Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 469)

Chapter 12 Keyframing 469
Copy and paste an animation curve
Use this technique to copy and paste an entire animation curve from one parameter to another,
or from one object to another.
1 Select an animation curve by doing one of the following:
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Select a row in the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor.
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Shift-click or Control-click in the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor to select multiple rows.
2 Choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C) to copy the selected curve.
Note: You cannot use the Cut command on a complete curve.
3 To paste the curve to a different parameter, do the following:
a In the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor, select the destination parameter.
b Choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).
The curve is added to the new parameter.
Note: Pasted animation curves might not make a curve identical to the original if the
parameter scales are different.
Use the Sketch Keyframes tool
The Sketch Keyframes tool (next to the Edit Keyframes tool) lets you sketch animation curves in
the Keyframe Editor graph area, creating keyframes as you go. To sketch a curve, the parameter
to animate must first appear in the parameter list. See
Create a custom curve view on page 463
for methods of displaying curves.
Sketch an animation curve
1 In the parameter list in the Keyframe Editor, select the parameter to sketch.
2 Select the Sketch Keyframes tool (the pencil icon above the parameter list).
3 Drag in the graph area to sketch an animation curve.
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