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556 Chapter 12: Animation
4.
Navigate the controller window until you see
theadditionaltracks,andthenholddownthe
CTRL key and click them.
The cur ves for all highlighted t r acks are
displayed together in the Key window.
Move K eys (Cur ve Editor)
Track View > Curve Editor > Track View toolbar > Move
Keys flyout > Move K eys, Move Keys Horizontal, or Move
Keys Vertical
With the Move Keys flyout buttons in the Curve
Editor, you can move one or more highlighted keys
to change keys’ timing , va lues, or both.
Yo u c a n c l o n e k e y s b y h o l d i n g d o w n S H I F T w h i l e
dragging. The new keys are added to the existing
keys on the curve.
You can also clone keys to replace exist ing keys
by holding down SHIFT+ALT while dragging.
Tip: When you select keys to clone and replace
others, yo u can include the key before the first
selected key to preser ve the tangent of your first
copied key.
Procedure
To move a s election of k ey s:
1.
In the Hierarchy list, highlight one or more
tracks.
Only keys in highlighted tracks appear in the
Key window.
By default, the Move Keys button is yellow,
showingitisalreadyon.
2. In the Track View Key window, highlight one
or more keys.
3. Drag the highlighted keys to a new location, or
press SHIFT and drag the highlighted keys to
add copies at the new location.
4. Highlight another group of keys.
5. Press SHIFT+ALT, and drag the h ighlighted
keys towards existing keys to replace them with
copies.
Interfa ce
Move K eys—Moveskeysinbothhorizontal
and vertical axes, to change both timing and
values.
Move K eys Horizontal—Constrains
movement to the horizontal axis, to change timing.
Move Keys Vertical—Constrains movement
to the vertical axis, to change values.
Scale K eys
TrackView>CurveEditororDopeSheet>TrackView
toolbar > Scale Keys
Track V iew > Curve Editor or Dope Sheet > Keys menu >
Scale Keys - Time
UseScaleKeystoscalekeyshorizontally,changing
the horizontal location and amount of time
coveredbyselectedkeys.Thehorizontallocation
ofthekeysrepresentstheframeintimeatwhich
the key action takes place.
The scale center for scale time is the current time
set by the time slider. You can scale keys about any
pointintimebydraggingthetimesliderbefore
you use Sca le Keys.