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■ If you have defined a script, highlight a clip and click the Edit Transition
button.
Transitions can be edited automatically by using the Optimize 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.
Procedures
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
Scripts
on page ?
3 Choose the first clip in the clip list in the Scripts section on the Motion
Flow rollout.
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 the Source Clip and
Destination Clip, to find a place in both clips to start the transition.
Two stick figures appear to help you find an 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 Start
Frame is located.
Character studio repositions the destination clip for a best body fit
between the two clips.
7 Set the transition duration in the Length field.
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