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NOTE The default location of the time ruler covers the World animation track.
Move the time ruler to see the World track.
Sound Allows you to synchronize your animation to a sound file or to
a metronome. If you use a sound file, a Wave Form track is displayed in the
Hierarchy list, and a waveform is displayed in the Edit window. A sound file
plays on your installed sound card. You set the Metronome and the Wave
Form parameters in the
Sound Options dialog on page 3545.
Global Tracks Allows you to store controllers for global use. Using expression
controllers, for example, you could point to a controller in the Global Tracks
from several other tracks. By altering the expression in the Global Tracks, all
of the other tracks are changed.
By pasting an instance of a controller in Global Tracks to a number of other
tracks, you can change many tracks by altering the controller in Global Tracks.
By default, Global Tracks contains List tracks of the different controller types.
To assign a controller, open one of the List tracks, highlight the available
track, and then click Assign Controller. Once the controller is assigned, you
can point to it from an expression controller assigned to any other track, or
you can copy and paste it to any number of matching controller types.
Video Post Allows you to manage animated parameters for Video Post plug-ins.
Environment Contains items that control the background and scene
environment effects. Examples include Ambient Light, Background definition,
Fogs, and Volumetric Lighting.
Render Effects Contains tracks for the effects added in Rendering menu >
Effects. After adding rendering effects, use the tracks here to animate effects
parameters such as glow size and color.
Render Elements Shows you what elements you've chosen to render separately
via the Render Setup dialog > Render Elements rollout.
Renderer Allows you to animate parameters in the renderer. After selecting
a type of antialiasing in the Render dialog, you can animate various antialiasing
parameters using these tracks.
Global Shadow Parameters Use these tracks to change or animate shadow
parameters for any light that has the Use Global Settings parameter turned
on in the Shadow Parameters rollout. (Select a light, then open the Modify
panel > Shadow Parameters rollout to toggle the Use Global Settings parameter).
You can change shadow parameters for multiple lights simultaneously. Tracks
include
Map Size, Map Range, Map Bias, and Absolute Bias on page 5099.
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