Animation Editor User Interface

Topics

• Opening Animation Editor
• Anim Graph Interface
• Motion Sets Interface
• Motions Interface

Opening Animation Editor

You can open the Animation Editor from Lumberyard Editor.

To open the Animation Editor

• From Lumberyard Editor, choose Tools, Animation Editor.

On the Animation Editor, you can do the following:

1. From the menu bar, you can do the following:

   • Open actor files.
   • Open, create, and save your workspaces.
   • Select and deselect actor instances.
   • Change the layout view of the editor.
   • Display or hide menus for the Animation Editor.

2. View your character in the perspective window.

3. Anim Graph – View and edit your animation graph to define your character’s behavior.

4. Anim Graph Palette – Drag and drop nodes into the animation graph grid.

5. Anim Graphs Navigation – View the hierarchy of your nodes.

6. Parameters – View, add, edit, or delete parameters for the animation graph.

7. Attributes – View, add, edit, or delete attributes for the selected node in the animation graph.

8. Resource Management – Add, load, save, and delete animation graphs.

9. Recorder – View what triggers the recording and manage the playback options.

10. Time View – View recorded debug information and edit event tracks of the selected motion.