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Extract animation to or from an animation layer

When you are working with layered animation, you can extract attributes (and animation) from one layer onto a new layer.

To extract animation from your scene onto a layer

1. Do one of the following:
   • To extract the animation from all animated objects, select Layers > Extract Non-Layered Animation for All Objects.
   • To extract the animation from selected objects, select Layers > Extract Non-Layered Animation for Selected Objects.

   The extracted animation is added to a new layer called BaseAnimation_extract and placed at the top of the stack.

To extract animation from an animation layer

1. Select the layer from which you want to extract objects/animation.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Select Layers > Extract Selected Objects.
   • -click the layer, and select Extract Selected Objects from the pop-up menu.

   The selected objects/animation are extracted onto a new layer that is named after the source layer plus the suffix _extract.