Animating the Burst Operation

Many 3D Canvas Operations can have their effect animated. Any operation that supports Update Button-Operation-Update.gif (515 bytes) on the Object Layers Panel or the Operation Adjust Tool Button-Toolbar-OperationAdjustTool.gif (912 bytes) can be animated.

What follows is an explanation of how to animate a Operation-Burst.gif (522 bytes) Burst Operation.

 

Drag and Drop a sphere on to the scene.
TutorialAnimatedBurst1.gif (19496 bytes)

 

Show the Animation Toolbar using the View Menu.

Switch to Animation Mode by selecting Button-Animation-Animate.gif (1005 bytes).

Select the sphere.

The Burst Operation is located on the Object Operations Panel.

Apply a Burst Operation  to the sphere by clicking Operation-Burst.gif (522 bytes).

 

TutorialAnimatedBurst2.gif (21414 bytes)

 

Click OK. At time 0 in the animation we don't want to have any Burst effect.
TutorialAnimatedBurst3.gif (8233 bytes)

 

Move to time 1 with the animation slider.

Select the sphere if it is not already selected. Click Button-Operation-Update.gif (515 bytes) Update on the Object Layers Panel. This will open the Burst Operation again so that you can set an effect for time 1.

Move the Burst slider one unit to the right.

Click OK.

Repeat this step for time 10 of the animation, setting a maximum burst effect.
TutorialAnimatedBurst4.gif (11459 bytes)

 

We now have an sphere that Bursts during animation.

Press play Button-Play.gif (908 bytes) to preview the animation.

This is a very simple Burst effect. For a more explosive effect combine the Burst Operation with the Swirl Operation.

You may want to speed up the animation by changing the number of animation Keys per Second. You can do this by clicking Button-Animation-Properties.gif (942 bytes) (Animation Properties) on the animation toolbar.
TutorialAnimatedBurst5.gif (24459 bytes)