1<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 2<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US"> 3<!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/default_template.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> 4<head> 5<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> 6<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> 7<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="CSS の相対パス指定" --> 8<link href="../../../../../common/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> 9<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="ページのタイトル" --> 10<title>Color</title> 11<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> 12</head> 13<body> 14<div> 15 <div class="body"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="本文のタイトル" --> 16 <h1>Color</h1> 17 <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="本文" --> 18 <p>Under <B>Color</B>, you can set the color of particles or color animations.</p> 19 <h2>Color Settings and Features</h2> 20 <p>This page describes <B>Color </B>settings and features.</p> 21 <div class="wrap_picture"> <img src="assets/particle_color.png" alt="Particle color"/> </div> 22 <div class="wrap_text"> 23 <table class="space"> 24 <tr> 25 <th><em>A</em></th> 26 <td class="td_color">Animation</td> 27 <td>Sets whether or not to have color animation.</td> 28 </tr> 29 <tr> 30 <th><em>B</em></th> 31 <td class="td_color">Default</td> 32 <td>Color can be set using R, G and B. <br /> Setting items change when creating an animation.</td> 33 </tr> 34 <tr> 35 <th><em>C</em></th> 36 <td class="td_color">Runtime Setting</td> 37 <td>To read about <B>Enable </B>and<B> Copy Resource</B>, see <a href="../../effect_common_setting/index.html">here</a>.</td> 38 </tr> 39 <tr> 40 <th><em>C</em></th> 41 <td class="td_color">Options</td> 42 <td>Optimization can be enabled or disabled.<br /> When this is enabled, which is the default setting, data are optimized when created to lighten the memory load.<br /> However, the programmer cannot control optimized data.<br /> If you want to control data on the programmer's side, clear this checkbox.</td> 43 </tr> 44 </table> 45 </div> 46 <div class="wrap_clear"></div> 47 <p class="new_hint"><B>Note:</B> The default setting is <B>Do not animate</B>. <br /> The settings shown change when creating an animation.</p> 48 <h3>Animation</h3> 49 <p>You can select whether to animate the particle color from a pull-down menu.</p> 50 <img src="assets/particle_color01.png" alt="Particle color 01"/> 51 <p>The following three items can be selected when setting a color animation.</p> 52 <table> 53 <thead> 54 <tr> 55 <th>Item</th> 56 <th>Description</th> 57 </tr> 58 </thead> 59 <tbody> 60 <tr> 61 <th><a href="#no_animation">Do not animate</a></th> 62 <td>Color animation is not performed.</td> 63 </tr> 64 <tr> 65 <th><a href="#overwrite_previous_value">Overwrite previous value</a></th> 66 <td>Select this when you want to animate using a curve.</td> 67 </tr> 68 <tr> 69 <th><a href="#four_key_systems">Overwrite previous value using four-key method</a></th> 70 <td>Use this to create low-load animation comprised of key information for only four locations.</td> 71 </tr> 72 </tbody> 73 </table> 74 <a name="no_animation" id="no_animation"></a> 75 <h4>Do not animate</h4> 76 <p>Color animation is not performed.</p> 77 <a name="overwrite_previous_value" id="overwrite_previous_value"></a> 78 <h4>Overwrite previous value</h4> 79 <p>Select this option when setting the default value for the color or when creating an animation using a curve. <br /> Curves can be created using the <B>CurveEditor </B>panel.</p> 80 <img src="assets/particle_color02.png" alt="Particle color 02"/> 81 <h5>Default Value</h5> 82 <p>The default value for the particle color is set in terms of R, G and B.</p> 83 <h5>Playback Options</h5> 84 <p><B>Playback Options</B> are options to configure playback of an animation created in the <B>CurveEditor</B> panel along the specified timeline.</p> 85 <table> 86 <thead> 87 <tr> 88 <th>Options</th> 89 <th>Description</th> 90 </tr> 91 </thead> 92 <tbody> 93 <tr> 94 <th>None.</th> 95 <td>Do not use playback options.</td> 96 </tr> 97 <tr> 98 <th>Fit to Lifetime</th> 99 <td><B>Fit to lifespan</B> is a playback option that automatically links animations created on the <B>CurveEditor </B>panel with particle lifetimes.</td> 100 </tr> 101 <tr> 102 <th>Specify Frame Count</th> 103 <td><B>Specify frame count</B> is a playback option that loops animations created in the <B>CurveEditor </B>panel based on the specified frames.</td> 104 </tr> 105 <tr> 106 <th>Frames per Cycle</th> 107 <td>This specifies the number of frames in a single loop cycle when looping animations.</td> 108 </tr> 109 <tr> 110 <th>Random Offset</th> 111 <td>You can use a random offset to change the starting playback keyframe for the animation on a per-particle basis.</td> 112 </tr> 113 <tr> 114 <th>Random Table</th> 115 <td>The random table randomly obtains a value at particle emission time from the animation frame.</td> 116 </tr> 117 </tbody> 118 </table> 119 <a name="four_key_systems" id="four_key_systems"></a> 120 <h4>Overwrite previous value using four-key method</h4> 121 <p>Provides a simple way to create particle color animation without using the Curve Editor.</p> 122 <p>For details about overwrite previous value using four-key method, see <a href="../../../../../user_guide/particle_effect/particleeffect_animation/animation/index.html#four_key">here</a>.</p> 123 <img src="assets/particle_color03.png" alt="Four-key method for particle color"/> 124 <h5>Fade-In end time</h5> 125 <p>Specifies a value of 0.0 to 1.0 for the duration the particle color changes between the color animation start-time value and color animation mid-time value.</p> 126 <h5>Fade-Out start time</h5> 127 <p>Specifies a value of 0.0 to 1.0 for the time the particle color starts to change between the color animation mid-time value and color animation end-time value.</p> 128 <h6>Start-time value</h6> 129 <p>Specifies the color value of the particle (as RGB) when the animation starts.</p> 130 <h6>Mid-time value</h6> 131 <p>Specifies the color value of the particle (as RGB) at the mid-point time between the start and the end of the animation.</p> 132 <h6>End-time value</h6> 133 <p>Specifies the color value of the particle (as RGB) when the animation ends.</p> 134 <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </div> 135 <div class="footer" /> 136</div> 137<hr><p>CONFIDENTIAL</p></body> 138<!-- InstanceEnd --> 139</html>