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4.
Click the arrow pointing toward the slave
parameter.
5. Ente r the desired relationship expression in the
expression text box.
6. Click Connect.
7. Keeping the master parameter selected, cho ose
another slave para meter from the tree view.
8. Click the arrow pointing toward the slave
parameter.
9. Ente r the desired relationship expression in the
expression text box.
10. Click Connect.
You can repeat this cycle to set up as many
slaves as you want. The result is a “fan” of
parameter wires, so that y ou can control all of
theslaveparametersatonceasyouchangethe
master parameter.
To create a chain of wi red pa ra meter s:
1.
Open the Parameter Wiring dialog.
2. Choose the first controlling parameter in one
tree view.
3. Choose the first slave parameter in the other
tree view.
4. Click the arrow pointing toward the slave
parameter.
5. Ente r the desired relationship expression in the
expression text box.
6. Click Connect.
7. Keeping the original slave p arameter selected,
choose the next slave parameter from the tree
view.
8. Click the arrow pointing toward the new slave
parameter.
9. Ente r the desired relationship expression in the
expression text box.
10. Click Connect.
You can repeat this cycle, continuing to
alternate slaves to masters as many times as you
like. The result is a “daisy chain” o f parameter
w ires, s o that as you modify the original master
parameter, each slave parameter maintains a
constant relationship with the next in a line of
parameters.
Interfa ce
Tree Views
There are two tree views, which display the
animatable parameters of all of the visible objects
in the scene. The names of the currently selected
objects appear at the top. The tree views display
the objects in the scene and allow you to select and
w i re all of the animatable parameters of the objects
inthesceneandthesceneitself.
Thetreeviewsarecolor-codedtoshowexisting
wiring. A parameter with a wire controller
assigned to it (either as the member of a two-way
pair or as the slave in a one-way wire) displays
in red. When a wire-controlled parameter is
selected, all of the p arameters wired directly to it
are displayed in green text in the other Tree View.
In either case, if the parameter is inside a track that
is not expanded, the enclosing track will display
inredorgreen,soyoucanexpandthetracksto
find the wires.