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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode - 3ds Max Tutorial
From the course: 3ds Max 2018 Essential Training
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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Setting up Time Configuration6m 18s
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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode4m 22s
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Creating keyframes in Set Key mode3m 52s
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Editing animation in the Timeline4m 50s
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Editing animation in the Dope Sheet4m 34s
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Interpolating keys in the function Curve Editor6m 41s
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Moving position keys with Motion Paths6m 40s
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