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642 Chapter 12: Animation
Optimized transitions compute for minimum
foot sliding over the range of the tr ansition. This
method of determining transitions yields very
high quality results.
Inter face
Prefer r ed Tra nsiti on Length—Specify the preferred
length of the optimized transition.
Search Entire Clip—Searchtheentireclipforan
optimized transition start frame.
Search Near Existing Transition—Allows animators
to find good transitions that "are in the ballpark"
of their existing transitions. Transitions can
be fine tuned without drastically changing the
animation’s tim ing. In general, there may be
several "good transitions", s o this feature narrows
the range of search to the ones that are near to the
current sett ings.
Sear ch R a nge about Ex isting Transiti on—Al lows
animatorstoseta“before”and“after”rangeof
frames to per form a search for other transitions
thatareclosetotheselectedtransition. Both
ranges default to 20 f rames around the selected
transition.
Before—Set a frame value to search before the
existing transition.
After—Set a frame value to search after the existing
transition.
Mot ion M i xer Toolba r
Select a biped. > M otion panel > Biped Apps rollout >
Mixer
GraphEditorsmenu>MotionMixer...
Like an audio mixer where you add music tracks
and use fades and blends to transition between
tracks, the Motion Mixer allows you to mix motion
clips. The Motion Mixer toolbar offers commands
that you use to add and delete biped and non-biped
objects to and from the mixer, modif y clips, and
changethewaytracksinthemixeraredisplayed.
Interfa ce
Add M ax Obj ects—Opens the Max Objects To
Mix dialog, which lists all non-biped objects in the
scene. This dialog lets you add objects to be dr iven
by your mixed animation, as well as name the mix
in which they are contained.
This dialog is comparable to the Select Ob jects
dialog (page 1–78).
Note: Thedefaultmixnameistherootnodewith
the most children in the list.
Note: Objects can be added to only one mix at a
time. Once an object is part of a mix, it is remove d
from the list.