Duplicate an Action

Sailor-taurus · Post by **Sailor-taurus** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:13 pm

Is there a way to make a copy of an action without having to remake it?

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:43 pm

yes, there is a way.
for example, you have two actions (i'll name them "with" and "without").
"with" have ketframes and the "without" haven't.

you must select "without" -using double click- and go to the frame 1, then you must make one click on "with" and press "insert copy" (in the action window).

this way, both action will have the same keyframes.
i hope i have explained it well.

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:46 pm

Create a new action, go to frame 1, then select the action you want to copy (only select -one click- not activate edition). Then press the insert copy button (the one on the left of the trash button in the actions window) and it will insert a copy of the old action inside the new action. You can combine in this way several actions in one.
-G

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:19 pm

You can also "copy" key frames from the regular time line into an action this way. So if you have a cool set of key frames that you animated in the main time line and decide later you want them to "reuse" in an action you create an action and right click the "Mainline" in the actions palette and select insert.

I forget who taught me that trick... it might have been you Genete... can't remember. Some one here did.

-vern

Sailor-taurus · Post by **Sailor-taurus** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:31 pm

Thanks guys! This is especially useful!

empty · Post by **empty** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:46 pm

Is there a way to import actions from one file to another?

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:27 pm

No, you can't copy actions. Actions are "locked" to what ever layer they were create for.

-vern

Vagabond · Post by **Vagabond** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:54 pm

SWEET! I've been looking for this technique for a week. Outlook was bleak. pain was deep. Forums wouldn't speak to a newbie like me. I still have trouble deleting unwanted copied keys but compared to before my work is a breeze.

Thanks guys. ASP Rules!

oleszka · Post by **oleszka** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:00 pm

thanks, guys! right what i need

dopski · Post by **dopski** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:47 am

heyvern wrote:You can also "copy" key frames from the regular time line into an action this way. So if you have a cool set of key frames that you animated in the main time line and decide later you want them to "reuse" in an action you create an action and right click the "Mainline" in the actions palette and select insert.

I forget who taught me that trick... it might have been you Genete... can't remember. Some one here did.

-vern

This looks so simple to do but I can't do it! Is there anybody here who can enlighten me on how to create an action so that I can reuse the animation I created?

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:22 pm

watch video. sorry no sound

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dopski · Post by **dopski** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:07 am

@Jonbo - Thanks man! I was able to figure it out yesterday...so I did this reply before heading on to YouTube to watch your link. Nonetheless, I really appreciate your effort! Thanks, Dude.

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:24 am

no problem. glad you got there.

benecosse · Post by **benecosse** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:26 pm

digitalartguru · Post by **digitalartguru** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:35 am

Nice technique.

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