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Cycling (looping) it slows near end, Thanks a bunch :)
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:18 pm
by kim258
Hi I am new to AS Pro I just got the app. 4 days ago been going through the tut. like a mad woman, even made some animations.
I have the guide book and it discusses "Cycling" to fix the slowing near end problem, hold down "Alt key" and click on the frame range at frame 69 (he cycle ends at frame 24). Cause it sets the frame range to repeat over exactly where the animation begins it's cycle.
I don't understand this, tried it and it was more weired.
I would be so thankful for any feed back
I have also tried to search the forums
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:22 pm
by kim258
I have also tried to search the forums and there was one post that discussed it and I still didn't get it, sorry to be such a block head 
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:51 pm
by Rasheed
For who has the Official Guide to Anime Studio, it's on pages 279 and 280.
What he means is the following. A walk cycle takes a certain amount of frames, let's say 23 frames. If your walk cycle starts at frame 1, the Cycle interpolation key is put in frame 24 (1 plus 23).
The pose in frame 1 is the same as in frame 24. By turning on cycling, the pose in frame 1 is repeated every 23 frames, so in frames 1, 24, 47 and 70. Frame 24 itself is never displayed. So the cycle goes frame 1, 2, 3 ... 22, 23, 1, 2, 3 ...
If you end your animation at frame 70, and you playback the animation continuously, frame 70 (which is the pose of frame 1), will follow frame 1. This means the pose in frame 1 is repeated twice, and the resulting animation looks "odd". To correct this, you end the animation at frame 69 (so one frame earlier), so the last frame isn't rendered in the animation file.
You can set the start and end of the animation by left-clicking and right-clicking, respectively, in the Timeline windows, at the frame number bar, while holding down the Alt key, or via the Project Settings... option in the File menu.
I hope this clarifies things.
thank you so much!
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:28 pm
by kim258
Boy you did a super job clearing that up for me, thank you! for your time, Kim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:15 pm
by Rasheed
Always glad to help when I can.
:D When I get things together i will ......
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:21 pm
by kim258
When I get things together i will post some of my work.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:36 pm
by Rasheed
Can't wait to see it.