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504 Chapter 12: Animation
TherightsideofTrackView,calledtheKey
window, charts the changes applied to parameters
over time. Any change you make to one of these
parameters when the Auto Key button is on,
appearsasakeyintherightsideofTrackView.
Select keys to apply changes to one or more
specific keys.
This section covers some of t he editing functions
you can use with Track View:
Copying and Pasting Items (page 2–575)
Copying and Pasting Objects (page 2–576)
Making Instance and Reference Controllers and
Objects Unique (page 2–577)
Track Vie w Works pace
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor
Graph Editors menu > New Track View
The Track View Key window displays function
curves and keys when in Curve Editor mode.
When in Dope Sheet mode, the t racks can b e
displayed as keys or ranges. You select and change
animation values and timing in these windows.
The Key window also indicates the active time
segment. Time within the active time segment is
highlighted with a lig ht gray backg round. The
Track View Key window is sometimes referred to
as the Key w indow.
Components of the Key window include a time
slider, a time ruler, and a scale origin slider. The
Track View time slider indicates the current frame
andissynchronizedwiththeviewporttimeslider.
Atimeruleratthebottomofthewindowcanbe
raised to measure keys against time. A scale orig in
indicator (a horizonta l orange line at 0) can be
movedduringscalevalueoperationsasareference
point for scaling.
Interfa ce
ThetwomainsectionsoftheTrackView
workspace consist of the Key window and the
Cont roller window.
Controller W indow
The Controller window displays object names and
controller tracks, and determines which curves
and tr acks are available for display and editing.
Hierarchy items in the Controller window can be
expanded and rearranged as necessary using the
Hierarchy list right-click menu. The navigation
tools can also be found in the Track View Options
menu. Default behavior is to only show selected
object tracks. Use Manual Navigation mode to
collapse or expand tracks individually, or press
Alt +right-click to display an alternate menu to
collapse and expand tracks.
Controller window