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Part VIII: Advanced Animation Techniques
FIGURE 36.1
The Track View interface offers a complete hierarchical look at your scene.
Controller pane
Key pane

Time Ruler Track View name

The Track View layouts
The Track View includes three different layouts: a Curve Editor, a Dope Sheet, and the Track Bar. The
Curve Editor layout displays all parameter and motion changes as graphs that change over time. You
manipulate these curves just like normal splines. You can use the Dope Sheet layout to coordinate key
ranges between the different parameter tracks. And the Track Bar layout offers a way to quickly view the
Track View within the viewports.
You can open the Curve Editor and Dope Sheet layouts using the Graph Editors menu. You can open the
Curve Editor window by choosing Graph Editors ➪ Track View–Curve Editor or by clicking the Curve
Editor button on the main toolbar. You open the Dope Sheet interface in a similar manner by choosing
Graph Editors ➪ Track View–Dope Sheet.

Cross-Ref
You also use the Graph Editors menu to access the Schematic View interface. For more on the Schematic View
interface, see Chapter 25, “Working with the Schematic View.” n
After the Track View opens, you can give it a unique name using the Track View–Curve Editor field found
on the Name: Track View toolbar. If the Name toolbar isn’t visible, right-click the title bar and select Show
Toolbars ➪ Name: Track View from the pop-up menu. These named views are then listed in the Graph
Editors ➪ Saved Track Views menu. Any saved Track Views that are named are saved along with the scene file.
To open the Track Bar layout in the viewports, expand the Track Bar using the Open Mini Curve Editor
button at the left end of the Timeline. Close the Track Bar layout by clicking the Close button on the tool-
bar. Figure 36.2 shows this Track View.
After you open a Track View, you can switch between the Curve Editor and the Dope Sheet using the
Modes menu or by right-clicking the menu bar or toolbar (away from the buttons) and selecting a new

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