You can duplicate a clip to create a dependent or independent copy of the original source clip.
With an independent duplicate, you can modify the animation of the original source clip without affecting the duplicate. With a dependent duplicate, also known as an instance, any modification to the animation of the original source clip propagates to the dependent clip.
The benefit of creating dependent clips is that you can change all the dependent clips on multiple characters with just one edit to their parent clip.
To duplicate a clip
- In the Trax Editor, select the clip that you want to duplicate.
- Do one of the following:
- In the
Trax Editor, select
Edit > Duplicate >
.
- Right-click the clip and select
Duplicate Clip > from the menu that appears.
The Duplicate Clip Options window appears. See Duplicate Clip Options in the topic "Trax Editor Edit menu".
- In the
Trax Editor, select
Edit > Duplicate >
- Turn on Duplicate Input Connections to create an independent duplicate clip, or turn off Duplicate Input Connections to create a dependent duplicate clip.
- Turn on Duplicate Time Warp Curve to create independent copies of the selected clip’s time warp curves for the duplicate clip, or turn on Instance Time Warp Curve to create dependent copies of the selected clip’s time warp curves for the duplicate clip.
- Set the rest of the
Duplicate Clip options and click the
Duplicate Clip button.
If you turned on Put Copy in Trax Editor and Visor, the duplicate clip appears in a new track below the original clip’s track and in the Visor.
If you turned on Put Copy in Visor Only, then the duplicate clip is placed only in the Visor.