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>Scale (Details Mode)</title> 11<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> 12</head> 13<body> 14<div> 15 <div class="body"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="本文のタイトル" --> 16 <h1>Scale & Scale (extended)</h1> 17 <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="本文" --> 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> 23 <div class="wrap_text"> 24 <table class="space"> 25 <tr> 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> 29 </tr> 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> 34 </tr> 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> 39 </tr> 40 </table> 41 </div> 42 <h3 class="wrap_clear">Animation</h3> 43 <p>The following four items can be selected when setting a scale animation.</p> 44 <table> 45 <thead> 46 <tr> 47 <th>Item</th> 48 <th>Description</th> 49 </tr> 50 </thead> 51 <tbody> 52 <tr> 53 <th><a href="#no_animation">Do not animate</a></th> 54 <td>Scale animation is not performed.</td> 55 </tr> 56 <tr> 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> 59 </tr> 60 <tr> 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> 63 </tr> 64 <tr> 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> 67 </tr> 68 </tbody> 69 </table> 70 <p class="new_hint"><B>Note:</B> Settings items including default values change for the selected animation.</p> 71 <a name="no_animation" id="no_animation"></a> 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> 78 <a name="added_previous_value" id="added_previous_value"></a> 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> 90 <thead> 91 <tr> 92 <th>Options</th> 93 <th>Description</th> 94 </tr> 95 </thead> 96 <tbody> 97 <tr> 98 <th>None.</th> 99 <td>Do not use playback options.</td> 100 </tr> 101 <tr> 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> 104 </tr> 105 <tr> 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> 108 </tr> 109 <tr> 110 <th>Frames per Cycle</th> 111 <td>This specifies the number of frames in a single loop cycle when looping animations.</td> 112 </tr> 113 <tr> 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> 116 </tr> 117 <tr> 118 <th>Random Table</th> 119 <td>The random table randomly obtains a value at particle emission time from the animation frame.</td> 120 </tr> 121 </tbody> 122 </table> 123 <a name="overwrite_previous_value" id="overwrite_previous_value"></a> 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> 132 <a name="four_key_systems" id="four_key_systems"></a> 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> 154 <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </div> 155 <div class="footer" /> 156</div> 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