Cycle stop keyframe identical to first

andrewjs · Post by **andrewjs** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:54 am

Hi,

I have created a simple cube, and am rotating it continuously, on a cycle setting at the last keyframe.

I would like to know how you can easily make sure that the cube's ending position at the last cycle keyframe is identical to the first keyframe, so it cycles smoothly. I tried the Reset feature like in the tutorial, but that would "rewind" the cube before starting it over again. Any help appreciated.

Andrew

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:01 am

Maybe I'm not understanding the full picture,
but there's 2 things that come to mind.

- You want to cycle for example from the last frame back to the 2nd frame,
where the first and last frame are the same. (Or delete the last frame and
cycle back to frame 1, whatever.

- Check the forum for cycle issues in AS6. (And AS5.6, apparently
there are different issues in each, and a patch for AS6 in the pipeline.)

andrewjs · Post by **andrewjs** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:07 am

I'm using 5.6 The cycle works fine, I'm just wondering if there is any tip or advice on how to quickly, when creating the cycle, make sure that the positioning of the animated components, whether it be translation, bones, etc, at the end of the cycle is the same as at the first. If you're off by just a little bit, the cycle has a jerk at the end.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:07 am

You can make a short cycle of one rotation, this will keep whatever rotating. Just set 360 degrees on the rotation value on the cycled keyframe, if the first keyframe has 0 degrees the first and the last will look the same.

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:32 am

If you want to make sure the last frame is the same as the first,
key everything on the first (layer translations as appropriate,
point motion if there is any.)
Copy and paste them to the last frame. (or vice versa)
Now they are the same.

andrewjs · Post by **andrewjs** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:42 am

these are both great suggestions, thank you. i'm a new user to this software and am really amazed by it.

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:27 am

Yep. Copy and paste the first keyframe to the last keyframe, and cycle.

Or, if you rotate a cube, if the first keyframe is 0 degrees rotation, after 20 frames or so enter 360 or 720 degrees rotation in the dialog box and cycle that. That will make sure the cube does a full rotation and you won't get any jerkiness in the cycle

andrewjs · Post by **andrewjs** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:55 am

which dialog box am i entering in the rotation degrees? you could probably do this in the graph mode too i would think, but you are saying there is a place to type it in?

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:22 pm

I sure am saying this.

If you read the tutorials...oh, never mind.

Its at the top of the screen on the left in the main screen. rotate the object and you'll see the numbers change once you've rotated it. Also, you can mousewheel while the cursor's in the dialogue box to change values and see the results quickly.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:30 pm

Mikdog wrote:Also, you can mousewheel while the cursor's in the dialogue box to change values and see the results quickly.

Or just drag the right button (an excellent feature if you have a tablet)