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State Panel 1101
Inter face
Synthesis States drop-down list—Displays the
currentstate.Chooseastatetomodifyfromthe
list.Youcanchangethestatenamebyeditingthe
text in the list window.
New S tate—Creates a new state and adds it to the
list.
The default name is “ClipState,” optionally
followed by a number. You can change the state
name by editing the text in the window.
Delete Stat e—Deletes the current state. This is
undoable.
Edit P roperti es—Lets you modify the current state.
Displays the
ClipState dialog (page 2–1105)
for the
current state.
Cle ar Pro perti e s—Returns the state to the default
settings and removes clips from the MotionClips
window.
MotionClips group
MotionClips window—Displays motion clips used
by the current state.
UseAddCliptoassociateclipswiththestate.
If you assign more than one clip to a state, the
software picks the clips randomly during synthesis
based on their respective weights.
MotionClip Weight—Determinesthechancethata
clip wi ll be chosen during synthesis. Range=0 to
1000.
Highlight the clip in the list, and then set its weight.
A hig her weight means that a clip is more likely
to be chosen.
Add Clip—Displays the Select MotionClip dialog.
Highlight a clip and click OK to add a clip to the
current state.
Remove Clip—Removes the highlighted clip from
the current state.
Precedence—Sets the precedence for the current
state. Range=0 to 1000.
If multiple states qualify for activation based
on their properties, char acter studio uses the
clip associated with the one with the higher
precedence first. If more than one state has the
same precedence, then the one with the greater
weight is played first.
Weight—Specifies a weight value for a state.