Navigating the curve editor, Curve editor right-click menus – Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 10
Parameter Animation and the Curve Editor
Navigating the Curve Editor
There are many controls you can use to move around the Curve Editor.
Useful controls for automatically framing curves:
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To frame one or more selected curves to the size of the Curve Editor, press F.
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To frame all curves to the size of the Curve Editor, press the Home key, or click the
Home button.
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To frame only the selected curves, click the Frame Selected Curves button.
To pan around within the Curve Editor, do one of the following:
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Press the middle mouse button, or Option-click or Alt-click, and drag.
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Click the Navigation button, and drag to pan around.
To zoom into and out of the Curve Editor, do one of the following:
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Press the + or - key.
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Middle-click or Control-Option-click or Control-Alt-click.
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With the pointer over the Navigation button, Control-click and drag.
To zoom the Curve Editor tab to take up the full screen:
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Press the Space bar.
Curve Editor Right-Click Menus
The shortcut menu within the Curve Editor has many controls you can use to manage
curve visibility, and other options for curve editing.
Home button
Frame Selected
Curves button
Navigation button
Shortcut Menu
Description
Keyboard
Add All Curves
Adds all animated curves into the Curve Editor.
Remove Curves
Removes selected curves from the Curve Editor.
Does not delete the animation.
Delete or Backspace
Visibility > Hide Curves
Turns off visibility of selected curves. You can also
toggle visibility in the parameters list.
Visibility > Show Curves
Shows selected curves. You select curves in the
parameters list prior to this function.