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shortcut; for instance, CTRL+T .Clickthe
Assign button.
3. Close the Customize User Interface dialog and
then press your hotkey for Time Slider Capture
To g g l e .
4. Mov e the mouse left and right without pressing
any buttons.
Thetimeslidermovesintandemwiththe
mouse.
5. To exit this mode, press the hotkey again or
click any mouse button.
Inter face
By default, the active time segment is from
frame 0 to frame 100. The slider displays time in
frames,
SMPTE numbers (page 3–1107) ,orother
measurements, depending on the current setting
in the
Time Configuration dialog (page 3–768) .
The slider bar displays the current frame, followed
by a slash (/), followed by the total frames in t he
active time seg ment. For example 25/100 means
frame 25 of 100 frames. The current frame also
appears in the current frame field. If
animation
(page 3–1003)
exists in the scene, it’s played back
as you drag the time slider.
The buttons on either side of the time slider bar
moveoneframetotheleftandoneframetothe
right, like the Previous Frame and Next Frame
buttons in the time controls. If
Key Mode (page
3–767)
is on, these buttons duplicate the Previous
Key and Next Key buttons.
K ey Mode can jump to all the keys or only the
transform keys, depending on the Key steps sett ing
in the Time Config uration dialog.
Tip: Right-click the slider bar to open the Create
Key dialog. This lets you create Position, Rotat ion,
or Scale keys without using the Auto Key button.
Italsoletsyoucopykeyseasilyfromoneframeto
another.
Track Bar
The track bar i s located below the viewpor ts, between the
time slider and the status bar.
Thetrackbarprovidesatimelineshowingthe
frame nu mbers (or appropriate display units).
It provides a quick alternative to Track View
for moving, copying , and deleting keys, and
changing key properties. Select an object to view
its animation keys on the track bar. The t rack bar
also displays keys for multiple selected objects.
Thedisplayedkeysusecolorcoding,soyou
caneasilydeterminewhatkindofkeyexists
at that frame. P osition, rotation and scale
keysarered,green,andblue,respectively,and
non-transformational keys such as modifier
parameters are gray. You can customize the colors
in the
Customize User Interface dialog (page
3–836)
, and depends on the selected/unselec ted
state of the key. The frame indicator is a similar
bar displayed in blue.
A key on the track bar can represent any number
of animated parameters for the selected objects.
Transformations, modifiers, and animated
material parameters can all have keys at a
particular frame.
To display a list of all keyed values for a key on
the track bar, right-click t he key. Choose a key
type f rom the right-click menu to display its key
properties dialog. Delete keys and filter the tr ack
bar display using options on the right-click menu.
The track bar right-click menu contains a
submenu that lists any procedural controllers (list
controllers, expression, reactors, springs, noise,
and so on) assigned to the current object select ion.