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Part V: Animation and Rendering Basics

FIGURE 21.3
Frame 50 of this simple windmill animation

FIGURE 21.4
The Create Key dialog box enables you to create a Position, Rotation, or Scale key quickly.

Copying parameter animation keys
If a parameter is changed while the Auto Key mode is enabled, then keys are set for that parameter. You can
tell when a parameter has a key set because the arrows to the right of its spinner are outlined in red when
the Time Slider is on the frame where the key is set. If you change the parameter value when the spinner is
highlighted red, then the key value is changed (and the Auto Key mode doesn’t need to be enabled).
If you highlight and right-click the parameter value, a pop-up menu of options appears. Using this pop-up
menu, you can Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete the parameter value. You can also select Copy Animation,
which copies all the keys associated with this parameter and lets you paste them to another parameter.

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