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Exclude Left End Point ........................................... 547
Exclude Right End Point ......................................... 548
Reduce Keys ............................................................ 548
Edit R anges ........................................................... 550
Edit Ranges ............................................................. 550
Position Ranges ........................... ........................... 550
Recouple Ranges ..................................................... 551
Editing Track s: Copying, Pasting, and
Handling Instances and References ................. 551
Copying and Pasting Items ..................................... 551
Copying and Pasting Objects.................... .............. 553
Making Instance and Reference Controllers and
Objects Unique .................................................... 554
Curve Editor .......................................................... 554
Curve Editor Overview ........................................... 554
Move Keys (Curve Editor) ...................................... 556
Scale Keys ............................................................... 556
Scale Values ............................................................. 557
Add Keys (Curve Editor) ........................................ 557
Draw Curves ........................................................... 558
Show Tangents ........................................................ 559
Lock Tangents ..................................... .................... 560
Apply Ease Curve / Apply Multiplier Curve .......... 560
Remove Ease/Multiplier Curve .............................. 561
On/Off (Curves)...................................................... 561
Ease Curve Out-of-Range Types............................. 562
Multiplier Curve Out-of-Range Types ................... 563
Freeze Non -Selected Curves ................................... 564
Status Bar / V iew Controls ................................... 564
Status Bar / View Controls ...................................... 564
Zoom Selected Object ................. ................. .......... 565
Select By Name (Track View).................................. 565
Track Set List ........................................................... 567
Track Sets Editor Dialog.......................................... 568
Key Time Display ............... ..................................... 570
Value Display ........................................................... 571
Show Selected Key Statistics ..................... .............. 571
Pan (Track View) .................................................... 571
Zoom Horizontal Extents ....................................... 572
Zoom Value Extents ............................................... 572
Zoom Track View Key Window ............................. 573
Zoom Region (Track View) .................................... 574
Managing Track V iew Windows .......................... 574
New Track View...................................... ................. 574
Delete Track View................................ .................... 574
Delete Track View Dialog........................................ 575
Saved Track Views ..................................... .............. 575
Track View Customization...................................... 575
Track View Toolbar Right-Click Menu..... .............. 579
Motion Mixer ........................................................ 580
Understanding the Motion Mixer........................... 580
Using the Motion Mixer ....................................... 581
Working with the Motion Mixer............................. 581
Adding Tracks to the Mixer..................................... 583
Importing Clips to the Mixer .................................. 585
Working with Clips in t he M ixer............................. 588
Filtering Mixer Tracks ............................................. 589
Adjusting Clip Timing............................................. 591
Working with Transitions........................................ 592
Adjusting Track Weight....................... .................... 596
Adding Time Warps ................................................ 597
Adjusting Biped Balance in the Mixer .................... 599
Exporting Animation to the Biped ............... .......... 601
Using the Reservoir ................................................. 603
Motion Mixer User Inter face ................................ 605
Motion Mixer Window ........................................... 605
Motion Mixer Menus .............................................. 606
Motion Mixer Dialogs........................................... 611
Mixer Clip Source Options Dialog.......................... 611
Copy Biped Animation to Clip Dialog ................. ... 612
Reservoir File Groups Dialog.................. ................ 612
Mixer Transition Editor Dialog (Biped Object) ..... 613
MixerTransitionEditorDialog(Non-Biped
Object) ................ .................................................. 615
Pick Nodes Dialog ( Motion Mixer) ........................ 618
Transition Optimization Dialog.............................. 618
Motion Mixer Toolbar............................................. 619
Trackgroup Filter Dialog (Biped Object)................ 622
Trackgroup Filter Dialog (Non-Biped Object ) . ...... 622
Motion Mixer Editor. .............................. ................ 623
Reservoir.................................................. ................ 626
Mixer Preferences Dialog ........................................ 628
Mixer Rollout .......................................................... 629
Animation Utilities ............................................... 630
Animation Utilities.................................................. 630
Follow/Bank Utility................................................. 630
Motion Capture Utility ........................................... 632
MACUtilities Utilit y ................................... ............. 642
Camera Tracker Utility ......................................... 644
Camera Tracke r Utility............................................ 644
Requirements for Camera Tracking..................... ... 646
Camera Tracke r: Movie Rollout........................... ... 647
Camera Tracker: Movie Window............................ 648
Camera Tracker: Motion Tra ckers Rollout ............. 650
Camera Tracker: Movie Stepper Rollout ................ 653
Camera Tracker: Error Thresholds Rollout......... ... 655
Camera Tracker: Batch Track Rollout..................... 655
Camera Tracker: Position Data Rollout.................. 657