Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2277

The displayed keys use color coding, so you can easily determine what kind of key exists at that frame. Position, rotation and scale keys are red, green, and blue, respectively, and non-transformational keys such as modifier parameters are gray. You can customize the colors in the Customize User Interface dialog on page 7697, and depends on the selected/unselected state of the key. The frame indicator is a similar bar displayed in blue. A key on the track bar can represent any number of animated parameters for the selected objects. Transformations, modifiers, and animated material parameters can all have keys at a particular frame. To display a list of all keyed values for a key on the track bar, right-click the key. Choose a key type from the right-click menu to display its key properties dialog. Delete keys and filter the track bar display using options on the right-click menu. The track bar right-click menu contains a submenu that lists any procedural controllers (list controllers, expression, reactors, springs, noise, and so on) assigned to the current object selection. If you select one of the controllers from the submenu, the properties dialog for that controller displays in a modeless dialog. The track bar can display a waveform (.wav file) that has already been assigned to the sound object in Track View. To display this feature, right-click the track bar and choose Configure > Show Sound Track. If no waveform is currently assigned to the sound object or if you are using a third-party sound object plug-in that is not compatible with the waveform display, this part of the track bar is unavailable. You can modify the active time segment on page 7898 by pressing Ctrl and Alt while dragging the track bar. Hold the left mouse button to slide the start of the range, the right mouse button to slide the end of the range, and the middle mouse button to change both the start and end frames together. A tooltip at the cursor and a status bar message will indicate the range you are setting. NOTE While the Auto Key button is depressed, the time slider background is highlighted red, to indicate that 3ds Max is in automatic keyframing mode. You can expand the track bar to show curves. Click the Open Mini-Curve Editor button at the left end of the track bar. The time slider and track bar are replaced with the controller and key windows, and Track View toolbars. You can resize the track bar window by dragging the border between the menu bar and the toolbars (do this in an empty toolbar area). 7532 | Chapter 25 User Interface