When you are finished working with animation on multiple layers and you want to keep the final result in a single layer, you can merge selected layers into a single layer. You can also merge layers to filter the animation onto different layers.

Use the Merge dialog settings to specify how you want the merge to occur. See Merge dialog box.

See Merging for information on what happens to animation layers when you merge scenes.

To merge layers:

1. In the Animation Layer editor, Ctrl-click the layers you want to merge to select them.
2. Click the Merge button in the Animation Layer toolbar.

   You can also right-click on one of the selected layers and select Merge from the contextual menu.

3. In the Merge dialog box that appears, set the merge options. For information on these options, see Merge dialog box.
   

   Merge dialog box

Depending on what you selected in the Merge dialog box, the animation from the selected layers are either merged onto a new layer or to the BaseAnimation layer. All of the merged properties display with keyframes on the BaseAnimation layer.