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Changing Controller Properties 291
1. On the Curve Editor toolbar, click the
Filters icon. Then in the Filters dialog > Show
group, turn on Controller Types.
You can then see t he name of the Controller
type in the Hierarchy view.
2.
Assign cont rollers to parameters. You can
do this on the Assign Controller rollout of the
Motion panel, or through the right-click menu
in the Hier archy list in Tr ack View.
The Parameters mode of the Motion p anel always
displays the transform controller types for the
selected object.
R eadi ng Controll er Types
You can tell a lot about how a parameter is
animated by looking at the controller type.
Pa ram eter Nam e: Is always visible and is always
to the right of the con troller icon. It tells you what
is animated.
Inter polation Ty pe: Usually follows the parameter
name. It tells how animation values are calculated.
The label Diffuse: Bezier Color indicates a D iffuse
color parameter using B ezier interpolation with
Color data.
Data Ty pe: Usually follows the interpolation type.
Ittellswhattypeofdataisused.ThelabelHeight:
Linear Float i ndicates a Height parameter using
Linear interpolation with a floating point value.
Changi ng Cont r oll er P roperti es
Certain controllers, including procedural ones
like Noise (page 2–353), do not use keyfr ames.
For this ty pe of controller, you can analyze and
change your animation by editing controller
parameters by means of a Properties dialog. The
controller ty pe determines whether or not the
controller displays a properties dialog and the type
of information displayed.
Using Curve Editor you can view controller
properties dialogs for mu ltiple tracks
simultaneously. The following r ules govern
viewingmultiplecontrollerpropertiesdialogs:
• Each track displays only one properties dialog
in each Track View window.
• When properties dialogs for multiple tracks are
visible, only one dialog can be active.
• Propertiesdialogsfortracksthatusekeysare
disabled unless keys are selected.
Changing Control ler P roperties
Some controllers do not use keys, using instead a
properties dialog that affects the entire animation.
Such controllers are usually parametric controllers
like Noise, or compound controllers like List.
To view controller properties in Cur ve Editor:
Do one of the following:
• Highlight the label for a parametric or
compound controller, right-click the label, and
then choose Properties from the shortcut menu
to display the properties dialog.
The dialog title identifies the controller type,
the item or object name, and the parameter.
For example: Noise Controller:-Box01\Position
•
Double-click the label.
You can also view g lobal properties for some
transform controllers in the Motion panel. The
same controls descr ibed ab ove apply.
Cont roller proper t ies can also be viewed f rom the
track bar (page 3–703). Right-click any key and
choose Controller Properties.
Changing Control ler K ey I nfor ma tion
Some controllers interpolate between keys that you
set on specific frames. Such controllers are always