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Old 11-02-2007, 04:17 AM   #1
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smoother model transitions

i've been playing with model viewer, and working on my character transitions, and they look like crap =P

just very choppy, cheap fades, if i want the video to look clean i would prolly pan to someone else, then repan back, with a new character action

this looks very cheesy and somewhat obvious, at least to me, so im trying to smooth em out, any suggestions?
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Old 11-07-2007, 07:58 PM   #2
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I'm not sure how fast you need the actions to go between, but if you can't cut and need to do a few actions in succession, use fraps in the model viewer and film just the standard breathing animation and then film each animation you want to do.

take the the 2 actions and book end the breathing animation with them. Line them up where the animation end/begins in the breathing. Then you can play with the timeshift on the breathing animation to speed it up if you need the actions closer together.

But, barring that, I don't mind cuts. A lot of times is nice to cut to the action anyways. I close up of a hand pointing or facial expression. Etc.. Not just cutting to the exact angle you just had with a new action, because that will look choppy. Switch the angles and the zoom.
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