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Camera, Sky, Foreground, Background, Environment
To assign an object to the Stage object, drag and drop a Camera, Sky, Foreground, Background or
Environment object from the Object manager into the appropriate box.
Selection Object
When recording keys in autokeying mode, you can restrict the recording to specic objects by
using a Selection object. Then, only those objects that are assigned to the Selection object can be
animated.
Attribute manager settings
Object Properties
Restore Selection
If you click this button, all objects that are assigned to the Selection object (i.e. all those in the List
box) are selected in the Object manager.
List
To assign objects to the Selection object, drag and the objects from the Object manager into the List
box. Select the Hierarchy icon for each object whose children should be recorded in autokeying mode
as well. The hierarchy icon is shown to the right of each object in the list and is red when selected.
You can also choose which objects are assigned as follows:
 In the Object manager, select the objects that should be assigned to the
Selection object.
 Choose either Objects > Scene > Selection or Selection > Selection Filter >
Create Selection Object.
A new Selection object is created and the selected objects are assigned to it automatically.