TIMELINE TOOL FOR PRODUCING COMPUTER-GENERATED ANIMATIONS

摘要

A method of creating a computer-generated animation uses a graphical user interface including a two-dimensional array of cells. The array has a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The rows are associated with visual characteristics of a computer-generated character. The columns are associated with frames of the animation. The array includes a first cell associated with a first visual characteristic and a first frame. The method includes displaying a first view and a second view of the array. In the first view, the first cell has a first width and a key frame indicator is displayed in the first cell. The key frame indicator indicates that a designated value is associated with the first visual characteristic for the first frame. In the second view, the first cell has a second width and an element value indicator is displayed in the first cell. The second width is greater than the first width. The element value indicator represents the value associated with the first visual characteristic.