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Set Key Animation Mode 719
animation, Set Key mode gives you control over
whatyoukeyandwhen. Itallowsyoutoposea
character (or tr ansform any object) and then if
youlikeit,usethatposetocreatekeys.Ifyoumove
to another point in time without keying, your pose
is discarded. It also works w ith object parameters.
You can try out different values and then when you
have what you like use it to create keys. Combine
this with keyable tracks in the Curve Editor to
create keys on just the object parameters you want
to key.
Set K ey Work flow
To animate something using Set Key mode, you
firstturnonSetKeyMode.Youcanthenselectthe
object you want to animate and use the Key Filters
button to set which tracks you want to key frame.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e S h o w Ke y a b l e i c o n s i n Tr a c k Vi e w
edit windows to make individual tracks keyable or
not. With all this setup work completed you can
create keys by clicking the Set Key button (the large
button with the key) or using Keyboard shortcut
(K). Move ahead in time, then ma ke changes to
your character (transforms or parameter changes)
and click S et Keys to use those changes to create
keys.
If you do not click the Set K eys button and mov e to
another frame the object changes w i ll be lost, as if
you had never made them. This is fundamentally
different behavior from Auto Key mode, where
youwouldneedtouseundotolosethechanges
you made. Use the right mouse button on the time
slider to drag a pose to a different p oint in time.
Forfasterworkflowyoucandefinekeyboard
shortcuts for the Key Filters and Show K eyable tools
by going to Customize menu > Customize User
In terface and assigning keystroke combinations in
the Main U I group.
Procedures
To animate using Set Key mode:
1.
Turn on S et Ke y m ode.
2. Select the objects you want to keyframe, and
then right-click and choo se Curve Editor.
3. On the Track View toolbar, click Show
Keyable Icons, then use the keyable icons in the
controller window to define which tracks will
be keyed.
A red key means the t r ack will be keyed.
Click a key to toggle keyable status.
4. Click Key Filters and then
turn on the tracks you want to keyframe.
By default, Position Rotation, Scale, and IK
Parameters are on. For this example, turn off
Rotation and Scale.
5. Go to a frame at which you want to set a key.
6. Move an object.
7. Click the Set Keys button.
The Set Key button flashes red to
show that it has set a key, and a key appears on
the track bar.
Repeat this process, moving the time slider and
setting keys.
To k eyframe all parameters using Set K ey mode:
1.
Turn on S et Ke y m ode.
2. In the viewp ort, select the objects to which you
want to add keyframes.
3. Click Key Filters and then
turn on the Key All.