Rotation

Under Rotate, particle rotation versus the X, Y and Z axes and/or a rotation animation can be set.

Rotation Settings and Features

This page describes Rotation settings and features.

To read about the common features Enable and Copy Resource, see here.

Particle Rotation
A Animation Selects whether to set an animation for particle rotation.
B Default Sets the default value for particle rotation.
Additional corresponding items are displayed when setting an animation.

Animation

The following three items can be selected when setting a rotation animation.
These change according to the animation to be created.

Item Description
Do not animate Rotation animation is not performed.
Add to Previous Value Animates rotation at a set speed.
Directional Animates particles so they tilt in their direction of movement.

Default

Default values change the settings available for the selected animation change.

Settings for Each Animation

The following three animation settings are available in CreativeStudio.

Do not animate

Select this option when you do not want to animate particle rotation.
Set standard values only.

Standard Value

Selecting this option allows separate settings for X, Y and Z axes using standard values for rotation animations.
Setting an Amplitude (%) applies a random value to the rotation at time of particle generation.

Note: Rotation amplitude (%) can be set for each X, Y and Z axis.

Add to Previous Value

Select this option when you create a rotation animation that rotates at a set speed.
Set the standard value and the default value to be added to the previous value.

Standard Value

This setting is the same as Do not animate.

Add to Previous Value

Selecting Enable (checkbox) enables scale animation under CreativeStudio.

Default Value

Default values to be added can be set for each of the X, Y and Z axes.

Note: Default values are added to standard values each frame to animate rotation at a set speed.

Playback Options

Playback Options are options to configure playback of an animation created in the CurveEditor panel along the specified timeline.

Options Description
None. Do not use playback options.
Fit to Lifetime Fit to lifespan is a playback option that automatically links animations created on the CurveEditor panel with particle lifetimes.
Specify Frame Count Specify frame count is a playback option that loops animations created in the CurveEditor panel based on the specified frames.
Frames per Cycle This specifies the number of frames in a single loop cycle when looping animations.
Random Offset You can use a random offset to change the starting playback keyframe for the animation on a per-particle basis.
Random Table The random table randomly obtains a value at particle emission time from the animation frame.
Directional

Particles tilt in their direction of movement when Directional is set.

Enable

Selecting Enable (checkbox) causes the Directional setting to be applied by CreativeStudio.

Standard

You can select the tilting standard from a pull-down menu when using a Directional setting.

At present, only speed can be selected.

Note: The directional affects the particle on the Z axis, and thus has no visible effect on the particle's shape.
We recommend using together with either the polygon plane (XY) or the Y-axis billboard. (There is a proposal for a future release to transmit the rotational value at the time of child particle generation.)

Runtime Setting

To read about the Enable checkbox and resource copying, see here.


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