1. Animation (FINALLY!!!)
CGDD 4113

2. References Don’t start with a file. Instead, use a reference…
Leaves the original “untouched”
File->New Scene
File->Create Reference->□
Preference all nodes with “romeo” under Name Clash Options

3. Set up your Views
Panels->Layouts->Two Panes Stacked. Turn off NURBS and Polygons

4. Sliding Feet Set your time range Start time and Playback Time to 0
End Time and Playback Time to 20
Two steps, each 10 frames
Set the Active Character
Very important!
Allows you to set keys for Romeo

5. Sliding Feet Position feet
lFootManip translate Z 9 units, set Roll = -5.0
rFootManip translate Z 0, Roll = 10.0
Pelvis translate Z 5
Move down until knees bend
Leave arms
Set a key using “s”

6. Sliding Feet Do the same for the right foot: Go to frame 10
Select rFootManip
Translate Z 18, Roll = -5
Set lFootManip Roll = 10
Translate Pelvis Z 14
Set key using “s”
Notice that the values double!

7. Sliding Feet Frame 20: lFootManip translate Z to 27, Roll = -5.0
rFootManip Rool = 10
Pelvis Z = 23
Set key
See the pattern?

8. Animation Curves
Window->Animation Editors->Graph Editor

9. Edit the Curve Tangents
Tangents->Flat
Can be modified in the Animation Preferences window

10. Lifting the Feet Raise rFootManip up 1 at frame 5
Raise lFootManip up 1 at frame 15

11. Rotating the Pelvis (Top View)
Frame 0, rotate pelvis -10 degrees
Frame 10, rotate pelvis 10 degrees

12. Rotating the Pelvis (Front View)
At frame 5
translate the pelvis 0.5
Rotate the Y axis -3 degrees
At frame 15

13. The Current Graph Editor (For Translate/Rotate X)

14. Adding Bounce
Translate Y attribute of Pelvis
Insert new keys manually

15. Making the Feet Pound Insert two more keys for lFootManip
Frame 2, Roll = 0
Frame 5, Roll = 0
Insert two more keys for rFootManip
Frame 12, Roll = 0
Frame 15, Roll = 0

16. Animating the Arms Drop the clavicles (in the skeleton) by -10 degrees
Lower the hand manipulators
Rotate the hand manipulators
Rotate the fingers
Copy keys (again) using very odd MMB+drag

17. Cycling the Animation Set the End Time and Playback End Time to 300
Open the Graph Editor

18. Playing with Infinity View->Infinity
Curves->Pre Infinity->Cycle with Offset