Copying and Pasting Keyframe Values

You can copy and paste the values of a keyframe to another keyframe. The values you copy and paste depend on the tool you have selected.

Transform: copies/pastes the motion, scale, rotation and skew values.
Motion: copies/pastes only the position values.
Scale: copies/pastes only the horizontal and vertical scale values.
Rotation: copies/pastes only the angle values.
Skew: copies/pastes only the skew values.

To copy and paste keyframe values:

1. In the Timeline window, select the peg element.

2. Then, use the red frame slider to select the frame whose values you want to copy.

3. From the Tools menu, select the tool whose values you want to copy.

4. Select Edit > Copy Frame to copy the values of the frame.

5. In the Timeline window, use the red frame slider to select the frame where you want to paste the copied values.

6. Select Edit > Paste Frame to paste the values to the frame. The Toon Boom Studio creates a keyframe if one does not already exist.

You can also use the Paste Special command to copy selected values from the original keyframe (including tension, continuity, bias, rotation, scale and pivot) to another keyframe. You can even copy values from a control point, which is a motion point that is not locked to a specific frame, to another control point or keyframe.

Because certain values can only be applied to a motion point, the options in the Paste Special dialog box change based on the characteristic of the motion point that you select to receive the pasted values.

To copy and paste selected values of a motion point:

1. Select a peg in the Timeline window and select the motion point whose position values you want to copy. Use one of the following methods:

Select Tools > Motion and click the motion point with the Motion tool.
Select Element > Motion Points > Previous Motion Point or Next Motion Point.
Click the < and > buttons at the bottom of the Motion Point tab.

2. Select the motion point you want to copy the values to and select Edit > Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog box opens.

3. Select the values you want to paste into the selected motion point and click OK.