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580 Chapter 12: Animation
Procedure
To move a s election of k ey s:
1.
In the Hierarchy list, hig hlight one or more
tracks.
Only keys in highlighted tracks appear in the
Key window .
By default, the Move Keys button is yellow,
showingitisalreadyon.
2. In the Track View Key window, highlight one
or more keys.
3. Drag the highlighted keys to a new location, or
press
Shif t and drag the highlighted keys to
add copies at the new location.
4. Highlight another group of keys.
5. Press Shift +Alt ,anddragthehighlighted
keystowardsexistingkeystoreplacethemwith
copies.
Inter face
Move K eys—Moves keys in both horizon tal
and vertical axes, to change both timing and
values.
Move Keys Horizontal—Constrains
movement to the horizontal axis, to change timing.
Move Keys Vertical—Constrains movement
to the vertical axis, to change values.
Scale K eys
TrackView>CurveEditororDopeSheet>TrackView
toolbar > Scale K eys
Track View > Curve Editor or Dope Sheet > Keys menu >
Scale Keys - Time
UseScaleKeystoscalekeyshorizontally,changing
the horizontal location and amount of time
coveredbyselectedkeys.Thehorizontallocation
ofthekeysrepresentstheframeintimeatwhich
the key action takes place.
The scale center for scale time is the current time
set by the t ime slider. You can scale keys about any
pointintimebydraggingthetimesliderbefore
you use Scale Keys.
Procedure
To scale a selection of k eys horizontally:
1.
Right-click an animated object and choose
Curve Editor .
2. In the Hierarchy list, highlight a tr ack.
3. Scr ub the time slider (page 3–701) to the frame
to use as the scale center.
4. On the Track View toolbar, click Scale
Keys.
5. Highlight one or more keys.
6. In the Track View Key w indow, drag any of the
highlighted keys horizontally to scale, or press
Shi f t and drag to add sca led copies of selected
keys.
7. The scaling effect depends on the direction you
drag with respect to the time slider location:
• Drag away from the time slider location to
expand keys’ scaling.
•Dragtowardthetimesliderlocationto
reduce keys’ scaling.