Keying Parameters in Property Editors

To key all or marked parameters on a property page

1. Move the playback cursor on the timeline to a frame where you want a key and open the property editor.

2. Display a property page with parameters you want to animate.

3. Mark the parameters you want to animate (click their names so they turn yellow) and set their values.

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   If nothing is marked and you have selected the Apply to All Parameters When Nothing Is Marked option (as described next), all parameters on the page are keyed.

4. Click the keyframe icon at the top of the property editor.

   This sets keys (or removes a key if there is already one at the current frame) for the corresponding parameters on the property page.

5. Move the playback cursor to another frame where you want a key.

6. Set the values of the marked parameters and click the keyframe icon again.

To key all parameters on a property page

1. Choose File Preferences from the main menu.

2. In the explorer that appears, select Animation to open the Animation Preferences property editor.

3. Make sure that Apply to All Parameters When Nothing Is Marked is selected in the Animation Scope in Editors area.

   Then when you click the keyframe icon, it saves keys for all the parameters on that page at their current values.

To key specific parameters on a property page

1. Open the property editor and display the property page with the parameters you want to animate.

2. Move the playback cursor to a frame where you want a key.

3. Set the value for a parameter you want to animate and click the animation icon to the left of its name, or right-click it and choose Set Key. Doing this sets keys for the parameter whether it is marked or not.

   

   Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all the parameters you want to animate in the property editor.

   NoteIf you want to key parameters in other property pages or property editors at the current frame, display them and repeat these steps.

To move between keys for parameters on a property page

• Press the , (comma) key to select the previous keys, and press the . (period) key to select the next keys.

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• Click the previous or next arrow icons in the upper-left corner of the property editor.

  

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• Right-click the marked parameter's animation icon and choose Previous Key or Next Key.

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• To go to the first or last keys defined, right-click the keyframe icon and choose First Key or Last Key. The keyframe icon changes color to help you navigate among keyframes — see The Keyframe Icon's Color for more information.

To remove all keys from all parameters on a page at a specific frame

1. Display the property editor and the specific page from which you want to remove animation.

2. Move the playback cursor on the timeline to a frame where you want to remove the keys.

3. Click the keyframe icon in the property editor so that it is no longer red.

To remove all keys from marked parameters

1. Display the property editor from which you want to remove animation.

2. Mark the parameters whose keys you want to delete.

3. Right-click the keyframe icon and choose Remove Animation.

To remove a single key from a parameter on a property page

1. Open the property editor and the specific page from which you want to remove a key.

2. Move the playback cursor to the keyframe you want to remove.

3. Click the parameter's animation icon, or right-click it and choose Remove Key.