From ba7566c55c9be9ffdb92820090cc506abf6b5ca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Lendenfeld Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:50:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add more information to the "Bake Curve" operator --- manual/editors/graph_editor/channels/editing.rst | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/editors/graph_editor/channels/editing.rst b/manual/editors/graph_editor/channels/editing.rst index 85bd61ee3..d6cfc6400 100644 --- a/manual/editors/graph_editor/channels/editing.rst +++ b/manual/editors/graph_editor/channels/editing.rst @@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ Bake Curve :Menu: :menuselection:`Channel --> Bake Curve` :Shortcut: :kbd:`Alt-C` -Baking a curve replaces it with a set of sampled points, and removes the ability to edit the curve. +Baking a curve replaces it with a set of sampled points at each full frame. +**It is a destructive process that removes the ability to edit the curve**. +The main use for this is to reduce the file size with large datasets. Samples are only 1/5th the size per key. +The sampled points interpolate linearly on subframes. .. _bpy.ops.graph.unbake: @@ -218,7 +221,8 @@ Un-Bake Curve :Menu: :menuselection:`Channel --> Un-Bake Curve` -Unbaking a curve replaces the baked curve with an unbaked curve, adding the ability to edit it. +Unbaking a curve replaces the baked curve with keyframes, adding the ability to edit it. +It will not recreate the curve as it was before, instead it will place 1 key at every frame. .. _bpy.ops.graph.sound_bake: -- 2.30.2