Using The Snap Button; To Pan And Zoom In The Graph Editor; Auto Zoom Height And Fit - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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Using the Snap button

When you drag a keyframe in the Graph editor with the Snap button
items:
Keyframes (both vertically and horizontally)
Current-time indicator
In/Out points
Markers
Work area start/end
Composition start/end
When the keyframe snaps to one of these items, an orange line appears in the Graph Editor to indicate the object
you're snapping to. Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) to temporarily toggle the Snap button.
Note: Shift-dragging the current-time indicator also snaps to the items in the list above.

To pan and zoom in the Graph Editor

To pan vertically or horizontally, drag with the Hand tool
To invoke the Hand tool momentarily, press and hold the spacebar.
To pan vertically, spin the mouse scroll wheel.
To pan horizontally, press the Shift key as you spin the mouse scroll wheel.
To zoom in, click with the Zoom tool.
To zoom out, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) with the Zoom tool.
To zoom using the mouse scroll wheel, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while scrolling to zoom horizon-
tally; press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to zoom vertically.
To zoom horizontally, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) with the Zoom or Hand tool to the left to
zoom out or to the right to zoom in.
To zoom vertically, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) with the Zoom or Hand tool up to zoom in or
down to zoom out.
Note: You cannot pan or zoom vertically when Auto Zoom Height

Auto Zoom Height and Fit

The Auto Zoom Height, Fit Selection, and Fit All buttons help you adjust the Graph Editor's view to focus on relevant
portions of your animations.
Toggles Auto Zoom Height mode, which automatically scales the height of the graph so that
Auto Zoom Height
it fits the height of the Graph Editor. The horizontal zoom must still be adjusted manually.
Adjusts the value (vertical) and time (horizontal) scale of the graph to fit the selected keyframes in
Fit Selection
the Graph Editor.
Adjusts the value (vertical) and time (horizontal) scale of the graph to fit all of the graphs in the Graph
Fit All
Editor.
toggled, the keyframe snaps to the following
.
is selected.
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