Ellipsoid

The orientation of the 3D object. This is similar to Rotation, but is interpreted differently when animated using Keyframes. /Orientation animates along the nearest path between different poses, and is useful for posing an object or animating an object between poses. Orientation values can't go out of range, so you can't use Orientation to "spin" an object (for that, use Orientation without animation to pose the object, and animate Rotation to create the spin)

The rotation of the 3D object. This is similar to Orientation, but the X, Y and Z components are interpreted independently when animated and can go out of range. This makes Rotation very handy for animating spinning motion, but not as convenient for creating arbitrary poses or animation between specific positions (for that, use Orientation).

The largest radius of the ellipsoid (if Squeeze and Flatten are not used, the ellipsoid is a perfect sphere, and this is its radius)

Reducing this squeezes the ellipsoid horizontally along its X axis, making it narrower. The value is a percentage of Radius.

Reducing this flattens the ellipsoid vertically along its Y axis, making it shorter. The value is a percentage of Radius.

The position of the shape in 3D space in proportional layer coordinates.

A scaling factor to apply to the 3D shape after it has been projected onto the 2D layer. This makes the shape larger or smaller without affecting the perspective in 3D space.

Controls how the surface of the 3D shape is shaded.

• Flat - Shades the shape without applying any lighting. The original colors in the layer are used as they are.
• Point Light - Shades the shape as though it were lit with a point light. Point lights have a particular position in 3D space and emit light in all directions from that position. A light bulb is a point light.
• Directional Light - Shades the shape as though it were lit with a directional light. Directional lights have a particular direction in 3D space, but the distance is not used. Direction lights are assumed to be infinitely distant. Directional lights are typically used for light sources that are very far away, like the sun. The difference between directional and point light sources is easiest to see in specular reflections on shiny surfaces.
• Depth Map - Shades the shape in grays, where the color of each pixel is based on the distance from the viewer. Lighter pixels are closer to the viewer, while darker pixels are further into the screen. No lighting is applied to the shape.
• Normal Map - Shades the shape using a normal map where the RGB values of each pixel encode the XYZ direction of a surface normal at that location on the surface of the layer. In other words, for each pixel, the values of red, green, and blue represent the X, Y, and Z values of a vector pointing outwards, perpendicular to the surface of the shape. The length of the encoded vector is always 1.
• Normal & Depth Map - Shades the shape with a normal map multiplied by a depth map. In other words, the RGB values are encoded XYZ values of surface normal vectors for the shape, but the length of each vector is based on the distance from the viewer, rather than being normalized to a length of 1.

The brightness of the light source, used when Shading is set to Point Light or Directonal Light.

Controls how shiny the surface is. Higher values make the surface appear more metallic.

The amount of specular reflectivity in the shape's surface material. Use lower values for a matte finish, and higher values for smooth, glossy surfaces.

The amount of ambient light in the environment. Ambient light is light that comes from all around, without a particular direction, and is useful for shapes in scenes with lots of soft, scattered light. Lower values result in less ambient light, for a harsher lighting effect and more pronounced shadows. Higher values result in less pronounced, weaker shadows.

The color of the light source.

The direction of the light source, used when Shading is set to Point Light or Directional Light.

The distance of the light source from the shape (not from the screen). Positive values place the light source in front of the shape; negative values place the light source behind the shape. This is only used when Shading is set to Point Light or Directonal Light.

Flips alternate copies of the surface texture so that the edges meet seamlessly.

Number of times to repeat the layer texture horizontally.

Number of times to repeat the layer texture vertically.

Rotates the surface texture of the shape (to rotate the individual texture tiles, use Twirl instead.)

Controls cropping of the layer before it is used as a texture.

Values less than zero result in cropping of the layer, and values greater than zero add extra transparent space around the edges of the layer. Set this to zero for no cropping.

This is typically used to remove the transparent fringe or gap around layers that don't perfectly fill their bounding box, so that the layer tiles properly when used as a texture.

Rotates texture instances before tiling (which is different to Angle, which rotates the surface texture as a whole).

Shifts the surface texture by the given amount. Use this to adjust the alignment of the texture on the surface of the object, or animate it for a moving surface.

Controls how precisely the 3D object is rendered by adjusting the number of iterations used when ray marching. More iterations will yield higher-quality results, especially for the edges of objects. Fewer iterations will give faster preview and export performance. For best results, a setting between 30 and 60 is recommended.