The Animation Layer Editor lets you manipulate animation layers and change the way they blend together to create your result animation.
The following sections describe the menus, options, and controls of the Animation Layer Editor:
The following table provides a brief overview of tasks using the Animation Layer Editor.
To... | Do this |
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Create an animation layer for selected objects. |
Click |
Create an empty animation layer. |
Click |
Change the animation layer mode. |
Right |
Extract animation from selected objects in the scene onto a layer. |
Right |
Re-order layers in the stack. |
Select the layer and |
Parent layers. |
Select the layer and |
Open the Relationship Editor to add and remove attributes to and from layers. |
Select Layers > Membership from the menu bar. |
Delete layers. |
Select the layers you want to delete and select Layers > Delete from the menu bar. |
Set a Zero key. (See also Keyframe objects on animation layers.) |
Click |
Set and key the layer weight at 0. |
Click |
Set and key the layer weight at 1. |
Click |