Hello all, could someone help me?
I am making a animation where the character
1-moving the hands
2- after speaking
3- look at the camera doing nothing
4- moving the hands again
My problem is Im not get the step 3 (look at the camera doing nothing). When I make the step 4 (moving the hands again) it pass inmediatly after the step 2. Who could i get the character doing nothing until the next movement?
thanks so much
A character doing "nothing" until the next movemen
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You need another key frame.
Motion requires a key frame... so does NOT moving.
When the hands STOP moving the first time, you need another key frame of the hands NOT MOVING until they move again after looking at the camera.
The problem is as soon as you add another key frame to move the hands they start moving from the last key frame so the hands move from THAT position to the next. You need some kind of holding key frame to keep the hands still until you move them again.
This would be one of those basic principles of animation. It isn't always covered well in specific application tutorials because the knowledge is "assumed".
-vern
Motion requires a key frame... so does NOT moving.
When the hands STOP moving the first time, you need another key frame of the hands NOT MOVING until they move again after looking at the camera.
The problem is as soon as you add another key frame to move the hands they start moving from the last key frame so the hands move from THAT position to the next. You need some kind of holding key frame to keep the hands still until you move them again.
This would be one of those basic principles of animation. It isn't always covered well in specific application tutorials because the knowledge is "assumed".
-vern
Thanks very much Heyvern!
Re: A character doing "nothing" until the next mov
Here's a step-by-step example:
To start a scene with a character moving her arm from frame 1 until frame 10, then not moving her arm from frame 11 through 39, then moving her arm again from from frame 40 through 50, do this:
1) Click on the timeline, frame 10. Then move the character's arm.
2) Select the dots on frame 10 of the timeline by dragging your mouse over them while holding down the mouse button. Any dots on frame 10 should turn red, indicating they are selected.
3) Click on frame 39. Then, using the buttons on the timeline, click COPY then click PASTE. The red dots from frame 10 should be duplicated onto frame 39.
4) Click on frame 50. Move character's arm.
Tah-dah!
To start a scene with a character moving her arm from frame 1 until frame 10, then not moving her arm from frame 11 through 39, then moving her arm again from from frame 40 through 50, do this:
1) Click on the timeline, frame 10. Then move the character's arm.
2) Select the dots on frame 10 of the timeline by dragging your mouse over them while holding down the mouse button. Any dots on frame 10 should turn red, indicating they are selected.
3) Click on frame 39. Then, using the buttons on the timeline, click COPY then click PASTE. The red dots from frame 10 should be duplicated onto frame 39.
4) Click on frame 50. Move character's arm.
Tah-dah!
thanks all. At the end I made my first job. Its about a spanish local tv famous presenter, a private jocke. He do all those movements when he speaking!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61SzYmQ7VvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61SzYmQ7VvQ