Scale Keys

Scale Keys expands or contracts key timing by moving all selected keys proportionally away from or toward the current frame.

• Track View > Keys Toolbar > (Scale Keys)
• Track View > Edit menu > Transformation Tools submenu > Scale Keys Tool

Use Scale Keys in Curve Editor and Dope Sheet to change the locations and time spans of all selected keys.

The scale center is defined by the current time set by the time slider. You can scale keys about any moment in time by positioning the time slider before you use Scale Keys.

Procedures

To use Scale Keys:

1. Select an animated object, then right-click and choose Curve Editor.

   The following steps work in both Curve Editor and Dope Sheet modes.

2. Drag the time slider to the time you want to use as the scale center.

3. Click (Scale Keys) or from the Edit menu choose Transformation Tools > Scale Keys Tool.

4. Highlight one or more keys.

5. Drag to scale the selected keys or hold down Shift and drag to add scaled copies of the selected keys.

   Drag away from or toward the vertical time slider in Track View for the following results:

   • Dragging away expands the keys from the current time, increasing time between the selected keys and slowing that part of the animation.
   • Dragging toward the current time shrinks the selection, reducing time between the selected keys and accelerating that part of the animation.
   • Dragging through the current time reverses the keys and expands the keys away from the current time.