This tool lets you manipulate individual keys and tangents with a single mouse action.
This tool differs from the Move Tool. It works on one key at a time, or on the closest selected key of an active curve without you having to precisely select a key point or tangent handle in the graph view.
Double-click the Move Nearest Picked Key Tool icon to open the Tool Settings window.
Set one of the following options:
When on (default), single-click editing works only on selected curves. When off, you can single-click to edit all curves. Disable this option if you want to allow single-click manipulation for all curves.
See also Use single-click curve editing.
Choose the Insert Keys Tool to place new keys on an existing animation curve. See Add keys to a curve.
Lets you manipulate curves in the Graph Editor by drawing a lattice deformer around groups of keys, so that you can manipulate many keys at once. This tool gives you a high-level of control over your animation curves.
Enables Region selection mode, letting you drag in the graph view area to select a region, then scale keys within that region in time and in value. See also Scale keys or Scale curves.
Enables the Retime Tool, letting you double-click in the graph view area to create retime markers. You can then drag the markers to directly adjust the timing of key movements in your animations, making them occur faster or slower, and dragging them to occur earlier or later in time. See also Retime animation.
The Stats fields numerically represent a selected key’s time and value. You can edit them by entering values from the keyboard, or relatively by using the following operators in the input:
Frames all the keys within the current Playback Range in the Graph Editor graph view.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Spline. See Spline.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Clamped. See Clamped.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Linear. See Linear.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Stepped. See Stepped.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Plateau. See Plateau.
To take a snapshot of a curve, select the animation curve and use Curves > Buffer Curve Snapshot or the Buffer Curve Snapshot button. See Buffer Curve Snapshot.
Use Buffer Curve Snapshot and Swap Buffer Curves to compare changes to the current animation curve with its previous shape. Note that a gray curve representing the original curve is visible.
To swap the buffer curve with the edited curve, use Curves > Swap Buffer Curve or the Swap Buffer Curve button. See Swap Buffer Curve.
Use Buffer Curve Snapshot and Swap Buffer Curves to compare changes to the current animation curve with its previous shape. Test your animation by toggling back and forth between these curves freely.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Break Tangents. See Break Tangents.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Unify Tangents. See Unify Tangents.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Free Tangent Weight. See Free Tangent Weight.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Lock Tangent Weight. See Lock Tangent Weight.
You can visually identify locked or broken tangents and weight locked tangents.
The Graph Editor displays the status of locked or broken tangents.By default, an unlocked tangent displays in green. When locked, both tangents display in the same color.
Toggles the Auto Load Selected Objects option found in the List menu. See Auto Load Selected Objects.
Loads selected objects into the Graph Editor when Auto Load Selected Objects is not on. See Load Selected Objects.
Forces keys moved in the graph view to the nearest integer time unit value. This is on by default.
Provides easy access to toggle the Graph Editor menu bar item View > Display Normalized. See Display Normalized.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu item View > Stacked Curves. See Stacked Curves.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Pre Infinity > Cycle. See Cycle.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Pre Infinity > Cycle with Offset. See Cycle with Offset.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Post Infinity > Cycle. See Cycle.
Provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Post Infinity > Cycle with Offset. See Cycle with Offset.
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