Graph Editor toolbar
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.
Choose the Insert Keys Tool to place new keys on an existing animation curve. Click to select the curve to which you will add a new key.
-drag
to set the location of the new key. Releasing the mouse button places
the key. The new key will have tangents that preserve the original animation
curve segment’s shape.
The Add Keys Tool lets you add keys to a selected animation curve anywhere in the graph view.
-drag
to set the location of the new key. Releasing the mouse button places
the key. The new key’s tangents will be of the same type as the adjacent
keys’ types.
The Key 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:
You can manipulate curves in the Graph Editor with the Lattice Deform Keys Tool. The Lattice Deform Keys tool lets you draw 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.
Center the view about the current time
This icon centers the current time in the Graph Editor’s graph view.
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.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Break Tangents. See Break Tangents.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Unify Tangents. See Unify Tangents.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Tangents > Free Tangent Weight. See Free Tangent Weight.
This icon 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.
Using the Time Snap Tool forces keys moved in the graph view to the nearest integer time unit value. This is on by default.S
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Normalize Curves. See Normalize Curves.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Denormalize Curves. See Denormalize Curves.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Pre Infinity > Cycle. See Cycle.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Pre Infinity > Cycle with Offset. See Cycle with Offset.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Post Infinity > Cycle. See Cycle.
This icon provides easy access to the Graph Editor menu bar item Curves > Post Infinity > Cycle with Offset. See Cycle with Offset.
