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above for the Curve Editor, you can also choose
to display the following:
•
Keys—Dope Sheet displays
the tools to move,
add, and scale keys (page 2–516)
,
the Filters
button (page 2–519)
, and the buttons that let
you choose between
Edit Keys (page 2–531)
and
Edit Ranges (page 2–550)
options for Dope
Sheet.
•
Time—Tr ack View prov ides
tools to select and
work with time (page 2–516)
.Timecanbe
selected, inser ted, cut, copied, pasted, scaled,
reversed, or removed. This toolbar works only
in Dope Sheet mode.
•
Ranges—Here are the tools
to
edit (page 2–550)
,
position (page 2–550)
,
and
recouple ranges (page 2–551)
.
•
Display —Dope Sheet holds tools to
modify subtree (page 2–498)
and
modify child
keys (page 2–504)
,
lock selection (page 2–533)
,
snap frames (page 2–532)
,and
display keyable
icons (page 2–505)
.
Soft Selection Toolbar
BoththeCurveEditorandDopeSheetEditKeys
mode take advantage of soft selection of keys. If
you choose Keys m enu > Use S oft Select, then
choose
Soft Select ion Sett ings (page 2–510)
,the
Soft Selection Settings toolbar is displayed. This
toolbar is accessible only from the Keys menu, not
from the right-click menu. If you want this menu
to stay visible,
save a Track View layout (page
2–578)
.
Track Bar
You can dock the Track View windows below the
time slider and track bar by choosing Dock >
Bottom from the toolbar right-click menu. You
can dock multiple Track View windows using this
technique.
Yo u c a n a l s o d i s p l ay a Tr a c k Vi e w w i n d o w
belowtheviewportsbyclickingtheOpen
Mini-Curve Editor button at the upper left corner
of the track bar. Using this method, the t ime slider
and track bar are replaced with the Track View
window. As with Dope Sheet and Curve Editor
modes, you use the toolbar r ight-click menu to
display or hide all Track View UI elements.
Procedures
To save a Track V iew layout:
1.
Customize the Track View layout as y ou want.
2. When you want to save it, right-click the Track
Viewmenubarortheblankareaattherightof
theTrackViewtoolbar,andchooseSaveLayout
As.
3. Enter a name you will remember.
To reload a saved Track V iew layout:
1.
Right-click the Track View menu bar or the
blank area at the right of the Track View toolbar
and click Load Layout.
2. Choose the layout you want to display in Track
View.