Editing

Transform

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Transform

Move

Move the selected NLA-strips in time or to different NLA-track.

Extend E

Extend the selected NLA-strips.

Scale S

Scale the selected NLA-strips.

Swap

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Transform ‣ Swap

Shortcut:

Alt-F

Swap the order of the selected NLA-strips in their NLA-track.

Move Up

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Transform ‣ Move Up

Shortcut:

PageUp

Move selected NLA-strips up a track if there is room.

Move Down

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Transform ‣ Move Down

Shortcut:

PageDown

Move selected NLA-strips down a track if there is room.

Snap

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Snap

Selection to Current Frame

Move the start of selected NLA-strips to the current frame.

Selection to Nearest Frame

Move the start of the selected NLA-strips to the nearest frame.

Selection to Nearest Second

Move the start of the selected NLA-strips to the nearest second.

Selection to Nearest Marker

Move the start of the selected NLA-strips to the nearest marker.

Split

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Split

Shortcut:

Y

NLA-Split the selected strips into two NLA-strips. The split happens at the current frame.

Duplicate

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Duplicate

Shortcut:

Alt-D

Creates a new instance of the selected strips with a copy of the action.

Linked Duplicate

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Linked Duplicate

Shortcut:

Shift-D

The contents of one Action strip can be instanced multiple times. To instance another strip, select a strip, go to Strip ‣ Linked Duplicate. It will uses the same action as the selected strips.

Now, when any strip is tweaked, the others will change too. If a strip other than the original is tweaked, the original will turn to red.

Linked duplicated strip being edited.

Delete

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Delete

Shortcut:

X

Delete selected NLA-Strips.

Make Meta

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Add ‣ Make Meta

Shortcut:

Ctrl-G

Group selected NLA-strips into a meta strip. A meta strip will group the selected NLA-strips of the same NLA-track.

Select two or more strips.

Combine them into a meta strip.

Remove Meta

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Remove Meta

Shortcut:

Ctrl-Alt-G

A Meta strip still contains the underlying strips. You can ungroup a Meta strip.

Toggle Muting

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Toggle Muting

Shortcut:

H

Mute or unmute the selected NLA-strips. Muted NLA-strips will not influence the animation.

Bake Action

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Bake Action

Reference

Editor:

3D Viewport

Mode:

Object and Pose Modes

Menu:

Header ‣ Object ‣ Animation ‣ Bake Action…

The final motion of objects or bones depends not only on the keyframed animation, but also on any active F-Curve modifiers, drivers, and constraints. On each frame of all the scene’s frames, the Bake Action operator computes the final animation of the selected objects or bones with all those modifiers, drivers, and constraints applied, and keyframes the result.

This can be useful for adding deviation to a cyclic action like a Walk Cycle, or to create a keyframe animation created from drivers or constraints.

Start Frame

Start frame for baking.

End Frame

End frame for baking.

Frame Step

Number of frames to skip forward while baking each frame.

Only Selected Bones

Only key selected bones (Pose baking only).

Visual Keying

Keyframe from the final transformations (with constraints applied).

Clear Constraints

Remove all constraints from keyed object/bones, and do ‘visual’ keying.

Clear Parents

Bake animation onto the object then clear parents (objects only).

Overwrite Current Action

Bake animation into current action, instead of creating a new one (useful for baking only part of bones in an armature).

Clean Curves

After baking curves, remove redundant keys.

Bake Data

Which data’s transformations to bake

Pose:

Bake bones transformations.

Object:

Bake object transformations.

Channels

Which channels to bake.

Location:

Bake location channels.

Rotation:

Bake rotation channels.

Scale:

Bake scale channels.

B-Bone:

Bake B-Bone channels.

Custom Properties:

Bake custom properties.

Apply Scale

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Apply Scale

Shortcut:

Ctrl-A

Apply the scale of the selected NLA-strips to their referenced Actions.

Clear Scale

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Clear Scale

Shortcut:

Alt-S

Reset the scaling of the selected NLA-strips.

Sync Action Length

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Sync Action Length

Synchronize the length of the action to the length used in the NLA-strip.

Make Single User

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Make Single User

Shortcut:

U

This tool ensures that none of the selected strips use an action which is also used by any other strips.

Note

This does not recursively go inside meta strips.

Start Editing Stashed Action

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Start Editing Stashed Action

Shortcut:

Shift-Tab

It will enter and exit Tweak Mode as usual, but will also make sure that the action can be edited in isolation (by flagging the NLA track that the action strip comes from as being “solo”). This is useful for editing stashed actions, without the rest of the NLA Stack interfering.

When you finished editing the strip, simply go to Strip ‣ Stop Editing Stashed Action or press Shift-Tab.

Strip in NLA mode.

Strip in Tweak mode.

Start Tweaking Strips Actions (Full Stack)

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Start Tweaking Strips Actions (Full Stack)

Shortcut:

Tab

Allows you to edit the contents of the strip without disabling all the tracks above the tweaked strip. This allows keyframing to work as expected, and preserves the pose that you visually keyed.

When you finished editing the strip, simply go to Strip ‣ Stop Tweaking Strips Actions or press Tab.

Note

For transitions above the tweaked strip, keyframe remapping will fail for channel values that are affected by the transition. A work around is to tweak the active strip without evaluating the upper NLA stack.

Start Tweaking Strips Actions (Lower Stack)

Reference

Editor:

Nonlinear Animation

Menu:

Strip ‣ Start Tweaking Strips Actions (Lower Stack)

The contents of Action strips can be edited, but you must be in Tweak Mode to do so. The keyframes of the action can then be edited in the Dope Sheet.

When you finished editing the strip, simply go to Strip ‣ Stop Tweaking Strips Actions