Animation Editor Feedback

To help simplify large and complex animations, the Animation Editor provides contextual roll-over feedback.

The following list displays the various roll-over feedback and their meanings.

• Attribute name highlighting When the cursor is positioned over a curve (selected or not), the name of the animated parameter is displayed and a C appears beside the cursor. This tells you what curve you are about to select or what input a particular curve is associated with.

(a) Blue channel of Photolab's Lift attribute  (b) Cursor on curve  

• Keyframe values highlighting When you position the cursor over a keyframe, the keyframe coordinates are displayed beside the cursor, just under the name of the input. When you move a keyframe, the updated value is displayed, as well the translation offset from the beginning of the manipulation.

(a) Moved keyframe  (b) Key position  (c) Key offset  (d) Attribute  

• Keyframe feedback Rolling over a keyframe in the Animation Editor will evoke different feedback depending on the state of the keyframe.

(a) Cursor over keyframe.  (b) Cursor over keyframe with Auto tangent on, indicated by the lower-case “a”.  (c) Cursor over keyframe tangent with Auto tangent off. The orange-brown circle indicates the tangent handles.