Chapter 5. LightWave 7 Graph Editor

LightWave 7’s powerful Graph Editor offers you complete control over a specific item’s motion and timing. This can be a camera, object, light, or any other type of parameter that can be enveloped, or changed over time. The Graph Editor also gives you control over every channel of an item, such as the Position.X, Position.Y, Rotation Heading, and so on. Each channel can be controlled through the use of expressions, modifiers, or even keyframes, all from within the Graph Editor. The Graph Editor is used to edit any type of parameter that can be enveloped, from surface color, light intensity, object dissolves, and more. In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

• Using the Graph Editor

• Multi-curve editing with the Graph Editor

• Exploring additional commands

• Editing color channels