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Control Curves with the Move TCBTool
Now, let??™s move on to correcting the ???drift??? in our teacup animation.We??™ll start by using
Layout??™s Move TCB tool, and later in this chapter we??™ll look at an alternate approach that
uses the Graph Editor. The Move TCB tool, found on Layout??™s Modify tab, is perfect for
quickly controlling the motion curve created from multiple keyframes.
Exercise 6.3 Working with the Move TCBTool
1. If you don??™t have your teacup scene still in Layout with the multiple keyframes
you created, load the TeacupMotion.lws scene from this book??™s DVD (in the
???\Projects\Scenes\CH6\??? directory).
Click the Play button again to review the animation. The teacup droops down too
low, into the saucer object, on frame 10. Due to the motion curve, the teacup
slides between the curves. Not desirable, but fixable.
2. Press f to call up the Go To Frame window and type 0 (zero), or drag the slider to
the beginning of the timeline.
3. On the Modify tab, select the Move TCB tool (see Figure 6.16).
Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+g to activate the tool.
4. Note the info area on the bottom left of the Layout screen.
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