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Curve Editor Overview 555
Highlighting a controller label displays keys for
that item as vertices on the function curve. You
can then high l ight keys and change their values.
You can add keys to func tion c urves for tracks t hat
arenotyetanimated.Thecurvesappearasstraight
lines.Whenyouaddakeytoafunctioncurve,a
controller is created for that track.
Not all controller types display function curves.
For example, a TCB Rotation controller doesn’t
display a function curve, while an Euler XYZ
rotation controller shows individual curves for X,
YandZ.Somecontrollersdisplayindividualtracks
for each axis, while other controllers combine the
threeaxisvaluesintoasinglecurve.
The Track V iew tools for working with function
curves, found on the Curve Editor
toolbars (page
2–513)
and menus, include the following:
Move Keys (Curve Editor) (page 2–556)
Scale Keys (page 2–556)
Slide Keys (page 2–535)
Scale Va lues (page 2–557)
Add Keys (Cur ve Editor) (page 2–557)
Draw Curves (page 2–558)
Reduce Keys (page 2–548)
Show All Tangents (page 2–505)
Show Tangents (page 2–559)
Lock Tangents (page 2–560)
ApplyEaseCurve/ApplyMultiplierCurve(page
2–560)
Remove Ease/Multiplier Curve (page 2–561)
On/Off (Curves) (page 2–561)
Ease Curve Out-of-Range Types (page 2–562)
MultiplierCurveOut-of-RangeTypes(page
2–563)
Freeze Non-Selected Cur ves (page 2–564)
B ezi er Tangent Ha ndles
Custom tangents
You can use Bezier handles in the Curve Editor
to change the shape of the trajectory through a
key. To display handles on a key, right-click a
key in the Track View Key Window a nd choose
the Custom Tangents option. You can assign the
Custom Tangent type only to items using a Bezier
contro ller. This will display tangent handles on
the keys that you can manipulate horizontally and
vertically.
Procedure
To display function curves:
1.
Select an animated object in a viewpor t.
2. Right-click the active viewport and choose
Curve Editor.
The function curves for the object’s animation
aredisplayedintheKeywindowoftheFunction
Curve Editor.
3. To d i s play addit i o n a l c u r ve s at the sa m e t i m e ,
from the Track View menu choose Settings >
Manual Navigation.