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Editing keyframes in the Timeline

Editing keyframes in the Timeline - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Editing keyframes in the Timeline

- [Instructor] The timeline not only displays keyframes for the selected object, but allows us to edit those keyframes' position. Let's take a look at editing keys in the timeline. I'll choose the Select Object tool and click on the animated object, which is the camera, and its keyframes are displayed in the timeline. And we can simply click on these to select them. A selected keyframe is highlighted in white, and then we can just click and drag to reposition it in time. We're not changing the values. In other words, we're not changing the position of the camera. We're merely changing when it arrives at that position. So, if I move that keyframe to earlier in time, such as frame 30, and play the animation, we'll see that it moves very fast in the first part of the animation, and then slows down very abruptly. Or likewise, if I move this keyframe to very late in the timeline, rewind and play back. We'll see that the first part is very slow, and then it speeds up very quickly. All…

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