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The Animation Module is only available when you purchase Terragen 2 with Animation. You can purchase it [http://www.planetside.co.uk/content/view/17/29/ here].

'''Animating Node Params'''<br />
Most nodes in TG2 have many params which can be animated. These params have an Animation button. Clicking the Animation button pops up a menu which lets you perform operations like setting and removing keys and importing animation data.

To animate a param you need to set keys for it. You can use the animation button to set a key for the param. A new key will be created and inserted at the current frame. The current frame can be set with the [[Main Window Timeline]], the [[Animation Panel]] or in the Project settings. Params with more than one coordinate, such as vector or colour params, can have each coordinate animated separately. In that case the Animation button will give you the option of setting keys on all coordinates or individual coordinates.

You can tell when a param is animated because the colour of its text fields will change from black to green or blue. When a text field is coloured green that means the param is animated and there is a key set on it for the current frame. If the text is coloured blue that means the param is animated but there is no key set at that frame.

When a param is animated you will be able to edit the animation for it in the [[Animation Panel]]. Only params which are animated will show up in the [[Animation Panel]], so you need to set at least one key on a param before it will be available for editing there. You can then use the [[Animation Panel]] to insert and delete keys, as well as change key positions and values.

Nodes with animated params are drawn in a special way in the network view, making them easy to spot. Animated nodes have a green circle with a white "A" drawn to the right of the node box.

'''Previewing Animation'''<br />
You can use the playback controls in the [[Main Window Timeline]] and the [[Animation Panel]] [[Timeline]] to playback animation. Animation will be shown in all 3D Previews. This means you can view animation playback from multiple perspectives at the same time. You can also scrub through animation using the slider in [[Main Window Timeline]] or by dragging the frame cursor in the [[Animation Panel]] views.

By default TG2 attempts to play animation in realtime, or 24 frames per second. However if some frames take a longer time to draw this can mean that subsequent frames get skipped to try and maintain realtime playback. If you want to see each frame in the animation you can use the Lock playback to frames button in the [[Main Window Timeline]] or Animation Panel [[Timeline]] to see every frame in turn.

The Animation Panel [[Timeline]] has additional playback controls which let you do things like loop playback.

'''Rendering Animation'''<br />
You can render animations using the controls in the Sequence/Output tab of the Render node. The Sequence first/last/step params let you set which part of an animation to render. The Render Sequence button will start the animation rendering.

Alternatively you can also use the command line interface of TG2 to batch render frames or render frames across a render farm.

'''Important Note'''<br />
With the introduction of the Animation Module we needed to make changes to the way animation data is saved in project and clip files. This change happened in TG2 v2.4.20.0. Animation data in projects and clips saved from this version or newer cannot be loaded into older versions, but projects and clips from older versions can still be loaded into new versions. Animaton data in the old format is stripped out of files when they're saved with this version.

[[Terragen 2 Animation Module Reference|Back to the Animation Module Reference]]

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-The Animation Module is only available when you purchase Terragen 2 with Animation. You can purchase it [http://www.planetside.co.uk/content/view/17/29/ here].
+The Animation Module is only available when you purchase a Terragen 4 license. You can purchase it [http://planetside.co.uk/buy-terragen/ here].
-'''Animating Node Params'''<br />
+'''Animating Node Parameters'''<br />
-Most nodes in TG2 have many params which can be animated. These params have an Animation button. Clicking the Animation button pops up a menu which lets you perform operations like setting and removing keys and importing animation data.
+Most nodes in TG4 have many parameters which can be animated. These params have an Animation button. Clicking the Animation button pops up a menu which lets you perform operations like setting and removing keys and importing animation data.
 To animate a param you need to set keys for it. You can use the animation button to set a key for the param. A new key will be created and inserted at the current frame. The current frame can be set with the [[Main Window Timeline]], the [[Animation Panel]] or in the Project settings. Params with more than one coordinate, such as vector or colour params, can have each coordinate animated separately. In that case the Animation button will give you the option of setting keys on all coordinates or individual coordinates.
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 You can use the playback controls in the [[Main Window Timeline]] and the [[Animation Panel]] [[Timeline]] to playback animation. Animation will be shown in all 3D Previews. This means you can view animation playback from multiple perspectives at the same time. You can also scrub through animation using the slider in [[Main Window Timeline]] or by dragging the frame cursor in the [[Animation Panel]] views.
-By default TG2 attempts to play animation in realtime, or 24 frames per second. However if some frames take a longer time to draw this can mean that subsequent frames get skipped to try and maintain realtime playback. If you want to see each frame in the animation you can use the Lock playback to frames button in the [[Main Window Timeline]] or Animation Panel [[Timeline]] to see every frame in turn.
+By default TG4 attempts to play animation in realtime, or 24 frames per second. However if some frames take a longer time to draw this can mean that subsequent frames get skipped to try and maintain realtime playback. If you want to see each frame in the animation you can use the Lock playback to frames button in the [[Main Window Timeline]] or Animation Panel [[Timeline]] to see every frame in turn.
 The Animation Panel [[Timeline]] has additional playback controls which let you do things like loop playback.
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 You can render animations using the controls in the Sequence/Output tab of the Render node. The Sequence first/last/step params let you set which part of an animation to render. The Render Sequence button will start the animation rendering.
-Alternatively you can also use the command line interface of TG2 to batch render frames or render frames across a render farm.
+Alternatively you can also use the command line interface of TG4 to batch render frames or render frames across a render farm.
+[[Terragen 4 Animation Function Reference|Back to the Animation Module Reference]]

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JavaJones at 21:44, 17 July 2017

Jo: Created page with "The Animation Module is only available when you purchase Terragen 2 with Animation. You can purchase it [http://www.planetside.co.uk/content/view/17/29/ here]. '''Animating Node..."