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■ Dope Sheet on page 3519
■ Dope Sheet Toolbars on page 3578
Understanding Track View Concepts
The left side of Track View, called the Controller Window, presents a Hierarchy
list of everything in your scene. Every object and environment effect appears
in the list, along with its associated animatable parameters. Choose items from
this list to apply changes to the animation values. Expand or collapse the list
using manual navigation, or allow the Auto expand to determine the display
in this window.
The right side of Track View, called the Key window, charts the changes applied
to parameters over time. Any change you make to one of these parameters
when the Auto Key button is on, appears as a key in the right side of Track
View. Select keys to apply changes to one or more specific keys.
This section covers some of the editing functions you can use with Track View:
Copying and Pasting Items on page 3645
Copying and Pasting Objects on page 3647
Making Instance and Reference Controllers and Objects Unique on page 3649
Track View Workspace
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open)
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor
Graph Editors menu > New Track View
The Track View Key window displays function curves and keys when in Curve
Editor mode. When in Dope Sheet mode, the tracks can be displayed as keys
or ranges. You select and change animation values and timing in these
windows. The Key window also indicates the active time segment. Time within
the active time segment is highlighted with a light gray background. The Track
View Key window is sometimes referred to as the Key window.
Components of the Key window include a time slider, a time ruler, and a scale
origin slider. The Track View time slider indicates the current frame and is
synchronized with the viewport time slider. A time ruler at the bottom of the
window can be raised to measure keys against time. A scale origin indicator
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