Chris Hardcastle shows how you can rig an IOS-like control center volume widget in Cavalry.

Since Cavalry’s release, the Scene Group is also posting some excellent and relevant tutorials, covering the things that where Cavalry excels. A new tutorial shows how you can rig an animation that shows a volume interaction.

Automating Animation Through Behaviors and Connections.

While it’s easy enough to produce the animation manually, Cavalry makes it equally easy to automate the entire thing. My jaw dropped a few times watching this one.

The tutorial uses the graph on a ‘Number Range to remap the vertical movement of a Null object to control both the horizontal motion and state of an icon in a stepped transition. 

The tutorial shows how to set up the volume slider right from creating a rectangle, using the Align behavior to set up the volume slider, to connecting a Null as a controller.

Building the icon in Calvary uses the Duplicator to save some drawing time, and rigging the Null Remapping values with the Number Range automates things when the null moves.

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Check out Cavalry and the pricing tiers. You can get Cavalry for around $16/month. You can start your journey into the future of motion design apps for free.

What better way to learn how to create generative art, character animation, and data visualizations than a great getting started series. Visit the Scene Group to learn more about Cavalry.