Tutorial 9: Naming Paths / Color Coding



Load your script.

You should have 2 paths there in map joey (or whatever map you’re in). They are both green, since that’s the default colour. Lets make life easier and a little more organized... shall we?

Look at the timeline. Green path.

I made my own color coded system for Paths.

RED=CAMERA

BLUE=FOCUS

YELLOW=SQUIBS (if you don’t know what a squib is, I’ll explain it MUCH later)

But it’s up to you.

Goto path 1. remember how? T/G (up/down arrow) and/or SHIFT T/G (arrows).

Now click on the PATH button. you should see some tools.

NAME - Name your path. Handy for organizing

TIME OFFSET - Change starting point of Path. We'll play with this later. (I Never had a reason to use this.)

COLOR - Color Your Paths

OPEN FOCUS - We'll get here Later

Click on the name box. It should go Blue. delete that stuff in there and type: Camera 1

HIT RETURN!!!

Notice the nice colorful box. notice the 4 bars. Yes... thass Red, Green, Blue AND an Alpha. (you’ll also see numeric representations of the R,G,B, and A, as well as the Hex values, and whatever the heck ProcVal is.)

Click at the top of the RED Bar. and the bottom of the Green & Blue. The Box should be a nice bright Red.

Click OK

Now look at your 2 paths. Now one is red. Now change Path 2 to Blue and name it 'Cam 2 Focus'

Now I'm gonna assume that you have learned some things. So when I say go to Focus path on cubic 1, path 1's Focus Node... I hope that makes sense to you. NOT to be confused with PATH 2, which IS the focus for path 1.

hey so um... goto Path 1's Focus node.

Click on 1. (Remember you are editing what Path 1 will look at)

See the nice big list. What's different?

path 1 and 2 have names. Cam 2 Focus should already be highlighted. click on cam 2 focus.

I just wanted to show you how to be organized with naming and colors.

We will skip that Node button for now.