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5.
Adashedlineappears. Clicktheteapotand
choose the X Output Track from the pop-up
menu.
6. The Parameter Wiring dialog (page 2–412)
opens, with the two highlighted parameters.
Click the left directional arrow button to
control the cube’s position using the teapot’s
animation.
7. Click Conne ct a nd close the window. Drag the
time slider and notice how the cube’s position
in Z matches the teapot’s layered animation in
X.
8. Select the teapot and expand the layer list from
the Animation Layers toolbar.
9. Click the plus sign icon next to the Noise Layer.
This excludes the layer from the output track.
10. Dragthetimeslideragain. Thecubedoesn’t
move erratical ly like the teapot.
Try including and excluding both layers in the
list to see the results.
Example: To copy and paste a layer and update an
active layer:
This procedure cont inues from the previous
procedure and focuses solely on the teapot.
1. Make sure the teapot is selected and choose
Base Layer from the animation layers list to
make it active.
2. Click Copy Anim Layer on the
Animation Layers toolbar to buffer this layer
and the data it contains.
3. Click Paste New Layer. On the Rename
AnimLayerdialog,enter“ChangesonZaxis”
as name and click OK.
This new layer becomes the active layer.
4. WhileAutoKeyison,movetheteapotontheZ
axis at frames 5 and 20.
This anim ation update only affects the position
tracks of the active layer.
Example: To collapse a layer:
This procedure cont inues from the previous
procedure.
1. In the animation layers list, turn off Noise
Layer.Then,chooseChanges on Z axis to make
it active.