
receive the same value as the former first key.
• Keys added b etween two keys receive an
interpolated va lue based on the v alues of the
original keys.
• Keys added after the last key in the track
receive the same value as the former last key.
If you are unable to add keys to a track, check
the following conditions:
• Only animated t r acks can accept keys. If you
want to add a key to a track, such as an object
parameter, y ou need to animate it first.
•Theanimationcontrollermustbeatype
that uses k eys. Not all controllers use k eys.
Examples of cont rollers that do not use keys
include procedural controllers such as Noise.
•Theanimationcontrollermustbeatype
that uses k eys. Not all controllers use k eys.
Examples of controllers that do not use
keys include Expression controllers, List
controllers, and Parametric controllers.
Pr opert ies (Tr ack Vi ew Key
Window)
Track View > Highlight a single track that uses Propertie s.
> Right-click the track. > Choose Properties on the
Controllers quad.
Track View > Highlight a single track that uses Propertie s.
> Controller menu > Properties
Properties displays a dialog to change animation
values. The typ e of di alog displayed depends on
thetypeofanimationcontrollertheselectedtrack
is using. The Propert ies function is unavailable
if the selected track controller does not use
properties, or the track select ion set is incorrect.
•Atrackwithanimationkeysdisplaya
Key Info
dialog (page 2–299)
. You can change the values
in the Key Info fields to change the a nimation
value, time, and interpolation methods of one
or more selected keys.