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604 Chapter 12: Animation
Saving Clip Adaptations
The Reservoir lets you save a unique version of an
adapted clip to a new BIP file. This new file will
contain the new biped’s size data, so will not have
to be adapted when it is loaded into the Mixer.
If you are mixing long BIP files on a biped of a size
other than the size used to create the BIP file, w hen
youreloadtheMAXfileorloadaMIXfile,you
mighthavetowaitwhiletheMixerrecalculatesthe
adaptation for the biped. You can sav e loading
time by saving adapted clips to new BIP files and
replacing the original clip in the Mixer.
If you save an instanced clip from the Reservoir
under a new fi le name, all clips in the Reservoir are
renamed likewise.
Pr ocedur es
To access the Reservoir:
• On the Motion Mixer toolbar, click the
Reservoir button.
The Reservoir opens.
To add clips to the Reservoir:
1.
Choose between Max Clips a nd Biped Clips.
2. On the Reservoir toolbar, click the New
Entry button.
The Open dialog appears.
3. Find the directory containing the clip files to
load, highlight the desired fi le or files, and then
click the Open button.
The file loads and app ears as a Source in the
Reservoir list. You can then add it to a track in
the Motion Mixer using the latter’s Ne w Clips
> From Reservoir command.
To replace a clip in the R eser voir:
Use the Load File command to replace a
high lighted source or clip.
1. In the Reservoir list, click a single item.
Thesoftwarepermitsreplacingonlyonesource
or clip at a time.
2. On the toolbar, click Lo ad File.
The Open dialog appears.
3. Find the directory containing the clip files to
load, highli ght the desired file, and then click
the Open button.
The fi le loads and replaces the hig hlighted item
in the Reservoir list and the Motion Mixer. If
you replace a source item, all of its clips are
replaced as well. If you replace a clip, all of its
references are replaced.
To save an instanced clip to a new clip:
Once you apply a clip instance to a different biped
in Motion Mixer , the software automatically fits
the motion to the biped. You can then save the
modified motion from the Reservoir.
1. In the Reservoir list, highlight the clip whose
motion you want to save.
2. On the Reservoir toolbar, click the Save
File button. Use the Save As dialog to specify a
name and location for the motion file, and then
click the Sav e button.
The motion file is saved as fitted to the biped to
which the clip is applied.
Note: The motion file is saved at its original
length, whether or not you changed the length
of any instances of the clip in the Motion Mixer .
To save multiple instanced clips fr om the Reservoir:
1.
On the Reservoir toolbar, click Batch Save.
This operation does not depend on which items
are highlighted in the Reservoir list.
2. In the Save Reservoir Items dialog, turn on
items you want to save. For each source/clips