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5. Select a .mfe file from the folder where your
Motion Flow Editor files are stored.
6. Click Append File.
The Open dialog is displayed again.
7. Choose a different .mfe file.
A new script appears in the s cript drop–down
list and the appended sequence of clips appears
directly below the original sequence of clips
in the Motion Flow Graph dialog, so you may
have to scroll down to see it.
Customizing Tra nsitions
Selec t a biped. > Motion panel > Biped rollout > Motion
Flow Mode > M otion Flow rollout
A good transition links two clips together
seamlessly, the mot ion through the transition
should appear natural, as though the motion wa s
captured as one long motion sequence. If clips do
not transition smoothly, you ma y 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 scr ipt, highlight a clip and
click the Edit Transition button.
Transitions can be edited automat ically by using
the Opt imize Transition features. When you create
a script, default tra nsitions are set between the
clips. Default transitions use minimum motion
loss and a re quick to compute. However, the best
quality transitions are the optimized transitions.
Optimized t ransitions use a minimum foot sliding
algorithm to compute the transition and yield very
good results.
Procedures
To manually customize tr ansitions 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 2–1031)
3. Choose the first clip in the clip list in the Scripts
sectionontheMotionFlowrollout.
4. Click Edit Transition to display the
Transition Editor for the selec ted clip and the
clip following it in the list.
5. Scrub the Frame spinners in the Ghost areas of
theSourceClipandDestinationClip,tofinda
place in b oth clips to start the tr ansition.
Twostickfiguresappeartohelpyoufindan
appropriate start frame. The yellow figure
represents the Source Clip and the red figure
represents the Destination Clip.