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not transition smoothly, you may find it necessary
to edit or customize your transitions. There are
twowaystomanuallyedittransitions.
• In the Motion Flow Graph, you can right click a
transition arrow.
• If you have defined a script, highlig ht a clip and
click the Edit Transition button.
Transitions can be edited automatically by using
the Opt imize Transition features. When you create
a script, default transitions are set between the
clips. Default transitions use minimum motion
loss and are quick to compute. However, the best
quality transitions are the optimized transitions.
Optimized transitions use a minimum foot sliding
algorithm to compute the transition and yield very
good results.
Pr ocedur es
To manually customize transitions between two
clips:
1.
On the Biped rollout, select a biped and
turn on Motion Flow mode.
2. Create or load a script with at least two clips.
For information on how to create a script, see
To create Motion Flow Scr ipts (page 2–882)
3. Choose the first clip in the clip list in the Scripts
sectionontheMotionFlowrollout.
4. Click Edit Transition to display the
Transition Editor for the selected clip and the
clip following it in the list.
5. Scrub the Frame spinners in the Ghost areas of
theSourceClipandDestinationClip,tofinda
place in both clips to start the transition.
Twostickfiguresappeartohelpyoufindan
appropriate start frame. The yellow figure
represents the Source Clip and the red figure
represents the Destination Clip.
The stick figures can be positioned far apart
during this process. Look for body motions in
the two clips that will transition well.
6. Click Set Start Frame in both the Ghost
areas when a good Star t Frame is located.
Character studio repositions the destination
clip for a best body fit between the two clips.
7. Set the transition durat ion in the Length field.
A transition duration of 10 to 25 frames is
normal.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Play Animation or scrub the time
slider to view the transition.
To automatically customize transitions between two
clips:
1.
On the Biped rollout, select a biped and
turn on Motion Flow mode .
2. Create or load a script with at least two clips.
For information on how to create a script, see
To create Motion Flow Scripts (page 2–882)
3. Choose the first clip in the clip list in the Scripts
sectionontheMotionFlowrollout.
4. Click Edit Transition to display the
Transition Editor for the selected clip and the
clip following it in the list.
5. At the upper-left corner of the Transition
Editor, click Next Transition in Script.
6. Click Optimize Transition.
The Transition Optimization dialog is
displayed.