Path Properties Panel

After you create a path, you can launch Path Properties for further editing. There are three ways to launch the panel:

  • Context menu: Select a path and right-click on it. Choose the Path Properties from the subsquent context menu.
  • Animation menu: Select a path and execute the Animation > Path Properties command.
  • Toolbar button: Select a path and click the Path Properties button on the toolbar.

The settings in the Path Properties panel change according to the selected objects:

Selected Path

  1. ClosedCreate New Path

    Starts path creation by clicking in the viewport.

  2. ClosedAdd Points

    Adds more anchor points to reshape paths.

  3. ClosedClose Path

    Makes the path form a closed loop.

  4. ClosedKey Settings

    Stores the path keys for traversing objects. The keys can be reused with other objects attached to the path.

Selected Objects - Character, Prop, Text Bubble, Special Effect Object

  1. ClosedPath

    Displays the name of the currently picked path. You can use the eyedropper to click on a anchor point on the path to have the object snap to it.

  2. ClosedDetach from Path

    Releases objects attached to the path.

  3. ClosedDrag Mode

    Select an option from the drop-down list to specify whether you want to move the object along the path or offset it from the path by dragging it.

  4. ClosedProgression

    Sets the object position on the path by percentage.

  5. ClosedFollow Path

    Determines the local axis of the object to be aligned to the path direction.

  6. ClosedOffset

    Sets offset keys to deviate, rotate or scale the object on top of the initial path animation.

  7. ClosedReset Offset

    Resets the RTS offset key values altogether.