To make
things a bit clearer, watch the video called AutoKey.mov on the book??™s DVD (in the
???\3D_Garage_Videos\Chapter_Videos\CH6_AutoKey.mov??? directory).
Using the Auto Key feature also requires that the Auto Key Create option be set to
Modified Channels.You can find this by pressing o to open Layout??™s Preferences panel.
Exercise 6.2 Manual Keyframing with Auto Key
Before you begin, there are a few things you
should know here: When there??™s a blank
scene and you load a single object into it,
that object should automatically be
selected. If you click to select the item and
it??™s not selecting, be sure you have Left
Button Item Select turned on in the
General tab of the Preferences panel (press
o), as in Figure 6.7. If the control handles
do not appear in the center of the object,
make sure that the Show Handles option is
turned on in the OpenGL tab within the
Display Options tab (press d).
By default, Layout assigns new scenes a
duration of 60 frames, or 2 seconds. If your
animation runs longer than that (most do),
just increase the last frame number in the
timeline. Be sure to add extra frames after
your last keyframe, to give viewers time to
register the actions that occur at that last
keyframe.
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