cortic opened this issue on Oct 12, 2009 · 6 posts
cortic posted Mon, 12 October 2009 at 10:28 AM
Hi,
I do a lot of animating in Poser 7 and it occurs to me that much of what I do is very repetitive and time consuming. I recently saved a huge amount of time with a python script (thanks ockham) was wondering if I could streamline some other things, perhaps with python or maybe quick keys that I don't know about, anyway I'll list some of these things and if you think they could be simplified let me know, thanks :)
frame jumping; I generally jump x5, x10, x20, x30 frames at a time, but its fiddly with the scroll bar and takes time typing in the numbers, would it be possible to set a button or quick-key to jump set amount of frames with 1 click?
key frames; many times in an animation I have to stop and set a key frame clicking on 3 or 4 hips individually and then the + button, then 3 or 4 props and the + button, eats quite a bit of time into the animation, and if I forget I have huge errors to correct, so would it be possible to set certain objects into a button or quick key so I could add a key frame to all of them with one click (parenting doesn't seem to help with this).
linear selection; when a character is walking I set the horizontal first in the animation, then go back and do the vertical / bending between the key frames, but then I have to set the next key frame to linear and the previous two key frames to linear to stop the movements from swinging out of control, could a script or quick key be set to do this (just within the dial I'm working on).
object selection; grabbing the hip of some character in a mess of other characters takes time and I keep having to change the camera angle to get it selected (or right click and find it in the menu -which makes direct manipulation difficult), would it be possible to lock 4 or 5 body parts into better focus like a 'always on top' thing for easier selection?
also, I over use the poser dots, was wondering if there was any way to increase them from 3x3 to maybe 4x4 or even 5x5?
thanks.