I very much enjoy working with Moho because I can improvise a lot. Doing complex camera moves in multiplane setup is fun ... until I have to correct the position of an element. Here I am, in frame 295, adjusting some building's position - but it must stand there from the beginning on. So it's copy key, go to frame 0, paste, and delete the later key. Since I do this quite a lot: is there a way to get a button for this workflow? Maybe this should become a feature request?
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:37 pm
by Lukas
I don't have the files on me right now, but the transform layer tool can easily be modded to set the key on frame 0 instead of on the current frame when releasing the mouse button (or pen).
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 11:34 pm
by DK
This is something I also do and an option/button would be extremely useful!
Cheers
D.K
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:40 am
by hayasidist
is the animation / "copy current frame" function too clunky? Accepted that it would be good to update it so that selected channel(s) are "pre-selected", and with a delete option - but it avoids the to-and-fro in the timeline.
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:40 pm
by slowtiger
I'd really appreciate it if this were a button in the timeline (and a keyboard shortcut).
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:08 pm
by Víctor Paredes
For now, you can use the Design Mode shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+D, if I remember well). If you are at frame 295, you press the shortcut and it will take you to frame zero. Then, if you press it again, it will take you back to frame 295.
So the workflow would be:
- At frame 255, move the building
- Cut the keyframe you just created
- Press the shortcut to go to frame zero
- Paste the keyframe
- Press the shortcut to go back to frame 295
I know it's not the ideal solution, but I hope it helps
Re: Could this be automated?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:12 pm
by slowtiger
That's only marginally faster than what I do now:
select key
copy key
go to 0 with shift+leftarrow
paste key
press delete
goo back to frame 295 with scrolling.
Ideally it should just do everything after select with a press of the button, without leaving timeline position.
I was about to direct @slowtiger to the 'AE_KeyTools:PasteSelectedKeys' function (for base/similar script logic) in http://mohoscripts.com/script/ae_keytools, but I think the Mynd 'Set To Frame 0' tool does most of what's needed. Although (expanding on its use) I would have liked to see +options to only Delete the selected keyframe (or none at all) i.e. Delete: None, Selected, Before, All.
