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How do you undo a push down action in Blender?

Published in Blender Animation Editing 3 mins read

To undo a push down action in Blender, you essentially remove the action from the NLA (Nonlinear Animation) editor and return to using the action in the Action Editor. Here's a breakdown:

Understanding Push Down Actions

When you "push down" an action in Blender, you're transferring that animation from the Action Editor to the NLA editor, where it becomes an NLA strip. This is a way to layer and manipulate animations non-destructively.

Steps to Undo a Push Down

Here's how you can revert the process and get your action back to the Action Editor:

  1. Locate the NLA Strip: Open the NLA Editor. You should see a strip representing the action you pushed down.

  2. Delete the NLA Strip: Select the NLA strip that corresponds to the pushed down action and delete it by pressing the X or Delete key.

  3. Return to Action Editor: Switch to the Action Editor.

  4. Select the Action: If the action is still not active, select it from the dropdown menu in the Action Editor. Your animation data is still there but is not an NLA strip anymore.

  • By removing the NLA strip, you effectively disconnect the action from the NLA track, allowing it to be active from the action editor.

  • According to the reference provided, this process of deleting the NLA strip and then selecting the action back in the Action Editor is the way to "recover" the action.

Practical Example

Let's say you had a "Walk" action that you pushed down.

  • After pushing down the "Walk" action, it appeared as a strip in the NLA editor.
  • Following the steps above, you would select and delete this "Walk" strip in the NLA Editor.
  • Then, switching to the Action Editor, you could select the "Walk" action from the list. The "Walk" animation would then be directly editable as an action again.

Summary

Step Action
1. Identify the NLA Strip Locate the animation strip within the NLA Editor.
2. Delete the NLA Strip Remove the selected NLA strip using X or Delete.
3. Switch to Action Editor Change to the Action Editor.
4. Select the Action Select your action in the dropdown menu.

By following these steps, you can successfully undo a push down action, making it available for manipulation in the Action Editor once again.

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