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554 Chapter 12: Animation
Procedure
To delet e a note tra ck f rom i tems:
1.
Highlight one or more note tracks in the
Hierarchy list.
2. From the Tracks menu, choose Note Track >
Remove.
Editing K eys
Topics in this section relate to editing animation
keys in Track View . The topics are:
Edit Keys (page 2–554)
Snap Frames (page 2–554)
Lock Selection (page 2–555)
Align to Cursor (page 2–556)
Add Visibility Track (page 2–556)
Move Keys (Dope Sheet) (page 2–558)
Slide Keys (page 2–558)
Scale Keys - Time (page 2–559)
Add Keys (Dope Sheet) (page 2–560)
Properties (Track View Key Window) (page 2–560)
Edit K eys
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Dope Sheet > Edit Keys
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Modes>Dope
Sheet > Edit Keys
Edit Keys displays your animat ion as a series of
keysasboxesonagridintheKeywindow.Dope
Sheet Editor turns on E dit Keys by default.
Edit Keys is useful for getting a global view of your
animation because it displays animation timing for
all tracks. Use this mode for key and range editing
when you wa nt to view your changes in the context
of the total anima tion.
UseEditKeysmodeto:
• Select and change one or more keys
• Drag range bars to change all animation in
multiple tracks
Procedures
To tur n on Edit K eys mode, do one of the following:
• If you are in Curve Editor, choose Modes >
Dope Sheet.
•
If you are in Dope Sheet > Ranges, click
Edit Keys on the Track View toolbar.
To delete k eys in Edit K eys mode:
1.
Highlight the keys in the Key window.
2. Press DELETE on the keyboard to delete the
selected keys.
Snap Frames
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Keysmenu>Snap
Frames
Graph Editor > Track View - Dope Sheet/Track View -
Curve Editor > Keys menu > Snap Frames
With Snap Frames, all key and range bar positions
thatarechangedareforcedtoabsoluteframe
increments. This includes selection sets of multiple
keys. When Snap Frames is on, each key in a
selection set will snap to the nearest frame when
the selection is moved or sca led. Default=on.
When you use the Time Display format
MM:SS:Ticks, which doesn’t use frames, Snap
Frames snaps to t ime values that match frame
boundaries.