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544 Chapter 12: Animation
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Click Delete Time.
Keys in the specified time block are deleted, and
any keys to the right of the block move leftward.
Cut Time
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Time
menu > Cut
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Time:
Dope Sheet toolbar > Cut Time button
Use Cut Time to delete a block of time from one or
more tracks and place it in the clipboard. Before
you can paste time in a track, you must have time
in the clipboard. After specifying a block of time,
place it in the clipboard with Cut Time or
Copy
Time (page 2–544)
.
Procedure
To cut time from tracks:
1.
In Dope Sheet mo de, highlight one or more
item labels in the Controller window to specify
tracks for time editing.
2. Use Select Time (page 2–543) to specify
ablockoftime.
3. Click Cut Time, or, from the Time menu,
choose Cut Time.
The block of time is deleted from the selected
tracks and stored in the time clipboard. Keys to
the right of the deleted time move left.
Copy Time
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Tim e
menu > Copy
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Time:
Dope Sheet toolbar > Copy Time button
UseCopyTimetocopyablockoftimefromone
or more tracks to the clipboard, after which you
can paste it to other tracks.
You can use the clipboard to copy time, w ith
keys, to different places in the same t rack or f rom
one track to another. For example, you can copy
position keys from one object to another.
Procedure
To copy time fr om tr ack s:
1.
In Dope Sheet mode, high light one or more
item labels in the Controller window to specify
tracks for time editing.
2. Use Select Time (page 2–543) to specify
ablockoftime.
3. Click Copy Time, or choose Time menu
>Copy.
The block of time is copied to the time
clipboard. The original block remains
unchanged.