To deform animation curves with the lattice
manipulator
- Select the Lattice Deform Keys
Tool from the Graph Editor toolbar.
- Set the Lattice Deform Keys
Tool options from the tool settings window.
See
Lattice Deform Keys Tool.
- Select keys on the curves you want to
deform to define the target curve region.
The lattice appears in
the curve view. The lattice forms a bounding box around the selected
keys.
- Select the lattice points, lattice edge,
or lattice cell you want to manipulate by clicking them.
-click
lattice points to include them in or remove them from your selection.
You can not select more than one lattice edge or cell at a time.
- Do one of the following:
- For lattice edges, cells, or single points,
drag to deform the target curve region.
- For groups of lattice points, -drag
to deform the target curve region.
- If you want to scale a region of the
lattice, turn on the Middle Button Scales option
in the Lattice Deform Keys Tool and
then -drag
to scale the selected lattice region.
Scaling the lattice deforms the affected curves.
- You can also use the Lattice
Deform Keys Tool to deform keys that lie along a single
(horizontal or vertical) graph view axis.
When using the Lattice
Deform Keys Tool to deform keys that lie on a single
axis, selecting one lattice point in a row (vertical) or column
(horizontal) selects all the points in that row or column.
For example, if you select
a lattice control point on a horizontal lattice, all of the lattice
points in the selected point’s column are also activated. Depending
on your current dolly-view scale in the Graph Editor,
not all the selected lattice points may be visible. The visibility
of the selected lattice points does not affect the functioning of
this tool.