copy and paste keys in f-curve editor problem (2.53)

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#1

I’m trying to copy and paste keys in the f-curve editor in 2.53. I’m not sure if it’s a problem with me or with blender. since 2.53 is beta software and all.

so I have a small walk cycle I’ve been blocking out and I have a couple steps per foot but I want to copy and paste the keys once so that the character walks a few steps more.

there are buttons right on the f-curve menu that say copy keys, and paste keys so I click the first move to the desired frame and click the second. nothing.

I try ctrl-c and ctrl-v the shortcuts mentioned when hovering over the buttons. nothing.

I will also mention that I used “a” to highlight all the keys before I tried to copy the keys. I also used “b” to select just a few keys and tried it that way too. but still nothing.

#2

I also get a bit confused using copy and paste but i think that what you want isn’t so much copy and paste but duplicate. just box select the keys (graph points) you want to duplicate, shift-d, x (to move only in time) and then move it out to where you want it to happen.

#3

sweet! thanks, I’ll give that a go next time I get into blender. That sounds like what I wanted to do.

#4

I have noticed something strange with duplicate keys. I works well if the keys are all positive or all negative.
But if there are some positive and some negative, the result is weird.

#5

yea. that seemed to have been what I was looking for. thanks walshlg.

on a side note is there a way to focus in on the f-curves? basically a hotkey that will automatically zoom into my selected curve? right now I click a curve then adjust the zoom level until it’s where I want it. I was wondering if there was a faster way to do that.

I was thinking of posting a new thread for this but thought I’d ask here first.

#6

to answer my own second question “home” is close to what I was looking for