Animation

Animations can be created and edited using Curve Editor features.

The setting items (nodes) displayed vary depending on the type of animation.

Animation properties are displayed.
Curve Tree View
Displays the nodes that can be selected for the animation being created.
The Toolbar is used to edit curves and keys.
For details, see the description given in Toolbar.
Curve View
Displays the animation curve for the node selected in the Curve Tree View.
The curve can be edited in this view.

List of Curve Editor Operations

This is a list of Curve Editor operations.

Operation	Feature
[S]	Add key
[Delete] [BackSpace]	Delete key
CTRL+C	Copy key
CTRL+V	Paste key
CTRL+X	Cut key
[A]	Fit all to view
[F]	Fit selection to view
[R]	Fit frame range to view
[Ctrl] + [+]	Enlarge view
[Ctrl] + [-]	Reduce view
[N]	Select previous curve
[M]	Select next curve
[,]	Select previous key
[.]	Select next key
[↑] [↓]	Edit value of selected key
[←] [→]	Edit selected key frame
[ I ]	Set key mode to "Insert Keys."

Curve Tree View

Displays a tree view of the curves included in animations.
You can select and edit curves.

Animation properties

This group of icons is used to change the display status of the Curve Tree View.

Icon	Description
	This is a filter button. Only nodes that have curves are shown if selected.
	Resets the tree status.
	Expands the tree to show lower branches.
	Puts all nodes in show status. The show/hide checkboxes for nodes are all selected.
	Puts all nodes in hide status. The show/hide checkboxes for nodes are all unselected.

Curve Tree View
Displays selectable nodes.
When a node that has a curve is selected, the curve is displayed in the Curve View.
Show/hide can be switched for curves using the checkbox included for each node.

Curve State
Icon	Description
	A curve that does not have configured keys.
	A curve that does not have configured keys and has not been selected.
	A curve that has configured keys and has been selected.

Curve View

In Curve View, you can create and edit animation curves.

Mouse Operations in Curve View
Selecting Curves and Keys
Add key
Copy and Paste

Animation Graph View

This is the Curve View.
It is used to select and edit curves and keys.
Indicates the range of animation frames.
The area outside the range of frames is displayed with a darkened background.
This is an animation curve.
The color of lines is determined based on the attribute type.
This is the time slider area.

This icon is for switching the display of key information.
If information display is enabled, the following key information is displayed when a key is selected in the Curve View.

Displayed Key Information
Icon	View Display	Displayed Information
		Displays the number of frames and values for the selected key.
		Displays slope information for the selected key.
		Displays the maximum and minimum values for keys adjacent to the selected key.

Mouse Operations in Curve View

Mouse operations in Curve View are given below.

Operation	Description
Left button click	Selects keys.
Left button range selection	Selects keys and curves inside the selected range.
Center button drag	Moves a key when the key mode is "move closest key" or "move multiple keys". Move closest key moves the closest key from the location where the center button is dragged. Move multiple keys moves keys that are in selected status.
Center button click	If the key mode is "insert keys," keys are inserted based on the value and slope evaluated for the curve in the frame where the center button was pressed. If the key mode is "add keys," keys are added in the location where the center button was pressed.
SHIFT + Center button drag	This operation is enabled when the key mode is "move closest key" or "move multiple keys". This limits the movement of keys to vertical or horizontal motion.
Alt + Center button drag	Slides the view.
Alt+Right or left button drag	Changes the view scale to uniform.
Alt+Shift+Right button Left/right drag start	Changes the scale of the view in the frame direction.
Alt+Shift+Right button Up/down drag start	Changes the scale of the view in the value direction.

Selecting Curves and Keys

The curve view can be used to select (multiple) curves, keys, and slopes.

State	View Display	Selection Method
Unselected		Selects the area containing nothing in the curve display region.
Curve selected		Select the corresponding items in the Curve Tree View or range select a curve using the left mouse button.
Key selected		Left click the key you want to select included in the curve or range select using the left mouse button. When a key is selected, it is highlighted and the slope handle is displayed.
Slope selected		Either left click the leading edge of the slope handle while a key is selected or range select using the left mouse button.

Add key

This section describes the procedure for adding a key to any frame of an existing curve.

Select the curve to which the key is to be added.
Place the mouse cursor in the location where you want to add the key and press [S].
The key will be added to the selected location.
Select the added key and enter numeric values for "frame" and "value" on the Toolbar.

Copy and Paste

Curves and keys selected in the Curve View can be copied and pasted using Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.

There are two types of copying.

Copy a curve (multiple curves cannot be copied simultaneously)
Copy a key (multiple keys can be copied simultaneously)

It is possible to paste to the selected curve.

Operations during pasting are set using paste items on the Toolbar.

Toolbar

Curve Editor Toolbar

Key mode, key type, key frame, and value clamping can be selected using icons.
Hovering the cursor over any icon gives a description of its function.
Snap
The snap unit for the value and frame of the key to be added can be selected from a pull-down menu.
Paste
The position and method to use for pasting a copied key can be selected from a pull-down menu.
Use numeric input to set the number of frames and values for keys selected in the Curve View.
Use numeric input to set the slope for the selected key.

Paste

This section describes the position and method of selecting from the pull-down menu for pasting.

Position
Pull-down Menu Items	Description
Cursor Position	Pastes the key to the cursor position.
The copy destination	The frame (horizontal axis) is located at the cursor position. The value of the copy destination is used for value (vertical axis).
Copy	The value of the copy destination is used for both the frame (horizontal axis) and value (vertical axis).

Method
Pull-down Menu Items	Description
Insert	Inserts and pasts the copied key. The frames of keys located after the paste position are increased by the number of curve frames that have been pasted.
Replace	Replaces and pastes the copied key. Keys that already exist are replaced by the pasted key (curve).
Merge	Merges and pastes the copied key. The copied key is pasted while leaving already existing keys in place. The result is a where the already existing key is merged with the pasted key.

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