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Chapter 21, Animation
The Animation Tab Property Area

The Property Area is used to switch the display from curves to tracks, apply curve functions, and edit keyframe parameters.

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The Property Area the following parameters.

Select: To:
Auto Tangent Toggle Auto Tangent on or off for selected keyframes when fine tuning a curve. When a keyframe is selected and Auto Tangent is on, a lowercase "a" appears on top of the keyframe. When Auto Tangent is off, tangents are displayed normally. You can toggle Auto Tangent by selecting the button or by pressing the T key.
Cue Name Associate a name with a cue mark.
Cue Time Display where in the timeline the cue has been set (in frames).
Frame Selected Frame and fit the selected keyframe(s) in the Curve Editor or Track Editor.
Frame All Frame and fit all visible keyframes contained in the Curve Editor or Track Editor.
Auto Frame Automatically frame the curve when a selection changes.
Function Select from a list of math operations, enabling you to modify a keyframe or group of keyframes.
Snap Enable Snapping mode for the keyframe when moving or creating it.
  • Grid: Snaps to the grid in Curve Editor or Track Editor.
  • Frame: Snaps the time value of keyframes to the closest frame.
View Switch between Curve Editor and Track Editors. Not available in contextual menus--see Contextual Menus.
Interpolation Select from a list of extrapolation types to set the interpolation of selected keys.
Extrapolation Select from a list of extrapolation types to define the shape of a curve after the selected keyframes.
Move to previous keyframe.
Move to next keyframe.
Delete keyframe.
Add keyframe.
Time Modify the time (X axis of the graph) of the currently selected keyframe.
Value Modify the value (Y axis of the graph) of the currently selected keyframe.


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