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you type in a weight, the weights of a l l nodes are
changed to the new value.
Weighting is evaluated across tr acks in a single
trackgroup. If a trackgroup has two or more
tracks, the topmost track’s weight is evaluated at
each f rame. If the weig ht at any frame is less than
1.0, the mot ion on the t r ack is only p artial ly used,
and next tr ack down is evaluated for its weight. If
the total weight is still less than 1.0, the next t rack
down is evaluated, and so on. In this way, motion
frommultipletrackscanbemixedatthesame
frameforthesamesetofbodyparts.
TheWeightModebuttonattherightendofthe
main toolbar turns on this mode for all tracks
in the Motion Mixer. For more information, see
Motion Mixer Toolbar (page 2–642).
On a balance tr ack, the Balance Weight Mode
button appears rather than t he Weight Mode
button.WheninBalanceWeightmode,youcan
adjust the weight curve for the balance track (page
3–914).TofindouthowtouseBalanceWeight
mode, see Adjusting Biped Balance in the Mixer
(page 2–622).
Reservoir
Select a biped. > Motion panel > Biped Apps rollout >
Mixer > Reservoir
GraphEditorsmenu>MotionMixer...>Reservoir
The Motion Mixer Reservoir (page 3–1003) is
similar to t he Motion Flow Graph (page 2–1045),
in that it acts as a holding area where clips can be
listed, giving you a palette of motions to choose
from. As you add clips (page 3–975) to objects in
theMotionMixerwindow,youseethemappearon
a track (page 3–1023) and they are automatically
added to the Reservoir. If you add new clips
directly to the Reservoir, they are available and
held for future use.
Interfa ce
The Reser voir comprises four par ts:
•TheReser voir toolbar (page 2–650),whereall
the commands are located. You can choose
between listing biped clips and non-biped clips.
•TheSource/Clipname list (page 2–650),where
motionclips(BIPandXAFfiles)arelisted.
Instances (page 3–958) are grouped together in
one listing, while adaptations (page 3–905) are
listed separately.
•TheClip Status field (page 2–650),whereyou
can gather information about the clips used in
the Motion Mixer.
•TheMotion Preview (page 2–651),whereyou
canseewhatamotionlookslikebeforeyouuse
it.
Note: The Motion Preview is available only
when you choose the Biped Clips option.