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16    <h1>Scale & Scale (extended)</h1>
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18    <p>Scale can be used to change the scale of particles and configure animations.</p>
19    <p>The settings available for <B>Scale (expanded)</B> are the same as for <B>Scale</B>.</p>
20    <h2>Scale Settings and Features</h2>
21    <p>This page describes scale settings and features.</p>
22    <div class="wrap_picture"> <img src="assets/particle_scale.png" alt="Particle Model Scaling"/> </div>
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26          <th><em>A</em></th>
27          <td class="td_color">Animation</td>
28          <td>Select whether or not to animate the particle Scale.</td>
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30        <tr>
31          <th><em>B</em></th>
32          <td class="td_color">Default</td>
33          <td>Sets the default value for particle scaling. <br /> Additional corresponding items are displayed when setting an animation.</td>
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35        <tr>
36          <th><em>C</em></th>
37          <td class="td_color">Runtime Setting</td>
38          <td>To read about the Enable checkbox and resource copying, see <a href="../../effect_common_setting/index.html">here</a>.</td>
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42    <h3 class="wrap_clear">Animation</h3>
43    <p>The following four items can be selected when setting a scale animation.</p>
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47          <th>Item</th>
48          <th>Description</th>
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53          <th><a href="#no_animation">Do not animate</a></th>
54          <td>Scale animation is not performed.</td>
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57          <th><a href="#added_previous_value">Add to Previous Value</a></th>
58          <td>Select this when you want to animate at a set speed.</td>
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61          <th><a href="#overwrite_previous_value">Overwrite previous value</a></th>
62          <td>Select this when you want to animate using a curve.</td>
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65          <th><a href="#four_key_systems">Overwrite previous value using four-key method</a></th>
66          <td>Use this to create low-load animation comprised of key information for only four locations.</td>
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70    <p class="new_hint"><B>Note:</B> Settings items including default values change for the selected animation.</p>
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72    <h4>Do not animate</h4>
73    <p>Select this option when you do not want to animate particle scale.</p>
74    <p>Set standard values only.</p>
75    <h5>Standard Value</h5>
76    <p>Selecting this option allows separate settings for X, Y and Z axes using values standard to scale animations.</p>
77    <p>Setting an <B>Amplitude (%)</B> applies a random value to the scale at time of particle generation.</p>
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79    <h4>Add to Previous Value</h4>
80    <p>Select this option when you want to animate at a set speed.</p>
81    <p>Set the standard value and the default value to be added to the previous value.</p>
82    <h5>Standard Value</h5>
83    <p>This setting is the same as <B>Do not animate</B>.</p>
84    <h5>Default Value</h5>
85    <p>Default values to be added can be set for each of the X, Y and Z axes.</p>
86    <p class="hint">Default values are added to standard values each frame to animate at a set speed.</p>
87    <h6>Playback Options</h6>
88    <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>
89    <table>
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92          <th>Options</th>
93          <th>Description</th>
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98          <th>None.</th>
99          <td>Do not use playback options.</td>
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102          <th>Fit to Lifetime</th>
103          <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>
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106          <th>Specify Frame Count</th>
107          <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>
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110          <th>Frames per Cycle</th>
111          <td>This specifies the number of frames in a single loop cycle when looping animations.</td>
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114          <th>Random Offset</th>
115          <td>You can use a random offset to change the starting playback keyframe for the animation on a per-particle basis.</td>
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118          <th>Random Table</th>
119          <td>The random table randomly obtains a value at particle emission time from the animation frame.</td>
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124    <h4>Overwrite previous value</h4>
125    <p>Select this when you want to create an animation using a curve.</p>
126    <p>Sets the default value used to overwrite the previous value.</p>
127    <p class="hint">Selecting <B>Overwrite previous value</B> causes settings set to standard values to be lost.</p>
128    <p>Use <B>Scale (extended)</B> when setting standard values or amplitude (%).</p>
129    <h5>Default Value</h5>
130    <p>The value from the previous frame is overwritten with the default value.</p>
131    <p class="hint">If an animation has been created on the <B>CurveEditor </B>panel, the value from the previous frame is overwritten with the created animation rather than the default value.</p>
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133    <h4>Overwrite previous value using four-key method</h4>
134    <p>Provides a simple way to create particle scale animation without using the Curve Editor.</p>
135    <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>
136    <img src="assets/particle_scale_01.png" alt="Four-key method for particle scale"/>
137    <h5>Fade-In end time</h5>
138    <p>Specifies a value of 0.0 to 1.0 for the duration the particle changes between the scale animation start-time value and scale animation mid-time value.</p>
139    <h5>Fade-Out start time</h5>
140    <p>Specifies a value of 0.0 to 1.0 for the time the particle starts to change between the scale animation mid-time value and scale animation end-time value.</p>
141    <h6>Start-time value</h6>
142    <p>Specifies the scale value of the particle when the animation starts.</p>
143    <h6>Mid-time value</h6>
144    <p>Specifies the scale value of the particle at the mid-point time between the start and the end of the animation.</p>
145    <h6>End-time value</h6>
146    <p>Specifies the scale value of the particle when the animation ends.</p>
147    <h5>Playback Options</h5>
148    <p>This is the same setting as <B>Add to previous value</B>.</p>
149    <h2>Scale (Extended)</h2>
150    <p>The settings available for <B>Scale (extended)</B> are the same as for <B>Scale</B>.</p>
151    <p class="new_hint"><B>Note:</B> The <B>Scale (extended)</B> item displays when the <I>Use </I>checkbox is marked.</p>
152    <img src="assets/particle_scale_extension.png" alt="Particle Scale (extended)"/>
153    <p class="hint">Use Scale (extended) when an <I>Amplitude </I> value is set in the scale's standard values and <I>Overwrite Previous Value</I> is set for Animation.</p>
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