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Filtering Channels in the Animation Editor

Use the Filter menu to control the channels to display in the Animation Editor list. You can also add your own filter presets, complementing the Animated and Selected presets already included.

Using a filter helps you focus on the channels you are working on in the editor, and ignore those that are irrelevant to the task at hand. You cannot edit a channel that is filtered out.

To select a filter preset:

  1. Click Filter Channels drop-down menu.

  2. Select a filter preset. It filters the channels to only display channels that match its filters.

    Note: By default, only Animated and Selected are available. You can create more presets.

To activate or deactivate the current filter preset:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click (Filter Channels).
    • Use its keyboard shortcut.

Only one filter preset can be active at any one time. But you can always edit or create a filter and combine filtering criteria. See Editing Filter Presets.

Keyboard shortcuts assigned by default

FilterKeyboard shortcut
Animated, (comma)
Selected. (period)

Editing Filter Presets

By default, you have access to two filter presets, Animated and Selected. These presets filter the channels list to display only animated or selected channels.

But you can create your own presets. Each preset can have up to six filters.

FilterDisplays the channel if it...
AnimatedContains keyframes.
SelectedIs selected.
NameHas a name that matches in part the name in the Advanced column.
  • Use wildcards * (any number of characters) and ? (any one character) to complete a name or replace a specific character. For example: ga* for gain and gamma, blu? for blur and blue but not blurred.
  • You can enter more than one name by separating each one with a comma. For example: x,y,z

Can match a channel or a folder name.

ColourHas the colour entered in the Advanced column.
  • No Colour: All channels without a colour coding.
  • All Colours: All channels with any colour coding.
  • Colour: All channels with a specific colour coding.
ExpressionHas an expression. You cannot filter for a specific expression, only whether a curve is controlled by an expression or not.
AudioIs linked to the Audio Tracker.

To create a filter preset:

  1. Click Filter Channels drop-down menu.

  2. Click Set Criteria.

  3. In the Filter Criteria window, click in the Active column to activate a filter.

  4. Click the Advanced column to set a condition. In this example, the preset displays only channels matching all conditions:

    • Is animated.
    • Has a name that begins with ga, like gain and gamma.
    • Is coloured red.

  5. Click Add Preset to save this filter configuration.

  6. Name the preset, and click Enter to save it.

    The preset is immediately applied and is now available in the Filter Channels drop-down menu.

Note: If the preset you create is identical to an existing preset, clicking Add Preset does nothing.


Managing Presets

Use the Manage Filter Presets window to:

  • Delete a preset.
  • Rename a preset.
  • Reorder presets.
  • Assign a keyboard shortcut to a preset.

To rename or delete a filter preset:

  1. Click Filter Channels drop-down menu.

  2. Click Manage Presets to display the Manage Filter Presets window.

  3. Select the filter preset.

  4. Click Rename or Delete .

  5. Click Close.

To reorder the presets:

  1. Click Filter Channels drop-down menu Manage Presets.
  2. In the Presets list, click+drag a preset to its new position.
  3. Click Close.

You can also assign your own keyboard shortcuts to an Animation Editor filter.

  1. Click Filter Channels drop-down menu Manage Presets.

  2. In the Presets list, click the Keyboard Shortcuts menu and select a shortcut.

    Select Unassigned to not assign any keyboard shortcut to the preset.

By default, only two filter preset keyboard shortcuts are assigned. You can create up to eight other keyboard shortcuts with keyboard shortcuts editor. Application menu Keyboard Shortcuts.... Search for Select Filter Preset 1, Select Filter Preset 2... through Select Filter Preset 10.

Parent page: Animating Keyframes in the Animation Animation Editor

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