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be assig ned Bezier controllers. Rotation t racks
w i ll b e assigned Euler controllers.
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Linea r or TCB Controll er—When this is chosen,
Position,Scale,andscalarparametertrackswill
be assigned Linear controllers. Rotation t r acks
will be assigned TCB controllers.
Note: TCB controllers w ill not display function
cur ves.
Add to New L ayer —When this is turned on, the
collapsedcontrollerisaddedasanewlayerina
weighted list controller (page 2–342).Default=off.
This option is useful because it keeps the old
controller on another layer with a weight of 0.0.
This lets you restore the original animation easily
if you need to.
Tracks Menu
GraphEditorsmenu>TrackView-CurveEditor>Tracks
menu
Graph Editors menu > Track View - D ope Sheet > Tracks
menu
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open) > Tracks menu
There are two types of special tracks that can be
accessed from the Tracks menu.
Note Track —Lets you add or remove note tracks to
your scene. Note tracks can be used for var iety of
purposes to add information to any track in Track
View. See Add Note Track (page 2–552).
V isibility Track—Lets you add or remove visibility
tracks to objects your scene. You can also keyframe
visibility by changing the v isibility p arameter in
theObjectPropertiesdialogwhenAutoKeyison.
See Add Visibilit y Track (page 2–556).
Keys Menu
Track View > Keys menu
The commands on the Keys men u give you control
over keys w hen working in either t he Cur ve E ditor
or the Dope Sheet.
Add K ey s—Adds keys in the Curve Editor or Dope
Sheet. S ee Add Keys (Dope Sheet) (page 2–560).
Reduce K eys—Red uces the amount of keys on
cur ves, or in edit keys mode in Dope Sheet. See
Reduce Keys (page 2–572) .
Move—Moveskeyseithervertically(invalue)or
horizontally (in time). See Move Keys (Dope Sheet)
(page 2–558) or Move Keys (Curve Editor) (page
2–579).
Slide—Moves keys, and adjacent keys slide away
to make room for the move. See Slide Keys (page
2–558).
Scale Values—Proportionally increase or decrease
the key values (in space, not time). Use in
combination with the Scale Value Origin Slider.
See Scale Values (page 2–581).
Scale K eys - T ime—Proportionally increase or
decrease the key values (in space, not time). Use
in combination with the Scale Value Origin Slider.
See Scale Keys - Time (page 2–559).
Use S of t S el ect—When turned on, affects keys
adjacent to a select ion set of keys according to a
falloff threshold. Works on Curves and Dope Sheet
edit keys mode. S ee Use Soft Select (page 2–525).
Soft Select Settings—UseSoftSelectSettingsto
display the dialog that lets you control the fa lloff
range of the soft selection. Select some keys, then
watch the Track View Key window while you
adjust the range va lue. See Soft Selection Settings
(page 2–525).