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Animating
Alias offers animation tools to present products in the form of movie les. These can go
from turntable presentations, to more advanced functional presentation, exploded view,
camera ies, etc.
All Alias animation tools are located under the Animation menu.
One commonly used type of animation is called keyframe animation. Object transforms are
set at a certain point in time and recorded, then at another, etc. and the application
interpolates between the transforms to build the animation.
Before animating, display the Time Slider (Animation > Show > Toggle Time Slider):
This example shows the basic principles of keyframe animation to open a box.
The box is a
cube primitive.
Pick the top
surface (it’s a
component of
the cube).
Move the pivot
point to the
rotation axis to
make a hinge.
Set a keyframe
at frame 0.
Move the
current frame
to 30 on the
time slider.
Rotate the lid.
Set a keyframe
at frame 30.
The lid has now
been animated.
The animation
can be played
back by
scrubbing or
clicking the
playback button
in the time
slider.
Real-time turntable animations can be created using Animation > Turntable.
QuickTime VR les can be created using Render > Render to QuickTime VR: create
walk-around scenes, rotisserie, or turntable mode les by setting a few options. Alias gives
you the ability to output movies in many different formats.
For more information on animating in Alias, go to the online Help section, Animating > How
do I?.
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