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Simplify Graph Editor keys with Decimate

Simplify Graph Editor keys with Decimate - Blender Tutorial

From the course: Blender: Tips, Tricks and Techniques

Simplify Graph Editor keys with Decimate

- Now, imagine this. You're working in animation, and you get some motion capture data, and it has a million keyframes everywhere. And then, your client or director says "I want you to adjust a little bit of it. Shift this over here and that over here". Well, it would be super overwhelming. Especially if it was motion capture data because there's keyframes everywhere! It's really hard to manage. Well, with the introduction of Blender 282, we now have the ability to decimate the graph editor. Let me show you. First, it helps to have a lot of animation. So, let's come to this bottom-left corner and drag up and switch this to the graph editor. Next, I want you to click on Auto-keyframe and set the active keying set to location rotation scale. Okay, now, this next part is going to take a little bit of concentration. We're going to hit the play button. You're going to move your mouse over here into 3D view, and you're…

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