was animating along just fine when I began to get “keying set failed to insert any keyframes” error. What did I accidentally do to create this error and how do I correct it?
Incidentally, this error only happens with a bone that is rotated. No channels are locked and I’ve been using the blue button that inserts keyframes. Even still, manually adding a keyframe (I button) doesn’t work either)
You probably accidentally told Blender to use a keying set.
Look on your timeline view. There’s a dropdown labelled “Keying”. Click on it. Is there something in the “Active Keying Set” field? Then click the X next to that field.
but that’s the strange part. I check the drop-down under “Keying” & the Active Keying Set field is blank. I’m stumped.
Hello @Drew99 did you ever find an answer to this, I’m on 2.92 and have come across the same scenario. All of the solutions I’ve found are about channels either being locked (not for me) or having a keying set active (not here either).
I have tried actually using a keying set but that still shows the same error just without a menu choice.
I mostly use Auto Keying, it’s already set for Add and Replace and if I make a minor tweak this sets a keyframe fine, but I’m wanting to insert manual keyframes in some places to fix that displayed position so this is not ideal.
I’ve also seen this message when all keyframed channels had f-curve modifiers on them that completely overrode any keyframed values-- when I saw it, it was an expanded polynomial generator, with “additive” disabled.
It would not surprise me if there were other situations where, due to your precise setup, Blender recognized that keyframes wouldn’t matter, and so wouldn’t let you make any. (I don’t think I agree with that philosophy, but whatever.)
If you wanted more help with some particular situation, it would probably require making the .blend file available for peeps to troubleshoot.
I have eventually found the error, it’s this tick box
which must be set by default or somehow accidentally as I don’t recall ever setting it myself.Hello, I encountered the same problem, and the solution is simple.
Delete any value here
I racked my brain to understand why this happens. And the problem is I need to select all the bones and add LocRot keyframes tens of times throughout the scene. My only workaround right now is that I select all the bones, and with the auto keying enabled, I move/ rotate them ever so slightly holding down the Shift key. Just enough to create a keyframe, without a real visual effect on the armature.
Just another note on this (which I’ll admit makes me look stoopid). Battled with this for five minutes before realising that my timeline had scrolled down. The keyframes were being made. i just couldn’t see them.
wow thanks, I was working in grease pencil and wanted to animate but it wouldn’t let me set a keyframe. Thank you so much!
Thank you Thank You Thank You
Thanks a bunch. This worked for me. Much appreciated.
uuuf, so i ran into the same issue today… then i figured out the problem to be the same thing in prefs and i thought i’ll post it here but boom i am too late to the party… you’ve been already helping billions over here, legend!
LEGEND! thank you
Thaaanks) a lot
Thank you so much! That solved my problem.
