Automations are a powerful feature in Vizzy that allow you to create dynamic, responsive animations without manual keyframing. They enable your visuals to change over time, react to audio, or follow mathematical patterns.
How automations work
Automations work by connecting a source of values (like a mathematical formula, audio analysis, or keyframe) to one or more properties in your project. Once connected, these properties will automatically update every frame based on the automation’s settings.
For example, you could connect an Audio Impact automation to the scale of an object, making it pulse with the beat of your music, or use a Math automation with a sine wave formula to create a smooth oscillating movement.
Types of automations
Vizzy offers three main types of automations:
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Math Automation - Uses mathematical formulas to generate values. Great for creating precise, predictable animations like oscillations, waves, or complex patterns.
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Keyframe Automation - Creates smooth transitions between values over time. Perfect for traditional animation where you want precise control over the start and end states.
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Audio Impact Automation - Makes properties react to audio. Ideal for creating music visualizations where elements respond to the beat or frequency of your audio.
Working with automations
Automations are managed in the Automations tab, where you can:
- Create new automations
- Organize automations into groups
- Connect automations to objects and their properties
- Adjust automation settings
- Enable or disable automations
Common uses
Automations are commonly used to:
- Make objects pulse, scale, or move with the beat of music
- Create smooth oscillating movements
- Fade elements in and out at specific times
- Change colors in response to audio
- Create complex animations that would be difficult to keyframe manually
Combining automations
For more complex effects, you can apply multiple automations to different properties of the same object. For example, you could use an Audio Impact automation to control an object’s scale while using a Math automation to control its rotation.
Organizing with groups
Use automation groups to organize related automations together. This is especially helpful in complex projects with many automations.
Next steps
Now that you understand what automations are, learn how to create and manage them in the Using Automations guide.