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<h1 class="headline1" id="">Layers <span class="professionalTag">Professional</span></h1><p class="textBlock">Similar to how layers work in famous image processing applications, multiple layers can be added to animation clips in UMotion. This is useful for modifying complex existing animations (e.g. motion captured clips), adding additional details to an animation without touching the "base" animation, better organization of an animation,...</p><img src="../images/LayersView.png" class="image"></img>
<p class="imageText">Clip Editor - Layers</p><p class="textBlock">To show the Layers View it is necessary to enable the toggle button on the lower right corner of the Clip Editor. The Layer View is drawn next to the Dopesheet/Curves view. The "Base Layer" can't be removed or edited in any way.</p><table class="themeTable">
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</table><p class="textBlock">Each layer can have keys for every property. The <a href="DopesheetCurves.html" class="link">Dopesheet/Curves View</a> always displays the keys of the current selected layer. The selected layer is displayed in light gray. A layer can be selected by clicking on it in the Layers View. There are 2 blending modes that define how the layers are mixed with the other layers:</p><ul class="listMain">
<li class="listItem"><span class="listText"><b>Additive:</b> Modifications keyed on this layer will be added to the existing animation.</span></li>
<li class="listItem"><span class="listText"><b>Override:</b> With this blending mode, layers will overwrite existing keys of lower layers. If a property has no key (in the override layer), the property is not overwritten.</span></li>
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<td class="themeTableCell">This slide bar can be used to adjust the blend weight of the layer. Click the slide bar and drag the mouse to increase/decrease the blend weight.</td>
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</table><h2 class="headline2" id="">Special Treated Channels</h2><p class="textBlock">The following channels are not supported in <b>additive</b> layers:</p><ul class="listMain">
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</ul><p class="textBlock">It's worth noting that Child-Of constraint doesn't support weighted layer blending as this would mix values that are in different spaces. The object with the Child-Of constraint attached will keep the value of the topmost layer until the weight is reduced to 0.</p>
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