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Meet the toolbelt.

Quick demonstrations, practical use cases, and just enough detail to decide where each tool fits in your Maya workflow.

16:9 demoKeyframe Nudge

Keyframe Nudge

Essential

Move selected keys by a precise amount without breaking your focus.

Use it for

  • Timing polish
  • Channel Box focused edits
  • Fast spacing changes
16:9 demoBake Keyframes

Bake Keyframes

Essential

Bake keyed times or clean intervals while preserving the evaluated motion.

Use it for

  • Cleanup passes
  • Simulation handoff
  • Baking on 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, or custom intervals
16:9 demoBake To Override Layer

Bake To Override Layer

Essential

Create an override animation layer from the selected controls and range.

Use it for

  • Non destructive revisions
  • Shot polish
  • Layer based experimentation
16:9 demoInvert Value

Invert Value

Essential

Reflect selected key values around zero in one clean action.

Use it for

  • Opposite motion
  • Curve corrections
  • Fast value experiments
16:9 demoInvert Time

Invert Time

Essential

Reverse selected key timing around the exact middle of the selection.

Use it for

  • Reverse timing
  • Motion studies
  • Reusing an action backward
16:9 demoConnect to Neighbors

Connect to Neighbors

Essential

Pull selected curve sections toward their outside neighbors for fast continuity fixes.

Use it for

  • Curve connections
  • Boundary cleanup
  • Transition fixes
16:9 demoEase in Out

Ease in Out

Essential

Generate a clean ease between outside anchors, from linear through strong ease and overshoot.

Use it for

  • Ease design
  • Curve rebuilding
  • Controlled overshoot
16:9 demoNoise Wave

Noise Wave

Essential

Add deterministic noise or an alternating wave across selected keys.

Use it for

  • Secondary motion
  • Mechanical vibration
  • Controlled variation
16:9 demoPull Push

Pull Push

Essential

Reduce or exaggerate selected curve detail around the line between its outside anchors.

Use it for

  • Pose refinement
  • Motion exaggeration
  • Curve simplification
16:9 demoSimplify Bake Keys

Simplify Bake Keys

Essential

Remove low-impact interior keys or progressively bake the original motion onto whole frames.

Use it for

  • Key reduction
  • Whole-frame baking
  • Curve cleanup
16:9 demoSmooth Rough

Smooth Rough

Essential

Smooth a selected curve toward a time-aware fit or amplify its captured detail.

Use it for

  • Curve smoothing
  • Detail recovery
  • Motion texture
16:9 demoTime Offsetter

Time Offsetter

Essential

Advance or delay apparent motion by sampling the original curve at an offset time without moving keys.

Use it for

  • Timing adjustments
  • Overlap tuning
  • Non-destructive offsets
16:9 demoTime Offsetter Stagger

Time Offsetter Stagger

Essential

Apply increasing time offsets across the selected object order while leaving the first object anchored.

Use it for

  • Cascading motion
  • Follow-through
  • Multi-control overlap
16:9 demoScale From Average

Scale From Average

Essential

Scale selected values around the midpoint of their captured minimum and maximum.

Use it for

  • Amplitude changes
  • Pose compression
  • Value inversion
16:9 demoScale From Default

Scale From Default

Essential

Scale selected values around each driven attribute's default value.

Use it for

  • Rig-aware scaling
  • Returning toward defaults
  • Motion exaggeration
16:9 demoScale From Frame

Scale From Frame

Essential

Scale values around the current frame, or use a right drag to scale key timing around that frame.

Use it for

  • Pose-relative scaling
  • Timing compression
  • Timing expansion
16:9 demoScale From Neighbor Left

Scale From Neighbor Left

Essential

Scale values around the outside-left key, or scale timing around that neighbor with a right drag.

Use it for

  • Left-anchor adjustments
  • Transition timing
  • Key packing
16:9 demoScale From Neighbor Right

Scale From Neighbor Right

Essential

Scale values around the outside-right key, or scale timing around that neighbor with a right drag.

Use it for

  • Right-anchor adjustments
  • Transition timing
  • Key spacing
16:9 demoTweener

Tweener

Essential

Build an in-between directly from the surrounding keys, with quick blend and overshoot presets.

Use it for

  • Breakdowns
  • Pose interpolation
  • Fast overshoot
16:9 demoBlend to World

Blend to World

Essential

Create an in-between from surrounding poses while preserving world-space motion.

Use it for

  • Contact preservation
  • Hierarchy-safe blending
  • World-space fixes
16:9 demoBlend to Buffer

Blend to Buffer

Essential

Blend selected values toward or away from Maya's Graph Editor buffer curve.

Use it for

  • Curve comparisons
  • Trying alternate edits
  • Recovering buffered motion
16:9 demoBlend to Default

Blend to Default

Essential

Blend keyable values toward or away from their Maya attribute defaults.

Use it for

  • Pose resets
  • Reducing offsets
  • Controlled exaggeration
16:9 demoBlend to Ease

Blend to Ease

Essential

Blend selected values toward a smooth eased path between the keys outside the selection.

Use it for

  • Ease cleanup
  • Smoother transitions
  • Removing uneven spacing
16:9 demoBlend to Frame

Blend to Frame

Essential

Use the current Maya frame as a reference pose for selected destination keys.

Use it for

  • Pose matching
  • Holding a reference pose
  • Range adjustments
16:9 demoBlend to Frame World Space

Blend to Frame World Space

Essential

Blend destination keys toward the current frame's world-space pose.

Use it for

  • World-space pose matching
  • Contact fixes
  • Hierarchy changes
16:9 demoBlend to Neighbors

Blend to Neighbors

Essential

Blend captured values toward the previous or next key outside the selected block.

Use it for

  • Favoring either pose
  • Breakdown shaping
  • Transition cleanup
16:9 demoBlend to Neighbors World Space

Blend to Neighbors World Space

Essential

Blend toward the previous or next outside pose using world-space transforms.

Use it for

  • World-space breakdowns
  • Contact-safe edits
  • Parented controls
16:9 demoBlend to Infinity

Blend to Infinity

Essential

Blend toward the projected motion trend from the keys on either side of the selection.

Use it for

  • Continuing motion
  • Trajectory matching
  • Extrapolated poses
16:9 demoBlend to Infinity World Space

Blend to Infinity World Space

Essential

Project and blend translation, rotation, and scale trends in world space.

Use it for

  • World-space continuation
  • Arc extension
  • Hierarchy-safe projection
16:9 demoBlend to Undo

Blend to Undo

Essential

Blend selected keys and channels toward the immediately previous Maya undo state.

Use it for

  • Comparing an edit
  • Partial recovery
  • Fine adjustment
16:9 demoStep / Spline

Step / Spline

Essential

Switch Maya's future tangent default between stepped and smooth animation.

Use it for

  • Blocking
  • Spline conversion
  • Fast tangent setup
16:9 demoTangent Visibility

Tangent Visibility

Essential

Show or hide Graph Editor tangent handles without digging through menus.

Use it for

  • Graph cleanup
  • Handle editing
  • Reducing visual noise
16:9 demoSelection Count

Selection Count

Essential

See the current Maya object selection count at a glance.

Use it for

  • Rig selection checks
  • Batch operations
  • Quick confirmation
16:9 demoSelection Picker

Selection Picker

Essential

Build compact scene based selection sets that stay close to the animation.

Use it for

  • Character controls
  • Repeated selections
  • Scene specific workflows
16:9 demoSelect Opposite

Select Opposite

Essential

Replace or extend a selection with the mapped opposite rig controls.

Use it for

  • Paired limbs
  • Symmetry checks
  • Fast left and right selection
16:9 demoMirror

Mirror

Essential

Mirror or swap calibrated control values at a frame or across animation ranges.

Use it for

  • Pose symmetry
  • Mirrored actions
  • Range based transfer
16:9 demoSnap

Snap

Essential

Reach the common snap operations from one focused transform tool.

Use it for

  • Contact fixes
  • Prop placement
  • Control alignment
16:9 demoRelative Position

Relative Position

Essential

Store child to reference offsets and paste the relationship later without persistent constraints.

Use it for

  • Prop relationships
  • Maintaining offsets
  • Range based placement
16:9 demoWorld Xform

World Xform

Essential

Copy and paste poses or animation in world space across supported Maya transforms.

Use it for

  • World space fixes
  • Animation transfer
  • Hierarchy safe pasting
16:9 demoAttribute Space Switcher

Attribute Space Switcher

Essential

Switch compatible enum spaces and rotation order while preserving the world pose.

Use it for

  • Space switching
  • Rotation order cleanup
  • Multi control edits
16:9 demoArc Tracker

Arc Tracker

Essential

Draw responsive world or camera space motion trails directly over the Maya viewport.

Use it for

  • Arc analysis
  • Spacing checks
  • Camera relative motion
16:9 demoTemp Controls

Temp Controls

Essential

Create temporary controls, spaces, chains, aim systems, and hand setups without changing the rig hierarchy.

Use it for

  • Difficult arcs
  • Temporary pivots
  • Prop and hand control
  • Animation cleanup
16:9 demoMicro Manipulator

Micro Manipulator

Essential

Reduce native Maya transform movement for precise drag based adjustments.

Use it for

  • Small value changes
  • Delicate posing
  • Fine camera or prop edits
16:9 demoGrease Pencil

Grease Pencil

Keep Maya drawing tools in a compact animator focused floating toolbar.

Use it for

  • Draw overs
  • Arc notes
  • Pose planning
  • Shot review
16:9 demoLook Through Camera

Look Through Camera

Essential

Choose a camera quickly and access focused follow or face camera actions.

Use it for

  • Camera switching
  • Follow cameras
  • Viewport setup
16:9 demoReference Plane Manager

Reference Plane Manager

Essential

Create and organize camera aware reference planes for animation work.

Use it for

  • Video reference
  • Pose matching
  • Camera specific guides
16:9 demoAnimator Cache

Animator Cache

Create lightweight GPU caches for reference aware characters, props, and local assets.

Use it for

  • Playback performance
  • Scene cleanup
  • Animation review
16:9 demoChannel Box Selection Highlighting

Channel Box Selection Highlighting

Essential

Keep selected Channel Box attributes visibly highlighted while you work.

Use it for

  • Channel Box focus
  • Attribute selection feedback
  • Rig channel work
16:9 demoAuto Clear Channel Box Selection

Auto Clear Channel Box Selection

Essential

Clear selected Channel Box attributes after changing objects or using a transform manipulator.

Use it for

  • Selection changes
  • Manipulator work
  • Avoiding stale channel selections
16:9 demoAuto Clear Slider Range Field Focus

Auto Clear Slider Range Field Focus

Essential

Release keyboard focus after committing a typed playback or animation range value.

Use it for

  • Time Slider range edits
  • Fast frame range setup
  • Keyboard focus recovery