Editing animations

Ultra Fractal provides various ways to edit and change your animations after you have initially 

created

 them. Often you will use the 

Timeline

 tool window, which also reveals the structure of your 

animation. But you can also directly work with 

animation keys

 by right clicking on 

animated 

parameters

, which opens a menu with animation related commands. This can be useful for small 

changes.

  To insert a new key at the current frame, right click a parameter and click Insert Key.

To delete a key at the current frame, right click a parameter and click Delete Key. Use the 

Timeline

 tool window to delete multiple keys at once.

To jump to the first key before the current frame, right click a parameter and click Previous 

  Key.

  To jump to the first key after the current frame, right click a parameter and click Next Key.

Note that the Previous Key and Next Key commands in the right click menu for a parameter jump 

to the previous and next keys for that parameter only. To jump to the previous and next keys in the 

entire animation, use the global commands in the 

animation bar

 or on the Animation menu instead.

A powerful way to make global changes to an animation is to copy and paste parts of it, using the 

Copy and Paste commands found everywhere in Ultra Fractal. You can copy 

locations

, 

transformations

, 

formulas

, 

coloring settings

, 

gradients

, 

layers

, and even entire 

fractals

. The behavior 

of the Copy and Paste commands depends on whether or not 

Animate mode

 is on.

  Animate mode on

  Animate mode off

Copies the settings at the current frame to 

Copies the settings for the entire frame range 

the Clipboard, without any animation keys.

to the Clipboard, including all animation keys.

Copies settings from the Clipboard, 

Copies settings from the Clipboard, 

inserting animation keys when necessary, 

overwriting any animation keys.

just as if you entered all values manually.

  If the settings on the Clipboard have no 

You must turn off Animate mode before 

animation keys (copied with Animate mode 

pasting settings with animation keys 

on, or from a non animated fractal), any 

(copied when Animate mode is off).

existing animation keys will be removed.

Remember: if 

Animate mode

 is on, your actions only affect the current frame; if Animate mode is 

off, your actions are applied to the entire fractal. 

Next: 

Timeline

See Also

Tutorial: Working with animations

Animation keys

Time settings

Animation

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