The curve editor buttons – Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 10

Parameter Animation and the Curve Editor

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The Curve Editor Buttons

The following table describes the Curve Editor buttons.

Visibility >Toggle
Visibility

Inverts the visibility of all selected curves.

Select > All Curves

Selects all curves in the parameters list.

Command-A
Control-A

Select > CVs

Selects all keyframes on active curves. To select
all keyframes on all loaded curves, press
Command-A or Control-A and then Shift-A.

Shift-A

Display Timecode

Toggles the time display from frames to
timecode.

T

Sticky Time

When enabled, the current frame is set to the
keyframe you are modifying.

S

Time Snap

When enabled, keyframes snap to frames, rather
than float values.

Display Selected Info

Displays data on selected curves and keyframes
when active.

Shortcut Menu

Description

Keyboard

Button

Description

Set Horizontal/
Vertical Lock

Locks off movement on the X or Y axis. You can also press X to
restrict movement to the X axis, or press Y to restrict movement
to the Y axis. Press the key again to reenable movement.

Keyframe Move Mode

This mode determines the behavior when keyframes are
moved left and right past other nonselected keys. This behavior
is discussed in “

Using Keyframe Move Modes

” on page 307.

Reset Tangents

The Shake Hermite tangents are automatically set to the
tangent of the curve. Modifying keys adjusts the tangents of
neighbor keyframes. However, if you manually adjust a tangent,
Shake recognizes this and disables this automatic adjustment.
Click Reset Tangents to reset the tangents to their unset state.

Flatten Tangents

Sets a Hermite-curve tangent horizontal to ensure smooth ease
ins and ease outs. You can also press H.

Apply Curve Operation

Applies an operation to the curve from a pop-up window.
These functions are detailed in “

Applying Operations to Curves

on page 309.

Home

Frames all curves.

Frame Selected Curves

Frames selected keyframes/curves.

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