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NOTE By default, the Extras: Dope Sheet toolbar doesn't appear in the Dope Sheet
Editor. You'll find a method for displaying it in the following procedure.
Procedures
To animate a loop by copying and pasting keys:
1 In Dope Sheet mode, highlight one or more item labels in the Controller
window to specify tracks for time editing.
2 Use Select Time on page 3630 to specify a block of time.
At least one track in the block should end with a keyframe. Also, for a
smooth loop, the first and last frame of the selection should be the same.
3 Right-click an empty section of the toolbar area and choose Show Toolbars
> Extras: Dope Sheet.
The Exclude Left End Point and Exclude Right End Point buttons appear.
4
On the Track View toolbar, click Exclude Right End Point.
5
On the Track View toolbar, click Copy Time.
The selection is copied to the clipboard, minus the first frame.
6 Click to define an insertion point in the keys window.
The last position key should be your insert point.
7
Click Paste Time.
The Paste Time dialog appears.
8 In the dialog choose Paste Absolute or Paste Relative. For an animated
loop choose Paste Absolute, then click OK.
The time, including keys, is pasted.
9 Play your animation to observe the effect.
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