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622 Chapter 12: Animation
A time warp bar actually consists of two p arts,
atopandabottom.
7. Click the top half the bar. The top half turns
whitetoindicateitisselected.
8. Drag the top half of the bar to the left or right to
setittothewarpedtimenotedinstep3ofthe
previous procedure. This will cause the motion
attheoriginaltimetooccuratthewarpedtime.
Tip: As you drag the top bar, watch the Frame
value at the top of the Motion Mixer window to
see t he top bar’s new frame number.
The lengths of the dashed lines change to
indicate the new timing. Where lines are
shorter , the motion will pla y faster. Where lines
are longer, the motion will slow down.
9. Select and move the bottom bar to change the
original time.
Either bar can be moved to change the effect
ofthetimewarp. Thelengthofseparation
between the two bars sets the degree of
time-warping that will occur. When both bars
are aligned, no warping occurs.
To add multiple time war ps to a clip:
1.
You can time-warp other parts of the clip by
adding more time-warp bars with the arrow
cursor, then moving the new top bars. When
you add a second time warp bar after editing the
first, the top bar appears where you click, but
the bottom bar appears in a different location.
The bottom bar’s location corresponds to the
original time of the top bar before the clip was
time-warped.
Note: You cannot move one time warp’s top bar
past another on the clip.
2. Whenyouhavefinishedwarpingtheclip’s
time, turn off Editable Time Warps.
When Ed itable Time Warps is turned off, the
bars and the dashed line be tween them remain
displayed on a clip to indicate it has been
time-warped.
Adjusting B iped Balance in the
Mixer
When you use different motions on the upper and
lower parts of the biped, you can create a situation
where the balance in the two clips do not match
one another. For example, if the arms are waving
wildly in the motion used for the upper body, the
hipmotionshouldcompensatetosomedegreeto
keep the biped in balance. A straight mix of this
arm motion with another hip/leg motion will most
likely not match up in ter ms of b alance.