Animations#
SAMSON provides a wide variety of animations making it easy to create complex animations, presentations, and movies. Different animations act on different objects - some act on cameras, some act on nodes like structural models, visual models, meshes, and labels.
The animations are split into the following categories:
- Motion animations: for docking, assembling, etc.
- Camera animations: orbit, custom paths, etc.
- Entrance effects: appearing, showing, etc.
- Exit effects: disappearing, hiding, etc.
- Highlighting animations: e.g. pulsing effects
- Other animations: e.g. to pause and stop a presentation, as well as to change backgrounds and display background images such as presentation slides
Learn more in the video tutorial: How to create molecular animations in SAMSON.
Note
In the movie we use the Animation menu which is no longer present in SAMSON. You can access all animations via the Animation panel in the Animator (1) and all presentation actions via the Animator's controls.
- Interface > Animator, , : Ctrl+7, : Cmd+7
What this reference covers#
Use this reference when you already know you need an animation effect and want to choose the specific effect page. If you need the full presentation workflow first, start with Presenting and animating.
Animation effects#
- Appear
- Assemble
- Conceal atoms
- Disappear
- Disassemble
- Dock
- Dolly camera
- Flash
- Follow atoms
- Hidden
- Hide
- Hold atoms
- Hold camera
- Look at atoms
- Move atoms
- Move camera
- Orbit camera
- Pause
- Pedestal camera
- Play path
- Play reverse path
- Pulse
- Record path
- Reveal atoms
- Rock
- Rotate
- Set background
- Show
- Shown
- Simulate
- Stop
- Truck camera
- Undock
- Zoom camera
Related pages#
- Presenting and animating: learn how to create presentations, add animations, and export movies.
- Animator: understand the timeline and animation controls.