managing keys

#1

After receiving a question about deleting keys I realized that some more information about basic key management might be useful to people getting into messiah. So I hope to get some info up here from the way I work with keys - and invite you all to add your own techniques, tips and tricks.
Please have a look at the documentation as well:

  • start here -> “Learn it Once… Keyframing”
  • interface -> Basic Interface Info -> DopeSheet&DopeMaster
  • interface -> Basic Interface Info -> MotionGraph

And know that Joe Cosman has made a tutorial CD on animating. Good basic intro…
http://www.cafepress.com/messiahtuts/533502

#2


Again - the “edit - range” section at the bottom of the timeline should do this, but doesn’t.

#3

Another example from the zombie thread:

Notice - if I were to grab those mini-dope keys and drag them in “motion” mode, I would be activating the non-active channels within those 6 channels.

NOTE:
Its now possible to toggle-select channels with Ctl-# (ie: Ctl-2 for “y”) to quickly get the channels you are after. VITAL for avoiding zombies and quickly getting to your channels.

#4

rush321 just tipped me off to another way to efficiently delete a key with all its channels:
either in dope sheet or graph, select a key and right-mouse click on the delete button.
Same works with range - so - forget my sweeping method above.
Just set the range in/out and right click the delete button.

Wow! Thanks!

#5

Really nice post. Should be a sticky.

Big thanks and New Years Greets!:thumbsup:

#6

Can’t remember - does that remove inactive keys completely or does it make the ranged/selected keys become inactive?

#7

Latter. Just tested. Keys-be-gone.

#8

Doesn’t work on the inactive keys.
Would be nice if it did. (cough -request- cough)
Then you could just rmb erase straight away without the confusing wanted channels for unwanted ones after having switched the setting…

#9

Let’s not even go there! :smiley:

#10


Another tip. Really crunched for time right now. Let me know if these are helpful.

#11

Thanks for all these little helpful tips David. My general approach to the motion graph and dope sheet in messiah is making it as small as possible but I can tell you make good use of it and it’s ways. More tips like these and perhaps someday I will too.

#12

Trying to keep some tips coming despite not having much time… so bear with this fairly trivial example. Task: to copy 3 channels easily from one key set to another, leaving the other three…

#13

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