Animating With Multiple Attributes - Ulead COOL 3D User Manual

Animating with multiple attributes

Inevitably, you will want to animate more than one aspect of your object. This means that you
must work with multiple timelines. When using the Animation Toolbar, you always need to
keep an eye on Properties to know which attribute or timeline you are currently editing. This
makes it more advisable to switch to the advance timeline mode and use the Timeline Window
which simultaneously displays all attributes or timelines of your object. This example shows you
how to make a basic animations with two timelines.
To animate position and color in the Timeline
Window:
1 Insert an object in a blank project (with a
black background).
2 On the Attribute List, select Color. At
frame 1, set the object color to be black.
3 Add a key frame at the last frame of the
animation. Set the color to red.
4 Click Play on the Navigation Toolbar to
preview the color animation.
5 Click Move Object on the Location Toolbar
or the Position thumbtack in the Attribute
List.
6 On the Position timeline, select the first key
frame, then on the Location Toolbar, enter
200 for the Z coordinate.
7 Add a key frame at the end of the Position
timeline, and then enter -200 for the Z
coordinate.
8 Preview the animation. The object should
emerge from the background color and
come straight towards you.
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