Sometimes, you only want to loop a portion of your animation. Also, you can use the Curve Editor whether you are in Animation mode or not. This is one of MAX’s most powerful features as it lets you build an animation in keyframes and then adjust just when individual objects begin and end their animations. You can also make changes to individual channels of a key frame by moving the dots along the lines. You can adjust the details of your animation using the tools provided in the Curve Editor. These are the XYZ curves of both the position and rotation of your object’s animation. This will launch a new dialog window that should show all kinds of colored lines with dots on them. To open the Curve editor, Just click on the ‘Curve Editor’ button at the top right of MAX.

The Curve Editor is a really handy tool for when you want to adjust how long on object waits between key frames.

If you have already read about the Curve Editor, please skip on to the section below titled “Curve Editor: 360 Easy”. This section is intended to give an overview of the Curve Editor in MAX. To avoid this ‘laundry machine’ effect, you must use the Curve Editor. Sometimes, MAX interprets this as a half a rotation – UGH! – and simply rotates half way and then comes back to the beginning. Then, drag your slider to the end of the time line and rotate another 180 degrees.

The easiest way to build a rotation is to move your animation slider to the mid point of your time line and rotate 180 degrees.

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