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Copy keyframes on 3D object layer to a group layer?

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:36 am
by Nimphaea
Hello everybody!

I have a question about the timeline.

I have made an animation on one layer where I had a 3D object imported. I animated this layer with keyframes on the rotate layer x/y/z. Now, I had some problems yesterday which are solved now, thanks to the help of synthsin75: viewtopic.php?t=12852

But now I have a new problem. I want to copy the frames on the 3D layer I animated first, and paste them to a group layer. It looks like it is not possible...? I tried the copy / paste command in the timeline itself and in the top menu. What am I doing wrong...?

I really hope somebody can help me with this problem too. Thank you very much in advance!

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:10 pm
by synthsin75
Yeah, I'm afraid that one's got no easy solution. The only thing I can think of would be to copy those layer rotation values one by one for each keyframe. Probably easier to just redo it all in the group layer.

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:20 pm
by Nimphaea
synthsin75, thank you very much again for your help. I really appreciate it!

It's disappointing to hear that it is not possible to copy the animation. In the meanwhile, I was already busy animating it again. A lot of work, but since there is no other way, I'll have to do it.

Thanks again for your help :) !

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:56 pm
by slowtiger
If you plan ahead a bit next time, you could put the 3D object into a group layer, do the animation on that layer, then duplicate that group layer after animation is done, and erase the 3D object in that duplicate layer.