Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Poser crashing and help with animating props

SynjoDeonecros opened this issue on Jun 19, 2008 ยท 7 posts


Helgard posted Fri, 20 June 2008 at 6:24 PM

Synjo,

Take a look at a normal movie. In each movie there are "shots", sometimes also called "takes". This is a segment of film from one camera, uninterupted.

In an action movie these shots will be between 2 and 8 seconds, in a drama they can go from 5 to 25 seconds, and in some films with vistas and a lot of scenery, shots may be as long as 45 seconds.

So, watch a normal action movie. The camera will be on actor A from the left for 2 seconds, then switch to a different camera, from the front for example, for 4 seconds, then switch back to the first camera, etc. The "tighter" the cuts, the more it gives the illusion of action, the more relaxed cuts are used for building up tension or for the comic relief moments.

So with Poser, don't try to make 2300 frame animations. The most you should do is about 300 or 400 frames, and any simple video editor can then link these together. You will see that BVH and animated motion files will also be very short, mostly about 4 to 10 seconds of animation. This is because animated files take into consideration that they will be used for a shot or take, and only need to last for that take.


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