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9. Play the animation.
Because Respect Animation Range is on, the
sphere starts moving only when it is within the
track’s animation range.
Mak e Controller Unique
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Selectaninstanced
Controller track > Controller menu > Make Controller
Unique.
Keyboard: U
Make Controller Unique converts an instanced
clone of a controller to a copy that’s unique to the
current object. Objects and modifiers can a lso be
made unique.
The result depends on whether or not the data flow
branches at the selected container:
• If the data flow does not branch anywhere
below the selected container, nothing happens.
• If the data flow does branch at or below the
selected container , the data flow above the
branch is split from the current data flow as a
unique object. The data flow from the selected
container to the master object is copied and
attached to the new unique object.
All the Controller tools can also be found on the
Controllers: Track View toolbar which is hidden
by default. Right-click any blank area of the
Track View toolbar, then choose Show Toolbars >
Controllers: Track View to display the buttons for
Assign, Copy, Paste. Delete Controller and Make
Cont roller Unique.
Procedure
To conver t a n i nsta nced control ler to a uniqu e one:
1.
Select an instanced controller.
2. On the Controllers menu choose Make Unique,
or press U on the keyboard.
Tip: If you have instanced modifiers you can
make them unique by choosing the modifier in
the Modifier Stack, r ight-clicking and choosing
Make Unique.
Pa r a met er Curv e O ut -of -R a n ge
Typ e s
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Controllermenu>
Out-of-Range Types
Graph Editors > Track View - Curve Editor > Curves: Track
View Toolbar > Parameter Cur ve Out-of-Range Types
With Parameter Curve Out-of-Range Types you
can specify how an object is to behave outside the
range of the keys you’ve defined.
Use Parameters Cur ve Out-of-Range Types to
create loops and cycles. The idea is to create a
short pattern of keys that produce an animated
effect, and then loop or cycle through those keys
throughout the animation.
Using the Parameter Curve Out-of-Range T ypes
dialog, you select from four ways for repeating
your animation and two ways for applying a linear
value.
Tip: Use the Create Out of Range Keys utility (page
2–540)
, found in Track View Utilities , to turn the
parameter out-of-range animation into editable
keyframes.
Typical S teps for Using Par ameter
Out-of -R an ge Typ es
1. Animate an object to loop or cycle.