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588 Chapter 12: Animation
To see the motions in the M otion Mi xer on the biped
in the scene:
1.
Select the biped for which you want to see the
current motion f rom the Motion Mixer.
2. Click Mixer Mode on the Biped rollout.
3. Playtheanimationordragthetimeslidertosee
the motion in viewports.
Work ing with Clips in the Mixer
Once you have created tracks and imported
clips to the Motion Mixer, you can adjust your
animation mix by moving, cloning, and replacing
clips. Within the Motion Mixer, you can:
• Move clips in time within the same track.
•Moveclipstoothertracks.
•Cloneclips.
• Slide all clips in time on a track.
• Replace a clip with motion from a biped, a
motion flow script, or another clip.
To move a clip in time within a track :
1.
ClickMoveClipsontheMotionMixer
toolbar.
2. Drag the clip and move it to another location
on the track.
A clip cannot be moved in such a way that it
overlaps another clip. If you move a clip on
top of another clip, it wil l return to its original
location when you release the mouse.
Pr ocedur es
To move a ll clips horizontally on one track:
1.
Select one or more clips. You can select multiple
clips on different tracks for this operation.
2. Click Slide Clips on the Motion Mixer
toolbar.
3. Move the selected clips to slide clips to the left
or right.
When you slide a selected clip to the right, all
unselected clips to the rig ht of the clip move to
the r ight. When you slide a clip to the left, al l
unselected clips to the left move to the left.
To move a clip to another track:
1.
Click Slide Clips on the Motion Mixer
toolbar.
2. Move one clip on a track to slide all clips on
the track.
To replace one clip with another:
After a clip is placed on a track, you can replace the
clip with another clip. The new clip is scaled to fit
the time of the original clip.
1. Select the clip(s) you want to replace.
2. Right-click a selected clip and choose L oad
Source > From Files from the pop-up menu.
Select a BIP file to replace selected clips.
3. On the Mixer Clip S ource Opt ions dia log ,
choose whether to replace only the selected
clips, or to also replace
instances (page 3–1052)
(versions of the clip on same-sized bipeds) or
adaptat ions (page 3–999) (versions of t he clip
on all bipeds).
To clone a clip :
Clips c an be cloned w ithin the same tr ack, across
tracks, and even across bipeds in the Mixer. A
cloned clip retains the Z=0 status of the orig inal
clip (if t his option was selected for the original
clip), and any changes made to the original clip’s
timing. Cloning a clip to a different-sized biped
creates an
adaptation (page 3–999) of the original
clip.