Identify which bone a keyframe controls?

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SamSamSam
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Identify which bone a keyframe controls?

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This is something I bump into constantly, I'm animating on twos and I see a cluster of keyframes, some of them are in between the twos. I need to identify which bone the keyframes are controlling to know which way I need to move them.

I have couple dozen bones in the bone layer and having to click on each one every time is pretty time consuming. I assumed that the keyframe panel would show the name of the bone it's controlling but I can't find any mention of it anywhere.

Is there a way to do this?

Sorry for the noob question!
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Re: Identify which bone a keyframe controls?

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I think this is probably what you want -- It's from a while ago; I haven't updated the code since 12.5 but I run it on 14.x without problems.

viewtopic.php?p=180345#p180345
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Re: Identify which bone a keyframe controls?

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hayasidist wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:50 pm I think this is probably what you want -- It's from a while ago; I haven't updated the code since 12.5 but I run it on 14.x without problems.

viewtopic.php?p=180345#p180345
Thanks! I'll look up how scripts work, I haven't gotten that far yet 🤓
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Re: Identify which bone a keyframe controls?

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SamSamSam wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:25 pm Thanks! I'll look up how scripts work, I haven't gotten that far yet 🤓
the .zip has a readme that explains the tool. the thread I linked to has installation instructions here: viewtopic.php?p=189344#p189344

any probs just ask.
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