Pastes the keys currently
in the virtual clipboard to the time line where the current time
indicator is located.
Edit > Keys >
Paste Keys > 
Opens the Paste
Keys Options window. See
To paste keys.
Time Range
Specifies the time range of the keyset’s animation
curves.
Start transfers the animation
information to the selected objects so that the animation starts
at the time specified in the Start Time field.
- Start/End
-
Transfers the animation
information to the selected object or objects, scaling the animation to
fit into the specified time range as entered in the Start
Time and End Time fields. Animation information
from the keys clipboard is either scaled or clipped depending on
the setting of the Clipboard Adjustment option.
For example, if the animation
information on the keys clipboard consists of two keys four frames
apart, specifying a start/end time range of 8 to 18 will scale the
pasted keys across 10 frames.
- Current
-
Transfers the animation
information to the selected objects so that the animation starts
at the current time as displayed in the Animation Controls.
- Clipboard
-
Transfers the animation
information to the selected object or objects, preserving the duration
and timing of the animation information on the keys clipboard.
- Start Time
-
Specifies the start of
the time range (available if Start/End is
on).
- End Time
-
Specifies the end of
the time range (available if Start/End is
on).
- Time Offset
-
Adds the number entered
in the numeric input field to the time values on the keys clipboard prior
to pasting.
- Value Offset
-
Adds the number entered
in the numeric input field to the attribute values on the keys clipboard
prior to pasting.
- Copies
-
To facilitate replication of animation information,
use the Copies field to enter a value
that represents the number of times the animation will be copied.
Multiple copies are appended
sequentially. For example, you could create the repetitious animation
of a rotating lamp assembly of a lighthouse by keying one rotation
of the lamp, copying the animation information, and then pasting
multiple copies back onto the lamp.
- Help Images
-
Enabling Help
Images provides illustrations of the effects of the various
paste settings.
Clipboard Adjustment
Select from the following
options:
- Preserve
-
Pastes the contents of
the clipboard into their new positions on the curve without any changes.
- Scale
-
Becomes enabled when Start/End is
selected. The complete contents of the clipboard curves are stretched
or compressed to fit into the specified paste Time
Range.
- Fit
-
Becomes enabled when Start/End is
selected. The contents of the clipboard are preserved (that is,
not stretched or compressed) and as much as will fit into the specified
time range is pasted into the new area.
Paste Method
The following are Paste Method options:
- Insert
-
Places the clipboard
contents before any existing keys in the specified time range. The keys
from the original curve that were after the specified time range
are shifted in time by the pasted range times.
- Replace
-
Becomes enabled when Start/End or Clipboard is
selected. The clipboard contents overwrite any existing keys in
the specified time range.
- Merge
-
Adds the clipboard contents
to any existing keys on the curve. In the case where a clipboard
key is at the same time as an existing key, the clipboard key replaces
the existing key.
Replace Region
These
fields are enabled when Paste Method is set
to Replace.
- Time Range
-
Replaces keys and curve
segment information in the specified time range with the contents
of the keys clipboard.
- Entire Curve
-
Is available only when
the Time Range setting is Clipboard.
The Entire Curve setting replaces
the animation curve(s) on the pasted attributes with the contents
of the keys clipboard, in effect deleting any existing animation
curves on these attributes and applying the new curves from the keys
clipboard.
- Connect
-
This option adjusts the
keys clipboard curves in value so there’s no discontinuity in the animation
at the start of the pasted segment.
