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you ty pe in a weight, the weights of all nodes are
changed to the new value.
Weig hting is evaluated across tracks in a single
trackgroup. If a trackgroup has two or more
tracks, the topmost track’s weight is evaluated at
each frame. If the weig ht at any frame is less t han
1.0, the motion on the track is only parti a lly used,
and next tr ack down is evaluated for its weight. If
the total weig ht is still less than 1.0, the next track
down is evaluated, and so on. In this way, motion
frommultipletrackscanbemixedatthesame
frameforthesamesetofbodyparts.
TheWeightModebuttonattherightendofthe
main toolbar turns on this mode for all tracks
in the Motion Mixer. For more information, see
Motion Mixer Toolbar (page 2–619)
.
On a balance tr ack, the Balance Weig ht Mode
button appears rather than the Weight Mode
button.WheninBalanceWeightmode,youcan
adjust the weight curve for the
balance track (page
3–1008)
.TofindouthowtouseBalanceWeight
mode, see
Adjusting Biped Balance in the Mixer
(page 2–599)
.
Reservoir
Select a biped. > Motion panel > Biped Apps rollout >
Mixer > Reservoir
GraphEditorsmenu>MotionMixer...>Reservoir
The Motion Mixer
Reservoir (page 3–1097)
is
similar to the
Motion Flow Graph (p age 2–897)
,
in that it acts as a holding area where clips can be
listed, giving you a palette of motions to choose
from. As you add
clips (page 3–1069)
to objects in
theMotionMixerwindow,youseethemappearon
a
track (page 3–1117)
and they are automatically
added to the Reservoir. If you add new clips
directly to the Reservoir, they are available and
held for future use.
Interfa ce
The Reservoir is comprised of four par ts:
•
The
Reservoir toolbar (page 2–627)
,where
all the commands are located. You can choose
between listing biped clips and non-biped clips.
•The
Source/Clipname list (page 2–627)
,where
motionclips(BIPandXAFfiles)arelisted.
Instances (page 3–1052)
are grouped together
in one listing, while
adaptations (page 3–999)
are listed separately.
•The
Clip Status field (page 2–627)
,whereyou
can gather information about the clips used in
the Motion Mixer.
•The
Motion Preview (p age 2–628)
,whereyou
canseewhatamotionlookslikebeforeyouuse
it.
Note: The Motion Preview is only available
when you choose the Biped Clips option.