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Using the XSheet panel

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The XSheet looks similar to a traditional animation exposure sheet:

The XSheet is headed by a small header area. This shows information about the scene, which you set using the Scene CoverSheet panel; see The Cover Sheet.

The rest of the XSheet contains information setting how each node behaves, frame by frame:

• Each node has a heading giving the node name, which is also used in the Scene Graph (see How nodes work).

• There are then a few lines into which you can type node notes.

• Finally, there are one or more associated columns:

• The column name tells you what the column controls.

It is also used to help identify columns that are ratioed together (see Using ratios).

• Keyframes in each column control the behavior of the corresponding node, frame by frame.

Sometimes columns are collected into column groups. For example the Camera node's E/W and N/S camera moves make a Move column group.

As well as the columns for each node, there are also two special columns:

• The frame column shows the frame numbers.

• The notes column is a special column in which you can write notes, or draw; see The XSheet toolkit below.

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