Move keyframe without creating waypoints?

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I have a set of keyframes that I would like to readjust (without reordering) along the time axis (actually, I would like to simply shorten a particular region to speed it up, by sliding all events after that region to the left), but I don’t want a bunch of waypoints to be created as a result of moving the keyframes. I have already removed numerous waypoints from the keyframes and they keep reappearing if I make any changes at all to the keyframes. I tried both moving the keyframe in question and simply altering the duration of the preceding keyframe, but both actions litter the timeline with brand new waypoints.

Thanks.

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Without being able to look at your scene and if it is only a matter of speeding up a certain part then I would suggest you try and use the new Free Time Layer. It only uses two waypoints and it speeds up everything in the layer(s) underneath it.
Greetz!

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I assume this is a 1.x feature ? I think I have read somewhere you can achieve a similar behavior using the Time Loop layer by varying some of its parameters over time to speed up or slow down animations. Or am I wrong ?

As a side question :

I must admit I found myself fighting regularly with that feature. I guess this is not just here to annoy newbies and there is some logic I miss behind that (or is it ? :smiling_imp: ). More seriously, I was not able to find a reference describing the rules governing automatic waypoint creation when moving/adjusting keyframe durations. Does anyone have a pointer to some relevant documentation to share ? I think if I could understand that behavior I could use it instead of trying to fight it over and over…

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For reference, the rules to describe automatic waypoint creation are described here : wiki.synfig.org/Keyframe