Copy, cut, paste, scale, move, or mute a range of time and keys with the Dope Sheet Manipulator

User Guide > Animation > Animation > Keyframe Animation > Use the Dope Sheet Manipulator >

Note

When using the Edit > Cut and Edit > Paste Dope Sheet menu items with the Dope Sheet Manipulator, their options affect how the time and keys selected by the manipulator are removed from and inserted into your animation.
When using the Copy (default: +c), Cut (default: +x) and Paste (default: +v) hotkeys with the Dope Sheet Manipulator, the hotkeys do not use the settings in their respective Dope Sheet menu option windows. Instead, they always shift your animation to accommodate the removal or insertion of time and keys.
The Dope Sheet Manipulator does not support the Delete key on your keyboard. To select keys for deletion, use the regular Select Tool.

To use the Dope Sheet Manipulator

Select Window > Animation Editors > Dope Sheet.
The Dope Sheet appears.
Select the objects in your scene whose animation timing you want to manipulate with the Dope Sheet Manipulator.
The selected objects and their keyframes appear in the Dope Sheet.
In the Dope Sheet toolbar, select the Select Keyframe Tool ( ).
In the Dope Sheet, drag around the region of time you want to manipulate for one or several of your objects.
The Dope Sheet Manipulator appears around the region you selected with the Select Keyframe Tool.
Use the Dope Sheet Manipulator in the following ways to manipulate the selected region of time and keys:
- Copy, cut and paste a region of time and keys.
Press +c to copy the region of time and keys defined by the manipulator.

Drag the manipulator to the location in time where you want to paste the copied time and keys.

The copied time and keys are pasted or inserted at the start of the manipulator.

If time and keys are present at the insertion point, they are moved forward in time to accommodate the insertion of the copied range of time and keys.

The manipulator defines the region of time and keys that you want to cut.

Press +x to cut or delete the region of time and keys defined by the manipulator.

Drag the manipulator to the location in time where you want to paste the cut time and keys.

The cut time and keys are pasted or inserted at the start of the manipulator.

If time and keys are present at the insertion point, they are moved forward in time to accommodate the insertion of the cut range of time and keys.
- Move or scale a region of time and keys.
-drag the middle of the Dope Sheet Manipulator to move the region of time and keys within the bounds of the manipulator.

If time and keys are present at the location to which you dragged the range of time and keys, they are moved forward in time to accommodate the insertion of the moved range of time and keys and the moved range of time and keys is placed or inserted at the start of the manipulator.

-drag the left or right hand edge of the Dope Sheet Manipulator to scale the region of time and keys within the bounds of the manipulator.

The time and keys outside of the manipulator move to accommodate the expansion or compression of the scaled region of time and keys.
- Mute a region of time and keys.
In the Dope Sheet menu bar, select Keys > Mute Key to mute the selected region of keys and time or select Keys > Unmute Key to unmute the selected region of keys and time.