User Manual

Navigating Around the Spline Editor
It is often necessary to magnify and pan around the graph area to ensure that the splines you
want to work on are visible. In general, scaling and panning the Spline Editor works the same as
in all navigable parts of the Fusion interface. However, there are several unique functions to the
Spline Editor for controlling your view based on the height, width, and selection of multiple
animation splines.
The most obvious navigation methods to use are the scale sliders and buttons located in the
upper left of the Spline Editor panel.
The Zoom Height and Zoom Width sliders, Fit button, and Zoom to
Rectangle button can be used to navigate around the graph.
To scale and pan using the sliders and buttons:
 Zoom Height and Zoom Width sliders let you change the height and
width of the graph area.
 The Fit button attempts to rescale the view so that all currently active
splines fit within the graph.
 The Zoom to Rectangle button (Command-R) allows you to draw a bounding box
around the area of the graph you want centered and scaled.
To scale using the axis labels:
 Place the mouse pointer over the rulers for the horizontal or vertical axis and drag to
resize the graph on that axis only. The view is scaled centered on the original position
of the pointer on the ruler.
Dragging in the Time Ruler
scales the graph horizontally.
To scale and pan with the mouse and/or keyboard:
 With the Spline Editor active, press the + and - keys on your keyboard to zoom in and
out of the graph.
 You can also zoom to a specific control point by holding down the Command key and
scrolling the middle mouse wheel. The mouse pointer location determines the area that
gets magnified.
 Position the mouse pointer over the graph, and then hold down the middle mouse
button. With the middle mouse button pressed down, click once on the left mouse
button to zoom in and once on the right button to zoom out.
To pan the graph area:
 Drag left or right using the middle mouse button or use the scroll bar along the bottom
and right side of the graph.
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