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Scale Keys - Time 559
3.
Drag to slide the keys to the right.
Thekeysfollowingyourselectionmoveto
account for the offset produced by sliding the
keys.
4. Highlight another group of keys.
5. Hold Shift whiledraggingtoslidethekeysto
the rig ht.
The keys following your selection move to the
right by the leng th of time occupied by the
cloned keys.
Scale Keys - Time
TrackView>CurveEditororDopeSheet>TrackView
toolbar > Scale Keys
TrackView>CurveEditororDopeSheet>Keysmenu>
Scale Keys - Time
ScaleKeys-Timemovesallselectedkeys
proportionally toward or away from the current
frame.UsetheScaleKeysbuttonineithermodeto
change the location and amount of time covered
by one or more selected keys.
The scale center is defined by the cur rent time set
bythetimeslider. Youcanscalekeysaboutany
moment in time by dragging the time slider before
you use Scale Keys.
Procedure
To use Scale Keys:
1.
Select an animated object in the viewport, then
right-click and choose Curve Editor.
The following steps work in either Curve Editor
or Dope Sheet mo des.
2. Dragthetimeslidertothetimeyouwanttouse
as the scale center.
3. Click Scale Keys or from the Keys menu
choose Scale Keys - Time.
4. Highlight one or more keys.
5. Drag to sca le the selected keys or press and
hold
Shif t and drag to add sca led copies of
the selected keys.
Drag away from or toward the current time line
for the following results:
• Dragging away expands the keys from the
current time. Expanding the selection
increases time between the selected keys and
slowsthatpartoftheanimation.
• Dragging toward shrinks the keys toward
the current time. Shrinki ng the selection
reduces time between the selected keys and
accelerates tha t part of the animation.
• Dragging through the current time reverses
the keys and ex pands the keys away from
the current time.
Tip: You can t ype-in the Scale Value using the first
field in the Key Stats: Track View toolbar.
The scale percentage is displayed in the Show
Selected Key Stats field a s you drag the select ion.