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I am following the tutorial video "Intro to Character Animation" in CTA2, but I am having trouble adding keyframes to the timeline. According to the video you simply double click in the timeline track on a selected frame to add a key frame. I do that but nothing happens. The frame stays blank and I cannot get a keyframe dot to appear. This is incredibly frustrating. Any suggestions?
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What version of CTA2 are you using (STD, PRO, PIPELINE)? Which track(s) are you double clicking in? Some tracks you can not add a key. Click on a frame in the track and if "add key" is available the plus sign "+", in the upper left of the timeline window, will not be greyed out. Jeff
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Thanks, Jeff. I am running Pipeline CTA2. I have a character onstage and have the 2D motion key editor open and the deform tab selected. In the timeline I have selected the 2D tab in the timeline header bar and I am following the video tutorial and trying to add a keyframe in the Body_Deform track. The video shows it working perfectly, but in my timeline the frame stays empty.
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You can't add a key in the "Body_Deform" track because that track only indicates that there is a key in one of the Deform Tracks below it. You must select the deform track for the body part (i.e. "Up Torso_D") to add a key for that body part you are going to deform. Jeff
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Thanks again, Jeff. That must have changed since the tutorial video was made, because the Reallusion presenter clicked his pointer right in the Body_Deform track instead of the body part_D track below it. I selected the body part_D and was able to add a keyframe at that point. Thanks again for your help.
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