Publishing parameters versus publishing rigs 101 – part 2
In this exercise, we'll build on our exploration of rigging by creating our own rig and selecting parameters we want associated with it to control which arrows we see. We'll then publish that rig over to our existing Color Arrows Final Cut Pro generator.
Getting ready
From the exercise files of this chapter, double-click on the 11_06 project. Press the Space bar to play back the project. It consists of the same animated arrows from the past exercise. We'll create a new pop-up rig so that we only see one arrow appear at a time rather then all of them at once.
How to do it...
Select the Arrow 1 layer. In order to control the visibility of arrows in Final Cut, we can use the opacity parameter. Press the F1 key to go to the Properties tab of the Inspector. Ctrl + click on the word Opacity and navigate to Add to Rig | Rig | Add to New Pop-Up, as shown in the following screenshot:
In the Layers tab, a new pop up is added under the existing...
