As you
work through tutorials in this book, you??™ll use the Graph Editor to perform these functions
as well as learn how to navigate the panel.
Figure 2.32 The LightWave Graph Editor offers specific control over motion channels for
your Layout items.
Scene Editor
In the past, you accessed the Scene Editor by clicking a button.
Now LightWave offers a drop-down menu for opening
different versions of the Scene Editor??”the newer version of
the Scene Editor or the classic version you may know and
love (Figure 2.33).
The LightWave v9 Scene Editor is quite powerful, incorporating
spreadsheet capabilities, a Dope Sheet, and overall
editing of various scene parameters. It does not give you control over every aspect of
LightWave, but it can significantly improve workflow by allowing control of multiple
items at once. There are five main areas within the Scene Editor: Items, Surfaces, Channels,
Property, and Dope Sheet. Exercise 2.5 guides you through a quick overview of the tool.
Figure 2.33
The Scene Editor menu
gives you access to both
the classic LightWave
Scene Editor and the
newer version.
Exercise 2.5 Working with the Scene Editor
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