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Layer Proper ties Dialog 333
Select Active Layer Objects—Selects all
objects in your scene containing the active layer.
[animation layer list]—Displays al l existing layers
for the selected object. Each layer in the list
contains toggle icons to turn it on or off, as well as
include or exclude it from the controller’s output
track. See Working w ith Animation L ayers (page
2–328) for more details.
[weight]—Sets a global weight for the ac tive layer,
which affects If the active layer is shared by several
objects(ex. BaseLayer),changingitsweight
affects them all.
Anim Layer Proper ties—Opens the Layer
Properties dialog (page 3–662),whichletsyouset
global options for layers.
Add A nim Layer—Opens the Create New
Animation Layer dialog (page 2–334),whichlets
you specify sett ings related to the new layer. This
adds a new layer to every track that has a Layer
controller.
Delete Anim Layer—Removes the active
layer, along with the data it contains. A
confirmation dialog prompts you before deletion.
Note: Yo u c a n n o t d e l e t e t h e B a s e L a y e r.
Alternatively, Click Disable Anim Layer to removes
the Layer controller entirely.
Copy A ni m Laye r—Copies the active layer’s
data and enables Paste Active Anim Layer and
Paste New Layer.
PasteActiveAnimLayer—Overw rites the
active layer’s controller ty pe and animation keys
with the copied data.
Note: You cannot paste a copied layer from one
object onto another’.
Pas te New L ay er —Creates a new layer with
thecopiedlayer’scontrollertypeandanimation
keys. OpenstheRenameAnimLayerdialog,in
which you can use the default layer name or enter
your own.
Collapse Anim Layer—Collapses the act ive
layertotheonebelowit,aslongasitisnotturned
off. If it is, the collapsed layer cycles through the
list until it finds an available layer.
Note: Collapsing a layer does not remove the Layer
controller. Click Disable Anim Layer to remove it.
Disa ble Anim Layer —Removes the Layer
con troller from the selected object. The animation
keysontheBaseLayerreverttotheoriginal
controller. A dialog prompts for confirmation.
Note: Before you can disable the Base Layer, you
have to delete or collapse all layers above.
Layer Proper ties Dialog
Right-click unused area of any toolbar. > Animation
Layers > Create New An imation Layer
This dialog provides global options in regards
to collapsing animation layers (page 2–326) and
isolating the active layer from the rest.