Animation Browser
The main window of Animation Workbench: browse, search, preview and manage every animation clip in your project.
Browser Window
- Search bar with smart filter engine
- View mode toggle (list / grid), thumbnail scale slider
- Filters (humanoid only, looping only, and more)
- Virtualized, scrollable animation list with metadata (name, duration, looping, humanoid compatibility)
- Split view with inspector panel for the selected clip
- Single-clip focus view with orbit preview
- Rename clips directly in the browser
- Drag & drop clips into the scene or onto characters
- Navigation history (back/forward)
- Status bar: cache stats and animation count
Multi-Clip Compare
- Select multiple clips and compare them side by side
- Ghost mode: overlay multiple animations on one character to compare motion directly
Automatic Library Scanning
The library is scanned:
- On first window open (async, non-blocking)
- After importing new animations (change watcher)
- On manual refresh
Thumbnail System
Three cache levels keep browsing fast:
| Cache | Persistence | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| RAM | session | instant access for recently shown thumbnails |
| GPU | session | render textures for visible thumbnails |
| Disk | persistent | PNGs in Library/AWAnimationPreviewCache/ |
Previews render in parallel; the renderer count is configurable in Settings.