I am creating an animation that is heavily martial art influenced. Some of the contact hits I would like to slow the motion down. Do I have to use an external video editing software in order to create a slow motion effect, or could I possibly add frames to create a realistic slow motion effect? What I am aiming for is a normal pace up until the contact, slow motion, then back to normal speed. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!!

There is a retime animation option in the Animation tool tab. Break the scene into 3 pieces and run it on the section you need adjusted.

I'm just a beginner, but my experience with animation and poser is just that animation is hard enough.

Slowing something down in Premiere elements or something like that, is a lot easier. You can simply break your video into the pieces you want to slow down, and then, slow them down. You have more control IMHO. Plus, you'll need an external video editing program anyway to add sound effects. Oof, Pow, Zap etc.

putrdude posted at 2:48PM Mon, 26 December 2016 - #4293366

I'm just a beginner, but my experience with animation and poser is just that animation is hard enough.

Slowing something down in Premiere elements or something like that, is a lot easier. You can simply break your video into the pieces you want to slow down, and then, slow them down. You have more control IMHO. Plus, you'll need an external video editing program anyway to add sound effects. Oof, Pow, Zap etc.

thanks!!! i will try that !!

parkdalegardener posted at 2:49PM Mon, 26 December 2016 - #4293235

There is a retime animation option in the Animation tool tab. Break the scene into 3 pieces and run it on the section you need adjusted.

Hey thanks! i will also see if i could do that. Although I'm not sure where the retime option is in the animation tab or window.

authintix posted at 2:54PM Mon, 26 December 2016 - #4293662

parkdalegardener posted at 2:49PM Mon, 26 December 2016 - #4293235

There is a retime animation option in the Animation tool tab. Break the scene into 3 pieces and run it on the section you need adjusted.

Hey thanks! i will also see if i could do that. Although I'm not sure where the retime option is in the animation tab or window.

nevermind I found the tab. I just don't know how to go about "Break the scene into 3 pieces". Do i save it as 3 different files? save the frames I want to slow down into 3 different sections ex: (16-18 frames) (18-20 frames) and (20-22 frames)?

You have the idea. Say you want to slow down frames 4-14. Save frames 4-14 as an animated pose. Load up the scene, apply animated pose, retime animation, save new animated pose if necessary.

Will do thanks!