We discussed
this briefly in Chapter 2, but the following is a hands-on tutorial to further explain
when and why to use this feature. Auto Key adjusts the values of existing keyframes automatically.
For the Auto Key feature to automatically create keys, you need to make sure the
Auto Key Create option is enabled in the General Options tab (press o). Set this to Modified
Channels so that any commands such as Move, Rotate, Size, or Stretch are remembered for
selected items at the current frame. Exercise 6.1 explains this feature further.
Exercise 6.1 Using the Auto Key Feature
For this exercise, you won??™t even need to load a scene or any objects. The Auto Key feature
in LightWave makes creating animations pretty easy. But what??™s more is that almost
everything in LightWave can be animated! For that reason, this quick project will have you
animate the two default items in Layout, the camera and light.
1. Open LightWave, and if you??™re already working on something, save it. Then from
the File drop-down menu, select Clear Scene. You??™ll see a perspective view with
the default camera and light visible, as in Figure 6.
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