PoalaVandel opened this issue on Jun 15, 2011 · 3 posts
PoalaVandel posted Wed, 15 June 2011 at 10:28 PM
How do I use IPO curves in Blender 2.57? I've had no trouble with them in version 2.49b but I can't seem to find this function in 2.57.
Touchwood posted Thu, 16 June 2011 at 12:22 AM
The IPO curves in 2.57 are now called F-Curves and are basically split over the dopesheet / N(on) L(inear) A(ction) editor and graph editor. I have not personally used it as yet but as I understand it, particular actions such as smiling / blinking for example, can be defined using the NLA and graph editors and combined with further predfined actions using the Dopesheet. This means that a particular action can be used over several instances in a particular animation without having to keyframe it again.
Take a look at some of the tutorials at Blendercookie.com (rigging and animation) or blenderguru.com (how to animate a muzzle flash) to get an idea of how they work together.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
PoalaVandel posted Thu, 16 June 2011 at 9:43 AM
Thank you for the information. I'll try to experiment on my own. I appreciate your help.