Use these hot keys to set edit modes, modify keyframes, and view channels. These hot keys also apply to the Universal Channel Editor in Batch.
Use these hot keys to set the edit modes available in the Channel Editor.
Press: | To switch to: | |
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A | Add mode | |
B | Break mode | |
D | Delete mode | |
M | Move mode | |
Alt+P | Pan mode | |
S | Select mode | |
T | Translate mode where you can drag over the Channel Editor
to move the entire selected curve
TipSimilar to Move mode, except you cannot constrain
movement along the X-, Y-, or Z-axis.
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Alt+U | Auto mode
TipWith Auto mode selected, click the vertex's tangent
handle to reset it to its default position. You can also reset broken
tangent handles.
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Z | Zoom mode | |
C | Rectangular Zoom mode | |
Q-click | Priority Pick mode | |
G-drag | Gestural Move mode |
Use these hot keys to animate channels and apply expressions.
Press: | To: | |
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K | Set a keyframe at the current frame | |
Del | Delete the keyframe at the current frame | |
Ctrl+C | Copy the keyframe | |
Ctrl+V | Paste the keyframe | |
Shift+spacebar-click | Paste copied keyframes at the current frame of the positioner | |
Ctrl+X | Delete the entire channel
TipYou cannot paste deleted channels.
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Tab | Frame the current channel | |
Ctrl+Tab | Frame all channels | |
Ctrl+F | Select keyframe range | |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Select multiple keyframe ranges | |
Shift+Tab | Expand and frame keyframe selection | |
Alt+Z | Reverse the track snap behaviour for keyframes when dragging a track | |
Ctrl+L | Link the channel | |
] | Display the Expression field so that you can apply an expression to the selected channel | |
Shift-click | Select or deselect a keyframe or channel in the animation curve window | |
Ctrl-click | Select multiple keyframes using a selection box on the animation
curve
TipSelect mode must be selected in the Edit Mode
box.
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Ctrl+Shift-click | Toggle the current selection box | |
Ctrl-drag | Perform a Lasso selection on the animation curve
TipSelect mode must be selected in the Edit Mode
box.
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Alt-click | Reset a tangent handle for a keyframe in the animation curve window | |
Alt+Ctrl-drag | Snap animation vertically at intervals of 10 | |
Alt-drag | Snap keyframes to an integer when dragging vertically | |
Shift-click | Paste a selection in the channel hierarchy | |
Shift+spacebar-drag | Paste and offset a selection |
Navigation and Channel Viewing
Use these hot keys to view and move through channels.
Press: | To: | |
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Alt+right arrow | Go to next keyframe | |
Alt+left arrow | Go to previous keyframe | |
Tab | Frame the selected channel from first to last keyframe | |
Ctrl+Tab | Frame all displayed channels | |
Ctrl+click Frame Chn button | Frame the currently selected channel and scroll the corresponding
folder to the top of the channel hierarchy
TipIf no channel is selected, the channel hierarchy
is scrolled to the top folder.
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Ctrl-click (folders) | Scroll through channel names in the channel hierarchy | |
Alt-click (folders) | Expand or collapse all channels in the channel hierarchy | |
Spacebar-drag | Pan in the Channel Editor | |
, (comma) | Enable or disable the Animated option to affect animated channels with the Expansion and Show/Hide boxes when the Filter controls are displayed | |
. (period) | Enable or disable the selected option to affect animated channels with the Expansion and Show/Hide boxes when the Filter controls are displayed | |
/ | Toggle Autoframe between None and last selected option (All, Animated, or Selected) |