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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode

Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode

- [Instructor] Let's create some simple, key frame animation. I want to dolly the camera forward, just do a simple walk through, make it move towards the kitchen there. I'll select that camera and use the move tool, grab that, and to move it exactly forward in it's own z-axis, I'll use the local reference co ordinance system. Now we can just dolly that directly forward. Now we're going to create these key frames using 3ds Max's auto-key mode and this is the original key frame generation mode in 3ds Max and it's a little bit unorthodox. What we want to do is enable auto key down here, and now in this mode, almost anything we do in the program is going to create animation. Even if I'm doing things like changing lights or material colors and so on, I'm going to be generating key frames anywhere in the program at this point. That's great because it gives you the ability to, for example, animate colors and so on really easily. However, you just need to be sure that you know when you're in…

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