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# Animation Controls

Use the Animation controls to modify channels. The settings are displayed when the Anim Controls toggle button is enabled in the Animation editor or the Dissolve editor (some options are unavailable in the Dissolve editor).

Display box
  Toggle between displaying the Channel Editor view (Curve in previous versions of Lustre) or in Track Editor view (Timeline in previous versions).
  Note

  In the Dissolve editor, only the Channels display is available.

Edit Mode box
  Select how you want to modify keyframes:

  Select: | To:
  --- | ---
  Add (A) | Add a keyframe.
  Move (M) | Move a keyframe.
  Delete (D) | Delete a keyframe.
  Break | Break a tangent.
  Repair | Repair a broken tangent.

Return button
  Modify a keyframe and return to Move mode.

Curve Functions box
  Modify the current channel by reversing the order of keyframes in time (Reverse), or inverting the value of the keyframes (Invert).

Select All button
  Selects all keyframes on the current channel.

Delete Selected button
  Deletes selected keyframes from the current channel.

Interpolation Mode box
  Select how the curve between keyframes is shaped: as a Constant, Linear, Hermite or Bezier curve; Mixed is displayed only when a selection contains keyframes with different interpolations; Natural is available only when importing timelines with dissolves from Wiretap server.

Extrapolation Mode box
  Select the shape of the curve before and after the first and last keyframes.