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PRS Controller 357
P RS Control ler
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Selectatransform
track in the Track View hierarchy. > Track View menu bar
> Controller m enu > Assign > Position/Rotation/Scale
Graph Editors > Track View – Curve Editor > Select
a transfor m track in the Track View hierarc hy. >
Track View menu bar > Controller menu > Assign >
Position/Rotation/Scale
The Position/Rotation/Scale (PRS) controller is
the default Transform controller for most objects.
Use it for a ll gener al-purpose transforms.
Procedure
To create PRS Transform keys:
1.
Select an object.
2. Click Motion panel > Parameters.
3. Drag the time slider to the f r ame w here you
want to place a key.
4. On the PRS Parameters rollout, in t he Create
Key group, click one of the following:
• Click Position to create a Position key.
• Click Rotation to create a Rotation key.
• ClickScaletocreateaScalekey.
If a particular Pos ition, Rotation, or Scale
cont roller does not use keys, then that button
isnotavailableintheCreateKeygroup.For
example, you cannot create Position Keys if a
Noise Position controller is being used.
Interfa ce
Motion panel > PRS Parameters rollout
Create Key/Delete Key—The six buttons in the
PRS Parameters rollout let you create or delete a
transform key at the current fr ame. These buttons
become active or inactive depending on the
existence of a key type at the current frame.
Forexample,ifyou’reonaframecontaininga
Scale key, the Scale button is inactive in the Create
colum n, because a key already exists. At the
same time, the Position and Rotation buttons are
inactive in the D elete column b ecause there are no
keys of that type to delete.
Positi on/Rota tion/Scale—Determines the contents
of the Key Info rollouts that appear below the PRS
Parameters rollout in the Motion panel.