General Animations

Animation makes it possible to produce and play a scene made up of one or more sequences.

Sequence

A sequence retraces the camera path in time.

NB: The camera may also be a fixe plane in which object lights, or a heliodon are animated.

The camera path is processed in:

• The Animation Inspector, (animating parameters, focal distance, association to lighting groups, depth of field, roll, etc).
• The Timeline window, (time management).
• The Preview Window (managing camera aim points).
• The 2D View. (Managing paths: cameras, lights, objects).

Animating in a sequence of parameters for other inspectors:

Parameters respectively accessible from:

• Light Inspector*: Illumination configurations
• Heliodon Inspector*: Heliodon configuration
• Object Inspector*: Object configurations
• 2D View: Creating and editing paths for moving cameras, lights and objects.
• Timeline Window: Creating and editing keyframes (changing parameter of an element at a T instant, interpolation of parameter changes between two keyframes), synchronizing keyframes of elements that either belong or do not belong to the same inspector.

Example: Animations

* NB: To animate the parameters for light, heliodon and object inspectors, they must first be displayed in the Animation Inspector before being displayed in the relevant inspector, i.e. light, heliodon, object.

Real Time Display:

• Preview Window: Shows and plays in real time the result of adjustments.

Elements that can be animated:

All elements can be animated except for those related to the Shader inspector, or which are listed as not being able to be animated in:

• Animatable Camera Parameters
• Animatable Heliodon Parameters
• Animatable Light Parameters
• Animatable Object Parameters

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