Recording Key Events
You can record key events by enabling Auto-Record mode. The Timeline options menu, located at the right edge of the controls, lets you enable or disable Bryce's automatic animation system.
When you enable Auto-Record mode, every object transformation or change of property you perform is recorded as a key event. A key event can store any change in size, position, orientation, material property, sky property, light property or geometry. However, a key event can only store one change per property at a specific point in time for each object in the scene. This means that at a single point in time, you can only have one change in position, size, material, or geometry per object recorded as a key event.
If you keep changing the same properties at the same point in time, the new changes replace existing changes. Only the last change you perform is recorded as the key event. To record more than one change in the same object's property you have to move to a different point in time. Then each change can be recorded as a separate key event and applied to the animation.
For example, if you move an object up and down at the same point in time, only the last transformation is recorded as the key event. However, if you move the object up at one point in time and then move the object down at a different point in time, both transformations are recorded.
When Auto-Record mode is disabled, the animation system is off. This means that your changes are not recorded as key events and changes in the Timeline do not affect your view in the Working window.
You can continue changing object and scene properties, but they won't be recorded as key events. If you want to record a setting or transformation you'll have to manually add a key frame using the Add Frame button. Refer to "Adding and Deleting Key Frames" for more on adding frames.
To enable or disable Auto-Record mode:
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