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568 Chapter 12: Animation
Procedure
To cut t ime fro m tracks:
1.
In Dope Sheet mode, high lig ht one or more
item labels in the Controller windo w to specify
tracks for time editing.
2. Use Select Time (page 2–566) to specify a
block of time.
3. Click Cut Time, or, from the Time menu,
choose Cut Time.
The block of time is deleted from the selected
tracks and stored in the time clipboard. Keys to
the rig ht of the deleted time move left.
Cop y Time
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Time
menu > Copy
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Time:
Dope Sheet toolbar > Copy Time button
Use Copy T ime to copy a block of time from one
or more tracks to the clipboard, after which you
can paste it to other tracks.
You can use the clipboard to copy t ime, with
keys, to different places in the same track or from
one track to another. For example, you can copy
position keys from one object to another.
Procedure
To copy time fr om tra ck s:
1.
In Dope Sheet mode, high lig ht one or more
item labels in the Controller windo w to specify
tracks for time editing.
2. Use Select Time (page 2–566) to specify a
block of time.
3. Click Copy Time, or choose Time menu
>Copy.
The block of time is copied to the time
clipboard. The original block remains
unchanged.
Paste T ime
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Cut or
Copy Time > Specify a different time block. > Time menu
>Paste
Track View > Dope Sheet > Specify a time block. > Cut or
Copy Time > Specify a different time block. > Time: Dope
Sheet toolbar > Paste Time
Use Paste Time to paste a block of time from the
clipboard into one or more tracks.
The conditions for pasting time into a track are:
• If the block of time on the clipboard is from
a single track, you can paste it into any track
using the same type of controller.
• If the block of time on the clipboard is from
multiple tracks, you c an paste it into a selection
of multiple tracks as long as the controllers for
the selected tracks include valid track types.
For example, position tracks in the clipboard
are pasted to position tracks in t he s election.
If the above conditions are not met, the Paste Time
function has no effect.
Time editing is available only in Dope Sheet mode;
it is not available in the Function Curve Editor.
In Edit Time mode, you can copy and paste
controller tracks that have no animation keys.
Whenatrackhasnokey,itsvalueatframe0
is used. You must select a block of time before
cutting or pasting; otherwise the time is ignored.