Animation Types

This section describes the types of animation that you can work with in CreativeStudio.

Types of Animation Compatible with CreativeStudio

The tables in this section describe the types of animation that you can work with in CreativeStudio. Types of animation that are created using 3DCG tools and that can be created using CreativeStudio are marked with the ○ symbol. If not, they are marked with the × symbol.

Note: To read about the types of animation that are created using 3DCG tools, see the separately prepared 3DCG tool plug-in manuals.

Model Animations

Animations applied to models.

Table 1. Types of animations applied to models

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Transforms × Animations of changes in size, rotation, or movement of a model.
Visibility Animations changing the visibility of a model.
Shape × × Animations changing the vertex coordinates or colors of a model.

Table 2. Types of animations applied to particle effect models

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Transforms × × Animations of changes in size, rotation, or movement of a model.
Visibility × Animations changing the visibility of a model.
Shape × × Animations changing the vertex coordinates or colors of a model.

Material Animations

Material animations are animations applied to polygon models or particle effect materials.

Table 3. Types of animations applied to polygon model materials

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Color/Alpha Animations changing the colors or alpha values of a material.
Texture Data Pattern Animations switching between multiple texture data sets.
Texture Coordinate Transform Animations of changes in size, rotation, or movement of texture coordinates.

Table 4. Types of animations applied to particle effect materials

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Color/Alpha × Animations changing the colors or alpha values of a material.
Texture Data Pattern × Animations switching between multiple texture data sets.
Texture Coordinate Transform × Animations of changes in size, rotation, or movement of texture coordinates.

Scene Animations

Scene animations are animations applied to cameras, lights, or fog within a scene.

Table 5. Types of animations applied to scenes

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Camera Animations of a camera in a scene.
Lights Animations of a light in a scene. A visibility animation of a light (IsLightEnabled) can be shown on the PARTNER-CTR Debugger by including the light in the light set.
Fog × × Animations of fog in a scene. This feature is not currently supported.

Particle Effect Animation

Particle effect animation is the name for animation applied when creating effects using particles.
These animations can be generated procedurally.

Table 6. Types of animations applied to particle effects

Animation Type 3DCG Tools CreativeStudio Description
Transforms × Animations of changes in size, rotation, or movement per particle.
Color/Alpha × Animations of changes in color or alpha values per particle.

Animation Intermediate Files

This section describes the types of animation intermediate files that you can work with in CreativeStudio.

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