[scifiguy120]

I have this model I want to animate properly but i have forgotten how to make the running lights go on and off AND a strob light at the rear. Theres one green and one red you can one of them on the edge of the saucer section here in the picture. Can anyone help me on this please



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[NoStr0m0]

Just add a channel to the light intensity and put two keys, one for the lowest intensity, which I presume is 0, and one for the highest, a few frames after the first, depending on how gradual you want the light up to be. If you want it to stay off for longer, just add the low key after the default frame 0 key and change the tension to 1 so the graph is flat.

after tweaking it, chose repeat as Post Behaviour and there you have it.

[scifiguy120]

Originally posted by NoStr0m0 Just add a channel to the light intensity and put two keys, one for the lowest intensity, which I presume is 0, and one for the highest, a few frames after the first, depending on how gradual you want the light up to be. If you want it to stay off for longer, just add the low key after the default frame 0 key and change the tension to 1 so the graph is flat. after tweaking it, chose repeat as Post Behaviour and there you have it.

I feel stupid but i forgot how to do most of this. I should be keeping up with what i learned better but it seems my head isn't fat enough to remeber it all,,lol.
Can you explain in layman terms

[rwhunt99]

Well scifiguy;
in your light properties panel, there is an "E" button right next to the intensity setting. This indicates that your light can be animated and the "E" means envelope. Just click on that and it will automatically open up the Graph editor. There you can set up and keyframe your light's intensity.

For a flashing light, you might want to first set intensity to 0%and keyframe it. then when you want it to flash, just keyframe it again to the intensity desired. at the bottom area of the editor, if you set a keyframe or move the slider to a keyframe, you will see a couple of settings with Keyframe and value of the Keyframe. Below it there are other settings. These allow you to setup a behaviour. click on post behaviour and you can set the behaviour to several different things. I would set it to constant. Then to the right, you should see a button that says "incoming curve" it should be set to the default "TCB Spline" you can click on it and at the bottom, there should be an option called stepped. That is the one I would use. The nice thing is that you can see immediately the results of your tweaks in the editor. Play around with the different settings and see how it affects the flashing, you can get quite different effects with it.

The graph editor is very powerful and while it might look a bit scary at first, you will soon realize that it is fairly easy to work with. I would suggest reading the manual about the Graph editor to get a better feel for what you can do with it.

I hope this helps you out I know it's a bit late :p

[scifiguy120]

Originally posted by rwhunt99 Well scifiguy; in your light properties panel, there is an "E" button right next to the intensity setting. This indicates that your light can be animated and the "E" means envelope. Just click on that and it will automatically open up the Graph editor. There you can set up and keyframe your light's intensity. For a flashing light, you might want to first set intensity to 0%and keyframe it. then when you want it to flash, just keyframe it again to the intensity desired. at the bottom area of the editor, if you set a keyframe or move the slider to a keyframe, you will see a couple of settings with Keyframe and value of the Keyframe. Below it there are other settings. These allow you to setup a behaviour. click on post behaviour and you can set the behaviour to several different things. I would set it to constant. Then to the right, you should see a button that says "incoming curve" it should be set to the default "TCB Spline" you can click on it and at the bottom, there should be an option called stepped. That is the one I would use. The nice thing is that you can see immediately the results of your tweaks in the editor. Play around with the different settings and see how it affects the flashing, you can get quite different effects with it. The graph editor is very powerful and while it might look a bit scary at first, you will soon realize that it is fairly easy to work with. I would suggest reading the manual about the Graph editor to get a better feel for what you can do with it. I hope this helps you out I know it's a bit late :p

OMG, I really feel stupid now! I knew that! :headbang:
But you know how it is,,first your mind goes then everything else. Thanks guys ,Works great