You also can change the default
animation length in the Preferences panel
(press o) by changing the default frame number on the Defaults tab. You??™ll need to quit
and restart Layout to keep these settings.With that said, on with the exercise!
Manual keyframing is more deliberate than using Auto Key alone. But what confuses
many new animators is deciding when to use Auto Key or manual keyframing in their animations.
But you don??™t have to worry about that! This exercise will instruct you on deliberately
setting keyframes while still keeping the Auto Key feature active.
1. A scene has been created for you to begin keyframing. Here, the cup will fall,
bounce slightly, and land on the saucer. Load the scene by going to the File dropdown
list and selecting File, then Load Scene. Choose the TeacupStatic scene from
the book??™s DVD (in the ???\Projects\Scenes\CH6\??? directory). Alternatively, you can
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Figure 6.7 The Left Button Item Select
feature is found on the General tab of the
Preferences panel. Press o to open the panel.
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load a scene by clicking the Scene button under the Load category of the Items
tab.
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