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Track Bar 751
If you select one of the controllers from the
submenu, the properties dialog for that controller
displays in a modeless dialog.
The track bar can display a waveform (.
wav file)
that has already been assigned to the sound object
in Track View. To display this feature, right-click
the track bar and choose Configure > Show Sound
Track. If no waveform is currently assigned to
the sound object or if you are using a third-party
sound object plug-in that is not compatible with
the waveform display , this part of the track bar is
unavailable.
Yo u c a n m o d i f y t h e
act ive time segment (page
3–998)
by pressing CTRL and ALT whi le dragging
the track bar. Hold the left mouse button to slide
the start of the range, the right mouse button to
slide the end of the range, and the middle mouse
button to change both the start and end frames
together. A tooltip at the cursor and a status bar
message will indicate the range you are setting.
Note: While the Auto Key button is depressed,
thetimesliderbackgroundishighlightedred,to
indicate that 3ds Max is in automatic keyframing
mode.
Yo u c a n e x p a n d t h e t r a c k b a r t o s h o w c u r v e s .
Click the Open Mini-Curve Editor button at the
leftcornerofthetrackbar. Thetimesliderand
track bar are replaced with the controller and key
windows, and Track View toolbars. You can resize
thetrackbarwindowbypressinganddraggingthe
border b etween the menu bar and the toolbars.
Track bar displaying curves
Procedures
To select k eys on the track bar:
1.
Click a key to selec t it.
2. Drag a window around a selection of keys to
region-select multiple keys.
If the track bar right-click menu > Configure >
Show Selection Range option is on, when you
select multiple keys, the range of the selected
keysisshownintheselectionrangebaratthe
bottom of the track bar. You can then scale the
selected k eys proportionally by dragging either
end of the selection range bar, or move the keys
by dragging the center of the bar .
To move or clone k eys on the track bar:
While keys are moved or cloned, small lines on
the track bar mark the original position of the
keys. All keys at a particular frame are moved
simultaneously using the follow ing procedures.
1. Drag a key selection to mov e it in time.
2. Hold down SHIFT, then drag a key(s) to clone
keys.
3. Right-click to abort a move or clone operation.
To move a single k ey from a f rame with multiple k eys:
If, for example, a frame has both a transform k ey
and a material key for the selected object, and