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(Select a light, then open the Modify panel >
Shadow Parameters rollout to toggle the Use
Global Settings parameter).
You can change shadow par ameters for multiple
lights simultaneously. Tr acks include
Map Size,
Map Range, Map Bias, and Absolute Bias (page
2–1181)
.
Scene Materials—Contains the definitions for all
materials in t he scene. It is empty until you begin
assigning m aterials to objects. When you select
materialsinthisbranch,youareworkingwith
instances of materials assig ned to objects in your
scene. These materials might not be in any of the
Material Editor samples.
Medit Materia ls—Contains global material
definitions. The Medit Materials branch contains
the 24 material definitions in the
Material Editor
(page 2–1253)
.Whenyouselectmaterialsfrom
this branch, you are working with global material
definitions that might not yet be assigned to
objects in your scene.
Objects—Contains a hierarchy for all the
objects in your scene.
When
Manu al Navigation (page 2–502) is on,
many of these categories display a small plus or
minus button to expand/collapse the contents.
Item Categories
Each type of item in the Hierarchy list is
represented by an icon. You can use these icons to
quickly identify what each item represents.
Objects—Branches contain linked descendants
of the object. Branches below contain transforms,
materials, and modifiers applied to the object, as
well as the object’s creation parameters.
Controllers—They contain the animation values for
parameters and are the only item in the Hierarchy
list that can have a track containing keys. Ever y
controller has an individual icon
Examples of controller icons
Cer t ain t yp es of controllers can contain other
controllers. Examples of these are Transform
Cont rollers and List Cont rollers.
Note: Controllers that have been applied to
objects via the Animation menu > Controllers
orConstraintssubmenusautomaticallyhavelist
controllers assigned. Controllers assigned using
the Track View Controller menu or right-click
Assign Controller choice on the quad menu do not
apply list controllers automatically.
Maps—Indicates map definitions. All branches
below a map definition are part of that map. This
includes values used by para metric maps and
other map definitions that are part of a map tree.
Modifier—This icon indicate modifiers and
space warp bindings. Branches below a modifier
contain the modifiers sub-objects and parameters.
Controller Window Right-Click menu
Right-click any item in the Controller window to
display the
rig ht-click menu (p age 2–495) .Use
ALT + right-click to display an alternate navigation
menu.
Hierarchy R ight-Click Menu
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Ope n ) > Selec t an item in the
Track View controller window and right-click > Hierarchy
right-click menu
The Hierarchy right-click menu contains
quick-access commands for assigning, copying
and pasting controllers, accessing controller