INDEX

A

action

defined 3-2

Action Editor host 2-22

action operations menu 3-37

Action Properties 5-4

actions

activating 3-57

cutting 3-55

deactivating 3-57

deleting 3-41

dissolving 3-41

emptying 3-41

Add operation 5-9

adding parallel subactions 3-38

adjust parameter values menu 3-24

Align to Object Midpoint operation 5-37

Align to Object Origin operation 5-38

Align To operation 5-37

animate

individual frames 2-30

interactively 2-30

part of a script 2-30

range of frames 2-30

Animate Attributes operation 5-87

Animate button 2-29

animate increment 2-21

animating

with render or paint 2-29

animation line 3-34

setting 3-35

auto adjust timeline 2-21

Axis Move operation 5-58

Axis Scale Compensated operation 5-42

Axis Scale operation 5-41

B

bias 4-9, 4-13

Blur operation 5-72

buttons

Animate 2-29

Playback 2-32

Views 2-24

C

Call Script operation 5-10

camera

setting the format 5-27

change phase 4-31

change value 4-31

channel

defined 3-2

editing all cues 4-41

channel colors 2-22

channel order 3-12

channel padding style 2-22

channels 2-3

activating 3-17

basic operations 3-19

closing 3-20

multiple levels 3-20

copying 3-20

cutting 3-21

deactivating 3-17

deleting 3-21

editing properties 3-22

expanding 2-22

inserting a parent above 3-41

moving 3-42

opening 3-19

replacing with a copy 3-44, 3-46, 4-39

replacing with a curve 3-44

replacing with a variable 3-44

resizing 3-21

toggling executable status 5-4

tracing value 5-4

Chroma Key operation 5-70

Closing a channel 3-21

colors

for channels 2-22

Composite Images operation 5-61

concurrent cues 4-27

confirm enabled 2-22

constraining to grid 2-22

continuity 4-13

Copy Image operation 5-68

Copy Indexed Images operation 5-19

Copy Transformation operation 5-55

cue operations menu 3-26

cues 3-23

adding 4-25

adding multiple 4-41

adding new 4-40

deleting 3-26, 4-28

detaching 3-26

Edit Properties 3-31

Edit Value 3-26

editing

complex values 3-25

simple values 3-24

editing all cues in channel 4-41

editing concurrent 3-27

editing value of 3-24

editing values 3-24

editing values of 4-25

editing with sliders 4-27

emptying all in a channel 4-42

Freeze/Unfreeze Cues 3-27

Link to Marker 3-27

moving 4-25

Remember 3-30

respacing evenly 4-40

Set Time 3-30

Use Remembered Time 3-31

Use Remembered Value 3-30

cursor 2-3

Curve

Trace Channel? 4-4

curve

Channel Variable 4-4

deactivating 4-42

defined 3-2

editing all cues 4-41

Name 4-4

remembering for copying 4-43

Subchannel ID 4-4

curve editor 4-22

curve operations menu 4-37

curve type

conic spline 4-5, 4-9

filtered 4-17

hold 4-8

Kochanek spline 4-5, 4-13

linear 4-5, 4-6

sketched 4-5, 4-15

slow in 4-5, 4-19

slow out 4-5, 4-20

curves

adding derived 3-52

adding imported 3-54

adding parallel 3-52

defined 4-2

deleting 4-38

emptying of all cues 4-42

extending 4-39

extending curves 3-55

Freeze/Unfreeze Cues 4-40

interpolated 4-15

recomputing derived 3-58

replacing with a copy 4-39

replacing with a variable 4-39

replacing with an action 4-38

shifting or scaling entire curve 4-24

sliding 4-40

D

debugger enabled 2-22

decircularize 4-32

default curve 5-3

deleting cues 3-26

derived curves

adding 3-52

recomputing 3-58

detaching cues from markers 3-26

Displace Shape operation 5-45

Dissolve 3-41

Distance from Location operation 5-33

Distance from Object operation 5-33

Distance from Plane operation 5-34

Distort operation 5-72

Divide operation 5-11

Do if then else operation 5-11

Do when operation 5-11

domain

GL Shade 5-87

N64 5-88

N-Render 5-87

Sega 5-87

Sony PSX 5-87

dynamic values 5-4

E

Edge Key operation 5-71

Edit Concurrent Cues 3-27

edit curve properties menu 4-3

editing action properties 5-4

editing sketched curves 4-29

Empty 3-41

end treatment 4-9, 4-13

clamped 4-10

cyclic 4-10

diagram 4-11

held 4-10

relaxed 4-10

slow in/out 4-10

Equalize operation 5-80

Erase Canvas operation 5-62

Erase Matte operation 5-63

Evaluate Lisp Form operation 5-12

Executable? 5-4

Expand operation 5-73

expanding channel size 2-22

exponent 4-20

Export Game Animation operation 5-18

Export Object operation 5-34

F

Field Mode 2-21

filter width 4-17

filtered curves 4-17

Flip operation 5-77

Fly along Trajectory operation 5-54

Four Color Gradient operation 5-65

fps 2-21

frame box 2-4

frame range area 2-3

frame range box 2-4

frames per second 2-21

G

game animation 5-18

Get Variable Value operation 5-12

GL Shade and playback 2-29

GL Shade domain 5-87

grid enabled 2-22

H

hierarchical structure of scripts 3-2

hot keys 2-23

I

IHS Recolor operation 5-81

imported curves

adding 3-54

In Range? operation 5-13

inherited values 5-4

insert parent 3-41

inserting parent channels 4-38

invert curve in time 4-33

invert curve in value 4-34

K

Move, Scale and Rotate 5-56

XYZ Move 5-59

XYZ Rotate 5-40

Kochanek interpolant curve 4-13

L

Less than? operation 5-13

XYZ Scale 5-44

Load Canvas from File operation 5-63

Load Canvas from Image operation 5-64

Load Image into Window operation 5-21

local values 5-4

loop subchannels 5-3

LUT Directory 4-15

LUT Name 4-15

LUT Size 4-15

M

Magnify operation 5-78

Make Invisible operation 5-60

Make Visible operation 5-60

marker track

adding 3-47

markers

adding 3-48

adding without cues 3-49

deleting 3-50

moving 3-49

Mirror operation 5-78

Mix operation 5-13

modules 2-21

Mosaic operation 5-74

Move along Trajectory operation 5-54

Move Here 3-42

Move to Object operation 5-58

Multiple Displace Shape operation 5-46

Multiple Operations operation 5-35

Multiply operation 5-14

N

N64 domain 5-88

N-Dynamics

diagram 1-2

with 2D elements 1-3

with 3D objects 1-3

noise curve 4-34

Noise Filter operation 5-74

now-time cursor 2-3

N-Render domain 5-87

O

Object Size operation 5-35

operation 5-40, 5-44, 5-45, 5-56, 5-59

specifying 5-4

operation classes

diagram 5-6

Orient along Trajectory operation 5-55

P

parallel curves

adding 3-52

parent channels

inserting above a curve 4-38

Pause operation 5-14

Perform Frame Action operation 5-36

Playback button 2-32

playback FPS 2-21

playback loop pause 2-23

Posterize operation 5-82

Print Value operation 5-15

project

creating new 2-17

selecting the current 2-16

project definition

deleting 2-17

project operations menu 2-15

Q

Quaternion Rotate operation 5-38

R

Randomize operation 5-82

Record Animation operation 5-24

Record Movie Audio operation 5-21

Record Movie Image operation 5-22

recording

A & P 2-34

deleting 2-32

playing 2-33

playing looped 2-34

renaming 2-35

saving 2-14

saving to memory 2-35

Render operation 5-85

Renormalize operation 5-15

repeating a subchannel (see loop subchannels) 5-3

Resmooth operation 5-47

respacing cues 4-40

Return Value operation 5-16

Reverse Matte operation 5-64

RGBA Recolor operation 5-83

Rotate operation 5-39

rotation order 3-13

S

Save Canvas to File operation 5-64

Save Canvas to Image operation 5-65

Save Window to File operation 5-23

sawtooth curve 4-35

Scale Image operation 5-69

Scale operation 5-43

Scatter operation 5-75

script

animating part of 3-35

building a basic 3-4

changing the length of 3-33

copying 2-7

creating new 2-7

defined 3-2

hierarchy 3-2

modifying 3-11

renaming 2-9

viewing part of 3-34

script editor 2-2

diagram 2-2

interface 2-2

script operations menu 3-37

Sega domain 5-87

sequential subactions

adding 3-51

Set Aimpoint operation 5-26

Set Aimpoint to Object Center operation 5-26

Set Aimpoint X operation 5-27

Set Aimpoint Y operation 5-27

Set Aimpoint Z operation 5-27

Set Camer Format operation 5-27

Set Hither Distance operation 5-28

Set Light Aimpoint operation 5-30

Set Light Aimpoint to Object Center operation 5-30

Set Light Brightness operation 5-31

Set Light Color operation 5-31

Set Light Falloff Angle operation 5-31

Set Light View Angle operation 5-32

Set Shape operation 5-47

Set View Angle operation 5-28

Set View from Object operation 5-29

Set View operation 5-28

Set Visibility operation 5-60

Set Yon Distance operation 5-29

Sharpen operation 5-76

Shear along Y by X operation 5-51

Shear along Y by Z operation 5-52

Shear along Z by X operation 5-52

Shear along Z by Y operation 5-52

Shift operation 5-79

Shrink operation 5-76

silhouette on playback 2-29

sine wave curve 4-36

Single Color operation 5-66

Skeletal Animation 5-53

sketched curves

adding noise 4-34

change phase 4-31

change value 4-31

decircularize 4-32

editing 4-29

inverting curve in time 4-33

inverting curve in value 4-34

sawtooth 4-35

sine wave 4-36

smooth 4-30

Skew 5-50

smooth 4-30

Sony MIMe Animation operation 5-25

Sony PSX domain 5-87

sort library menus 2-23

subactions

adding parallel 3-38

parallel vs sequential 3-12

Subtract operation 5-16

Swap Channels operation 5-84

Swirl operation 5-48

T

Taper operation 5-49

Displace Shape 5-45

tension 4-9, 4-13

Time 3-33

time 3-55

time box 2-3

time line 2-4, 3-34

setting 3-34

timeline

setting 3-57

Timewarp operation 5-16

trace channel 5-4

Twist operation 5-49

Two Color Gradient operation 5-67

U

untracing

all channels 3-59

V

values

dynamic 5-4

inherited 5-4

local 5-4

view

adding 2-24

deleting configurations 2-28

saving configurations 2-27

single view 2-26

spacing views evenly 2-27

Views button 2-24

W

Warp Image operation 5-69

X

X Move operation 5-59

X Rotate operation 5-39

X Scale operation 5-43

XYZ Rotate (Linked) operation 5-40

Y

Y Move operation 5-59

Y Rotate operation 5-41

Y Scale operation 5-44

Z

Z Move operation 5-59

Z Rotate operation 5-41

Z Scale operation 5-44

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