Editing Animation Effect Settings

Editing Animation Effect Settings

To Edit Effect Settings

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Effect keys can be moved or copied like any other keys. When hovering one of Effect keys, a pair of the keys will be highlighted like the screenshot below.

You can do the following:

·         Drag the left or right side of the Effect Marker in the Animation Timeline pane to change the Start or End Time.

·         Drag the selection of the Effect keys to a new position in the Animation Timeline pane to change the Start and End Time.

·         Ctrl -drag the selection of the Effect keys to copy and paste it to a new location.

·         Right -click one of the Effect keys to show the context menu.

Context Menu (Effect)

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Command

Description

Select Effect

Selects a pair of Effect keys.

Edit Effect

Displays an appropriate Effect dialog box.

Delete Effect

Deletes a pair of Effect keys.

Clear Effects

Deletes all Effect keys in the animation.

Copy Keys

Makes a copy of the Effect keys.

Select Parts of Effect

Selects the parts associated with the Effect in the Viewport.

Convert Effect to Keys

Converts an Effect or Effects in the selection to regular keys appropriately.

 

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When Select Effect is selected, the Effect keys as well as any keys between them will be selected.

 

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Select Edit Effect will open the appropriate Effect dialog box so that you can change the settings numerically anytime.

 


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