Animation > Keyframe > Cut Keyframe
Sets parameters before cutting keyframes out of an animation.
Cut Keyframes Options
Parameters
All – Keyframes are removed from every animatable parameter of the object.
Global – Keyframes are removed only from the parameters that are selected in the GLOBAL parameter control window.
Local – Keyframes are removed only from the parameters that are selected in the LOCAL parameter control window.
Choose Animation > Editors > Param Control 
to select different global and local animation parameters.
Hierarchy
None – Keyframes are removed from only the selected objects.
Above – Keyframes are removed from the selected objects and all objects above them.
Below – Keyframes are removed from the selected objects and all objects below them. Keyframes are removed from all geometry below the picked DAG node, including any CVs.
Both – Includes both Above and Below.
Cut method
Keyframes – Only existing keyframes between the start and end frames are removed.
Any remaining animation is treated as follows:
- if Compress is toggled on (indicated by a check mark), keyframes following the last keyframe that was cut are moved to the start frame.
- if Compress is toggled off, the out tangent of the keyframe immediately preceding the first keyframe that was cut, and the in tangent of the first keyframe following the last keyframe that was cut is set to Linear.
Segment – If there are keyframes to be cut at the start and end frames, then the cut with the Segment option behaves the same as the Keyframes option.
If there are no keyframes at either the start or the end frames, then keyframe(s) will be inserted at those frames, and then all the keyframes between the start and end frames will be removed.
Any remaining animation is treated as follows:
- if Compress is toggled on, keyframes are inserted at the start and end frame that are being cut (if these keyframes don’t already exist).
- if the two keyframes share the same value, then the end keyframe is removed. If the two keyframes do not share the same value, a small time gap (0.001 frames) is set between them. In either case, any subsequent keyframes are moved back in time by the length of the frame range.
- if Compress is toggled off, a keyframe is inserted at the start and end frames that are being cut (if keyframes don’t already exist). The out tangent of the start keyframe, as well as the in tangent of the end keyframe, are set to Linear.
Compress
Determines whether animation between the start and end frames should be removed completely, or just the keyframes removed.
Frame range
Prompt – The system prompts you to enter the start and end frame range to be removed.
Option window – The start and end frame range to be removed are read from the current values set in the option window.
Current – The system cuts keyframes at the current frame.
Start frame/End frame
These values define the frame range from which to remove the keyframes if Option Window is selected in the Frame Range option.