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Base Layer), preserving any animation data it may
already contain.
Note: The Base Layer is not a new layer; it is on the
same level as any other controller track.
Note: If you layer-enable a controller but do not
seeaLayercontrollerappearintheTrackView
hierarchy window, open and close the Enable
Anim Layers dialog again.
The original
controller before you
enable animation
layers
The Layer controller nests
the original controller in
its Base Layer.
To revert from a Layer controller to the original
controller, click Disable Anim Layer on the
Animation L ayers toolbar. However, if your object
contains more than one animation layer, you first
need to either delete or collapse them before you
can disable the Base Layer.
Tip: You can also disable a Layer controller through
the Layer Controller dialog (page 2–325).
Note: Turning off a track in the Enable Anim Layers
dialog does not disable it.
You can assign a Layer controller either at the leaf
level of a controller track (such as a material’s
Diffuse Color track), or at a branch level (such as
aPositiontrack).
The Layer controller affects
a point 3 branch.
The Layer controller affects
aleaftrack.
If the selected object already has a list controller
track when you enable layers, that list controller is
preserved within the Base Layer of the new Layer
controller.
The original List
controller
The new Layer controller
nests t he List Controller.