Storing Operator Settings

Use storage buttons to store up to five versions of your operator settings, and then quickly switch between the different stored settings to compare the results.

Keyframes are also stored. This means that you can use storage buttons to compare different versions of an animation.

When you cut and paste, or copy and paste an operator, all its stored settings are also copied.

To store operator settings:

1. In the operator controls, enable Store.



Note: Store is enabled by default.

2. Click Store number 1 and adjust the operator's properties.



As you make adjustments, the operator settings are stored in storage 1.

3. When you are satisfied with the settings in storage 1, move to storage 2.



Storage 1 is stored and copied to storage 2. Any further adjustments you make are stored in storage 2.

Note: If storage 2 is not empty, select an empty storage. (A dot in the lower right corner of the storage button indicates that it contains settings.)

4. When you are satisfied with storage 2, move to storage 3 (or an empty storage) and continue to fine-tune the settings. To start adjusting storage 3 from scratch, click Reset.

By switching between storage 1, 2, and 3, you can compare the settings that you stored in each one.

Moving between Stored Settings

If Store is enabled, when you click an empty storage, the current settings are copied to the empty storage. In other words, when you go from storage 1 to an empty storage, the empty storage is "filled" with the settings of storage 1.

When you move between filled storage buttons, the system displays the stored settings for each one. But remember, if you adjust any settings while Store is enabled, the storage is automatically updated.

Emptying Storage

If you want to copy the settings from one storage to another so that you can fine-tune the settings in the second storage, the second storage must be empty. When you create a new operator, all the store buttons are empty, but if you have saved settings in all five storages, you may need to empty a few.

To empty a storage:

1. Select the storage and click Reset.
2. The dot disappears from the lower right corner of the storage button to indicate that it is empty.
3. Disable Store before moving to another storage.

Otherwise, the blank settings are saved and the dot reappears.