User guide

808 Chapter 11 Working With Generators
Note: You can also use the standard object scaling methods—the onscreen transform
controls or the Scale parameter in the Properties tab of the Inspector. However, scaling
generators in this manner has a greater impact on your system’s performance.
5 Drag the Contrast slider to adjust the contrast between Color 1 and Color 2.
Although the checkerboard pattern is not changing, adjusting the Contrast parameter
creates the appearance of a different texture.
Animating Generators
Although most generators create static images, you can animate the parameters of a
generator to create a moving texture over time. This section discusses using the
Dashboard to animate the Checkerboard generator from the above example.
Note: You can also animate the parameters of an animated generator.
For information on using Parameter behaviors to animate a generator, see “
Applying
Behaviors to Generators” on page 811.
To animate the Checkerboard generator parameters:
1 Go to the frame where you want to begin the animation.
2 Enable Record (press A).
Size slider
Contrast slider
01112.book Page 808 Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:36 PM