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The Animation Editor allows for a easy way to create animations inside Chaos Vantage. It enables you to do:

Time – When enabled, sets the animation timeline to seconds, minutes and hours.

Frames – When enabled, sets the animation timeline to frames.

Snap at – Specifies the number of frames/seconds the camera clip automatically snaps to when moved or extended/shortened. The unit can be either frames or seconds depending on whether Frames or Time is enabled.

Def. duration – Specifies the default duration of added camera clips. The unit can be either frames or seconds depending on whether Frames or Time is enabled.

FPS – Specifies the frames per second for the animation.

Playback speed – Sets the playback speed.

Play once – Plays once the animation.

Enable track button – Enables or disables the Cameras Animation and Scene Animation tracks.

Camera Animation track – A track where you can place your saved cameras from the Camera tab.

Scene animation track – A track where imported animation from .vrscene is placed. It is automatically populated when a .vrscene animation is present.

Slider – Helps navigating through the animation.

Add Transition Before – Adds a transition item before the selected camera clip.

Add Transition After – Adds a transition item after the selected camera clip.

Add Pause Before – Adds a pause item before the selected camera clip.

Add Pause After – Adds a pause item after the selected camera clip.

Make Transient – Makes the selected camera 1 frame in length.

Set Duration – Sets how long the selected camera clip should be. This option does not apply to recorded camera using the Record Camera Movement functionality.

Go To Start – Moves the slider to the start of the selected camera clip.

Go To End – Moves the slider to the end of the selected camera clip.

Delete – Deletes the selected camera clip.

Camera – Enables transform animation for the imported camera specified in Active Camera.

Lights – Enables transform animation for the imported lights.

Objects – Enables transform animation for the imported geometry.

Frame interpolation – When enabled, interpolates values between imported frame times. When disabled, animation preview will match the .vrscene frames.

Active Camera – Specifies the which camera imported from which the imported scene animation is viewedthe .vrscene to use in animation. Only imported cameras from .vrscene file are available for selection. Will be The option is ignored if there is a camera or camera transition in the the Camera Animation track is not empty. The Camera Animation track is used instead in this case.

Add Pause Before – Adds a pause item before the scene animation track.

Go To Start – Moves the slider to the start of the scene animation track.

Go To End – Moves the slider to the end of the scene animation track.

Delete – Deletes the scene animation track.

Different interpolations between camera clips:

Linear – Creates a uniform transition between camera clips.

In/Out Quad – Creates a smooth transition between camera clips. Creates a transition rate that is slow at the beginning and end, but fast in the middle.

In Quad – Creates a transition rate that is slow at the beginning and accelerates in the end.

Out Quad – Creates an accelerated transition rate at the beginning that gradually slows down.

Set Duration – Determines how long the transition item should be.

Go To Start – Moves the slider to the starting point of the transition item.

Go To End – Moves the slider at the end of the transition item.

Delete – Deletes the transition item.

Set Duration – Determines how long the pause item should be.

Go To Start – Moves the slider at the start of the pause item.

Go To End – Moves the slider at the end of the pause item.

Delete – Deletes the pause item.