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Slider of an existing animation?
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luxeomni 1 posts08 Nov 2007ok here's the prob : i ve got a "transformer" model with a full 3 stages transform animation.
Now i want to put it in a full scene, but have to do other animation on it like rolling, flying etc...
My question is as a newbie in animation workflow in max :
Can i store my transform animation in like a "transform asset/preset" which i can load anytime i want into my flying/rolling animation, how to do that?
and secondly , can i make this "preset" a controllable slider that i have on my window, so i can control my transformation apart from the trackview window
exemple : my car is rolling for like 150 frames, and at frame 151 i want to transform it ( making the roll animation for 150 frame and use my slider at 151 to do the transformation during some frames ) and make a flying animation for the next 200 frames and then re use the slider to transform it back at frame 201 ?
Sorry if it's messy, but it's messy in my heat too
and sorry for the crappy english -
08 Nov 2007Yikes....no, I'm not sure if there's a method that does exactly what you're trying to do, however there is a workaround.
Do this:
Create 3 groups.
Your first group is all the geometry needed for your rolling car.
Your second group is all the geometry need for the transformation model.
Your third group is all the geometry needed for your flying vehicle.
Animate your car rolling for x number of frames. At the moment of transformation, animate the visibility attribute of your car group, and swap in the transformation group. Once the transformation is complete, animate the visibility of the transformation group, and swap in the flying vehicle group.
That's the method I used to animate the transformation sequence in this animation:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6eXgTiNnpcQ
Wiring it up with a slider like you mentioned is technically possible...but it would be INCREDIBLY complicated and take FOREVER....so the workaround is probably your best bet
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08 Nov 2007wow T
Thats a very good idea ,
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