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768 Chapter 14: Character Studio
Copyi ng a nd Pas ting Post ures and
Poses
TheCopy/PasterolloutontheMotionpanel
provides controls to help you copy and paste
biped postures, poses, and tracks. A
posture
(page 3–1090)
is the rotation and position of any
selection of biped objects. A
pose (page 3–1090) is
the rotation and position of all the objects in a
part icular biped. A
track (page 3–1117) is the
animation f or any selection of biped parts. For
information on working with tracks, see
Copy ing
and Pasting Tracks (page 2–781)
.
You can create and store postures, poses, and tracks
in multiple buffers accessed by a drop-down list.
You can choose f rom that list and see a thumbnail
image associated with the selection, then paste that
selection onto the same biped or any other biped
inthescene. Youcanchoosebetweenposture,
pose,ortrackfortheseoperations.
Usingthesetoolsletsyouworkinatraditional
pose-to-pose method of animating. You can create
a variety of poses and postures, store them in the
list,theninAutoKeymode,copythemtoany
bipedatanyframetocreateanimation.
Use the Copy Tracks function to copy the
animation of biped parts onto other parts and
other bipeds. You can fur ther manipulate these
tracks with the Curve Editor and Dope Sheet
Editor, using all the standard tools found there.
CopyTracksworkswithbothfootstepand
freeform animation.
The copy/paste process introduced in
previous versions of character studio has been
enhanced with the addition of
copy collections
(page 2–818)
. This feature acts as an additional
layer of organization, allowing your copied
postures, poses, and tracks to be grouped together
so you can transfer them between fi les within a
single session. After saving a collection, you can
load it into another scene either by replacing the
current collection or by appending yours to it. If
youchoosetoappend,thecollectionmaintains
the copy buffer structure.
Note: You must create a copy collection before you
can copy a biped’s posture, pose or track.
Using Pas te Post ure
The Paste Posture command is useful for copying
a posture in one frame of an animation to another
frame of the animation. Copy the posture, then
turn on Auto Key and move to another frame, then
paste the posture.