Figure 6.54 Stepped transitions for curves abruptly change your motion from one keyframe
to the next.
Press o in the Graph Editor to opens the General Options tab of the Graph Editor Options
panel. Here, you can set Default Incoming Curve values as well as other default parameters
(Figure 6.55).
Figure 6.55 You can define the Default Incoming Curve in the General Options tab of the
Graph Editor Options panel. Press o to access this panel.
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Exercise 6.9 Creating and Adjusting Curves
Start by saving anything you??™ve been working on in Layout and then clear the scene. These
next few steps provide the information to create curves and adjust them so that certain
areas match perfectly. These techniques can be used with any of your projects.
1. Open the Graph Editor, and in the Scene Display, double-click the Position.Z
channel for the camera.
The Camera??™s Z position is now added to the Curve Bin, and your Graph Editor
interface should look like Figure 6.56.
Figure 6.56 Double-clicking the camera??™s Z position channel adds it to the Curve Bin.
By default, the Graph Editor opens with your currently selected Layout item??™s channels
already entered into the Channel Bin.
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