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• A color parameter to change from one color to
another at a constant rate of change.
• Transforms to produce mechanical, robot-like
motion.
Procedure
To assign a Linear controller:
1.
Select an animated object.
2. In the Motion panel > Parameters > Assign
Controller rollout, select the Position track in
the list window.
3. Click Assign Controller, and then select
Linear Position in the Assign Controller dialog.
The animated object has a mechanical motion.
You can also assign this controller in Track
View.
Inter face
No Properties dialog is available for Linear
controllers. You can, however, move keys in Track
View to change the animation.
Time—Change linear key time. Move keys
horizontally in Track View Edit Keys or Function
Curves mode.
Value—Change linear animation values by moving
keys vert ical ly in Track View Function Curves
mode, change t he parameter value in the viewport
with Auto Key on.
List Controller
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open) > Select a track in the
Track View hierarchy. > Track View menu bar > Controller
menu > Assign > List
Graph Editors > Track View – Curve Editor > Select a
track in the Track View hierarchy. > Track V iew toolbar >
Controller menu > Assign > List
Selec t an object in the viewport > Motion panel > Assign
Controller rollout > Highlight e ithe r Position, Rotation
or Scale controller > Assign Controller button > cho ose
Position List, Rotation List or Scale List.
The List con troller combines multiple controllers
into a single effect. It is a compound controller
w ith tools for managing the order in which its
internal controllers are calculated. Controllers are
evaluated in top-to-bottom order. In addition, you
canspecifyaWeightsettingforeachcontrollerin
the list to determine its relative influence.
When you assign a List controller to a parameter,
the current controller is moved one level below the
List cont roller; it becomes the first controller in
the list. A second par ameter, named Available, is
added below the List controller. This is an empty
placeholder f or the next controller you add to the
list.
By default, each listed controller’s Weight setting
is set to 100.0. This setting can be changed to
increase or decrease the effect the controller has
on an object.
When you assign a controller using the Animation
menu, a list controller is automatically assigned as
a default, with the chosen controller placed first in
the list. This behavior differs from when you assig n