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Contents v
Non-Event-Driven Particle Systems ....................... 237
Using Particle Systems......................................... 238
Particle System Usage.............................................. 238
Creating a Particle Emitter...................................... 239
Using Materials with Particle Array........................ 239
Achieving Particle Motion Blur .............................. 240
Using Mapped Materials with Particle Systems...... 240
Using Multi/Sub-Object Materials with Particle
Systems ................................................................. 242
Using Spawned Particles ......................................... 242
Using Interparticle Collision......................... .......... 243
Spray Particle System .............................................. 244
Snow Particle System............................................... 246
Super Spray Particle System .................................... 249
Blizzard Par ticle System .......................................... 251
PCloud Particle System ........................................... 253
PArray Particle System ......................................... 256
PArray Particle System ............................................ 256
Basic Parameters Rollout (PArray) ......................... 258
Particle Generation Rollout..................................... 260
Particle Type Rollout............................................... 262
Rotation and Collision Rollout ............................... 268
Object Motion Inheritance Rollout......................... 269
Bubble Motion Rollout............................................ 270
Particle Spawn Rollout ............................................ 271
Load/Save Presets Rollout ....................................... 274
12 Animation........................... ......................275
Animation ............................................................... 275
Animation Concepts and Methods...................... 275
Animation Concepts and Methods......................... 275
Animation Concepts ............................................... 276
Using Auto Key Mode ............................................ 278
Using Set Key Mode ................................................ 280
Spinner Right-Click Menu ............................ .......... 282
Viewing and Copying Transform Keys................... 283
Controlling Time............................. ........................ 285
Setting Time Segments............................................ 286
Moving Through Time............................................ 287
Choosing a Frame Rate and Playback Speed .......... 288
Work ing with Controllers..................................... 289
Working with Controllers ....................................... 289
Understanding Controllers ..................................... 289
Changing Controller Properties.............................. 291
Assigning Controllers.............................................. 292
Specifying Default Controllers................................ 294
General-Purpose Controllers.................................. 295
Special-Purpose Controllers ................................... 296
Explicit Axis Keys.................................................... 297
Float Controllers...................................................... 297
Controlling Transforms........................................ ... 298
Controlling Position................................... ............. 298
Controlling Rotation ....... ........................................ 299
Controlling Colors .................................................. 299
Morph Controllers .... .............................................. 300
Motion Panel Commands..................................... 301
Trajectories .............................................................. 301
PRS Parameters Rollout ............ .............................. 303
Key Info (Basic) Rollout/Dialog.............................. 304
Tangent Types.......................................................... 305
Key Info (Advanced) Rollout/Dialog...................... 306
Animation Controllers.......................................... 307
Animation Controllers ............................................ 307
Audio Controller ..................................................... 309
Barycentric Morph Controller.......................... ...... 309
Bezier Controllers.................................................... 310
Block Controller...................................................... 313
Boolean Controller.... ....................... ....................... 316
Color RGB Controller (Point3 XYZ Controller) .... 317
Euler XYZ Rotation Controller............................... 318
Expression Controller ........................................... 320
Expression Controller ..... ........................................ 320
Expression Controller Techniques .......................... 324
Layer Controller.................................................... 325
Layer Controller ...................................................... 325
Animation Layers.................................................... 326
Layer Properties Dialog........................................... 333
Create New Animation Layer Dialog ................... ... 334
Limit Controller ...................................................... 335
Linear Controller..................................................... 341
List Controller ......................................................... 342
Local Euler XYZ Rotation Controller ..................... 344
Look At Controller .................................................. 344
Master Point Controller........................................... 346
Motion Capture Controller..................................... 347
Noise Controller...................................................... 353
On/Off Controller ............... .................................... 355
Position XYZ Controller ........... .............................. 356
PRS Controller......................................................... 357
Reaction Controllers............................................. 358
Reaction Controllers ............................................... 358
Reaction Manager Dialog........................................ 361
Using Manipulators with Reaction Controllers ...... 369
Scale XYZ Controller............................................... 371
Script Controller........... ........................................... 372
Smooth Rotation Controller ................................... 374
Spring Controller........................................... .......... 375
TCB Controllers ...................................................... 377