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Example workflows with animation layers
Example workflows with animation layers
Use animation layers like takes
Use animation layers to modify existing animation
Animation layers make it easy to exaggerate,
lessen, or otherwise edit existing animation, without the risk of
losing your original work.
For example, if your production pipeline requires
that you have rough animation sequences signed off before you complete
detail work, you can use animation layers to keep your approved
animation separate and locked from editing as you continue to add
detail on another layer.
The following steps describe a general workflow
using animation layers to modify existing animation.
To
modify existing animation
- Load
your existing animation.
- Select
an object whose animation you want to modify and click the Create Layer
From Selected icon . See
Create an animation layer.
This creates an animation layer for the selected
object. By default, all of the objects’s attributes are added to
the layer.
NoteYou can organize your animation on layers
however you choose. You can create one layer for all objects in
your scene, one layer per object, or even one layer per attribute
you want to animate. This example describes modifying the animation
for a single object on a layer, but you can add attributes from
multiple objects on one layer.
- Use
the Channel Box or Relationship
Editor to add and remove the object’s attributes from
the animation layer. See
Add and remove attributes from animation layers.
For example, if you plan to modify only the
object’s translateZ and translateY values, you can keep only those
values on the layer and remove all other attributes.
- Manipulate
the object and set keys on its translateZ and translateY values. As
you keyframe, the new keys are set on the animation layer. See
Keyframe objects on animation layers.
- Play
the result animation in your scene, viewing the effect of your modified
animation from the layer.
- Use
the animation layer tools to compare the result with and without
your modified animation:
- (Optional)
Do one of the following: