Mute keys

Muting a key means that the key no longer contributes to the animation on its channel.

To mute keys

1. Open the Dope Sheet or Graph Editor.
2. In the Outliner area, select the animation channel that has the key you want to mute.
3. In the View area, select the key you want to mute.
4. Select Keys > Mute Key. The key now no longer contributes to the animation on its channel.

   • In the Graph Editor Mute appears under the current animation channel’s name in the Outliner and a Mute curve with keys appears in the view area.

     

     Graph Editor: Muted Key (circled) and the ignored region of curve/channel (dotted square)

     The Mute curve has the same number of keys and they are positioned the same as those on its animation channel.

   • In the Dope Sheet, the muted key appears striped out.
     

     Dope Sheet Editor: Muted Key (circled) and the ignored region of curve/channel (dotted square)

To unmute keys

Select Keys > Unmute Key. The key now contributes to the animation on its channel. Unmuting a key does not remove the Mute curve. To remove the Mute curve from the current animation channel, see Mute channels.

Related topics

• Mute animation
• Graph Editor
• Dope Sheet editor
• mute node