Snapping Keyframes

When moving keyframes within the Curve Editor tab, you can snap their values in place. Snapping to the X axis affects the frame number and snapping to the Y axis affects the parameter’s value.

You can snap the frame number of a keyframe while moving it in the Curve Editor tab in two ways:

• Right-click and select Grid Snapping > X Snap to Integers.

Katana snaps keyframe changes to whole frame numbers.

• Right-click and select Grid Snapping > X Snap to Grid.

Katana snaps keyframe changes to the vertical grid lines.

Note:  Selecting either of these menu options does not change the current Y axis snap settings.

To snap only a keyframe’s value while moving it in the Curve Editor tab, right-click and select Grid Snapping > Y Snap to Grid. Katana snaps value changes to the horizontal grid lines.

If you want to turn off keyframe snapping altogether,

• Right-click and select Grid Snapping > X Snapping Off.

Katana no longer snaps keyframe changes in the x axis.

• Right-click and select Grid Snapping > Y Snapping Off.

Katana no longer snaps keyframe changes in the y axis.

• Select off from the dropdown menu to the right of the Reset Tangents button at the bottom of the Curve Editor.

Katana no longer snaps keyframe changes in any direction.

Katana also comes with some pre-defined snapping options in a dropdown menu to the right of the Reset Tangents button at the bottom of the Curve Editor. These are:

• off - Katana no longer snaps keyframe changes in any direction.

• frames - Katana snaps the x axis to whole frame numbers but does not snap the keys in the y axis.

• grid - Katana snaps the keyframes to grid intersection points.

• custom - the last snap setting you selected that does not match frames, grid, or off. (This option only becomes available once you have made a snap setting change that does not match frames, grid, or off.)

Tip:  To cycling through the preset snapping options (Off, Frames, Grid, and Custom), right-click and select Grid Snapping > Cycle Snapping (or press S).