2016

Chapter 1: Learning the Maya Interface
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FIGURE 1-21
The Channel Box
Selecting Attributes
You can select a single attribute by clicking on its title. When selected, the attribute title will be highlighted.
Holding down the Ctrl/Command key while clicking on several attributes will allow you to select multiple
attributes at once; you can also drag the mouse over several attributes to select them.
Using Channel Sliders
You can interactively change attribute values by selecting an attribute in the Channel Box and then dragging
with the middle mouse button in the view panel. Using the buttons at the top of the Channel Box, shown in
Figure 1-22, you can change the channel slider settings to Slow, Medium, or Fast. The higher the setting, the
faster the attribute will change as you drag. You can also select a linear or hyperbolic slider setting. The Linear
setting will cause attribute values to change linearly as you drag with the mouse, but the Hyperbolic setting will
cause the value to change more and more rapidly the longer you drag the mouse.