Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 72)

72 Chapter 1 An Overview of the Shake User Interface
The Parameters Tabs
The controls that let you adjust the parameters for each of the nodes in the node tree,
as well as the global parameters of your script, are located in the Parameters tabs. Two
Parameters tabs let you load parameters and make adjustments for two nodes at once.
Accessing a Node’s Controls Using the Parameters Tabs
You must first load a node’s parameters into the Parameters1 or Parameters2 tab in
order to make changes to them. The Parameters tabs are empty until you load a node’s
parameters into them.
To load a node’s parameters into the Parameters1 tab:
m Click the right side of the node.
The parameters indicator appears on the right side of the node, and the node’s
parameters are loaded into the Parameters1 tab. The node does not have to be
selected in order to load its parameters into the Parameters1 tab.
Double-click anywhere on the node to load its parameters into the Parameters1 tab
and its image into the Viewer.
To load a node’s parameters into the Parameters2 tab:
m Shift-click the right side of the node.
Path Display–Keyframe Displays only the keyframe positions in the Viewer. To
access this mode, click and hold the Path Display button,
then choose this button from the pop-up menu.
Path Display–Hide The motion path and keyframes are not displayed in the
Viewer. To access this mode, click and hold the Path
Display button, then choose this button from the pop-up
menu.
Button Description