Getting started with hand keyframing - Revision history

VMaslov: /* Notes */

2014-06-10T09:56:25Z

Notes

VMaslov at 09:08, 19 September 2013

2013-09-19T09:08:26Z

VMaslov: /* Managing hand pose library */

2013-09-19T09:07:42Z

Managing hand pose library

VMaslov: /* Advanced */

2013-09-19T09:04:33Z

Advanced

VMaslov: /* Advanced */

2013-09-19T08:59:13Z

Advanced

VMaslov: /* Advanced */

2013-09-19T08:58:47Z

Advanced

VMaslov: /* Basics */

2013-09-19T08:10:48Z

Basics

Pavel at 20:01, 22 February 2013

2013-02-22T20:01:10Z

VMaslov at 18:50, 21 February 2013

2013-02-21T18:50:14Z

VMaslov: /* Basics */

2013-02-21T18:46:12Z

Basics

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 * When using the '''Paste Pose within ROI''' command, the finger bones are not touched. Use direct manipulation with hand key frames to massively edit finger poses.
 * When editing the fingers pose in the middle of an existing key frame, it is automatically split in two parts. When editing the pose in the last frame of a key frame, its key pose is changed, and no new key frame is created.
-* When manipulating with key frames, finger poses in all the frames involved in edit are automatically recomputed. However, as the keyframing feature is not mature yet, the software may fail to do it properly in some cases. As a workaround for such situations, there is the '''Recompute Finger Poses''' command in the context menu of the timeline. It forces the computation of finger poses in the whole animation from scratch based on existing key frames.
+* Finger poses for the whole animation are fully recomputed based on the key frames when opening a project. If you see some "glitches" with finger poses (they do not look like poses driven by the key frames), just reopen the project.

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 * Hit '''Edit > Copy Pose of Selected Bone's Children''' to copy the pose of fingers to the clipboard
 * Hit '''Edit > Save Pose to File from Clipboard''' to save the pose in a file
 See also [http://vimeo.com/bassill/hand-poses-mru-list-usage the video tutorial].

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 * Hit '''Edit > Copy Pose of Selected Bone's Children''' to copy the pose of fingers to the clipboard
 * Hit '''Edit > Save Pose to File from Clipboard''' to save the pose in a file
-[http://vimeo.com/bassill/hand-poses-mru-list-usage Video tutorial on MRU hand poses]
 == Transferring a pose from one hand to another ==

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 * Hit '''Edit > Copy Pose of Selected Bone's Children''' to copy the pose of fingers to the clipboard
 * Hit '''Edit > Save Pose to File from Clipboard''' to save the pose in a file
 == Transferring a pose from one hand to another ==

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 You may add your own hand poses to the list of standard poses present in the context menu for a keyframe. For that, you just need to save the hand pose somewhere in a file. 10 most recently saved/loaded/applied pose files are listed in the context menu for corresponding hand. To access older poses, use '''Edit > Load Pose from File to Clipboard''' menu item &mdash; the hand pose will be automatically placed to the context menu (replacing the oldest one from 10 items).
 To save a hand pose in file, do the following:
 * Setup the needed pose for fingers with the '''Rotate''' tool (or [[#Transferring a pose from one hand to another|copy from another hand]])
 * Select the appropriate hand bone ('''RHand''' or '''LHand''')
 * Hit '''Edit > Copy Pose of Selected Bone's Children''' to copy the pose of fingers to the clipboard
 * Hit '''Edit > Save Pose to File from Clipboard''' to save the pose in a file
 == Transferring a pose from one hand to another ==

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		+	== Managing hand pose library ==
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		+	You may add your own hand poses to the list of standard poses present in the context menu for a keyframe. For that, you just need to save the hand pose somewhere in a file. 10 most recently saved/loaded/applied pose files are listed in the context menu for corresponding hand. To access older poses, use '''Edit > Load Pose from File to Clipboard''' menu item — the hand pose will be automatically placed to the context menu (replacing the oldest one from 10 items).
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		+	To save a hand pose in file, do the following:
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		+	* Setup the needed pose for fingers with the '''Rotate''' tool (or [[#Transferring a pose from one hand to another\|copy from another hand]])
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		+	* Select the appropriate hand bone ('''RHand''' or '''LHand''')
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		+	* Hit '''Edit > Copy Pose of Selected Bone's Children''' to copy the pose of fingers to the clipboard
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		+	* Hit '''Edit > Save Pose to File from Clipboard''' to save the pose in a file
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		+	== Transferring a pose from one hand to another ==
	Sometimes, after you have carefully edited a pose for the hand, you realize that this pose needs to be copied or transferred to another hand. Oh, no! That's too much effort to repeat this manually, especially when you need exactly the same pose (are you creating a pose library?). We thought about this while authoring predefined poses for both hands, and included two menu items in the '''Edit''' menu. One to copy the pose in the current frame from the right hand to the left, and other — in the opposite direction.		Sometimes, after you have carefully edited a pose for the hand, you realize that this pose needs to be copied or transferred to another hand. Oh, no! That's too much effort to repeat this manually, especially when you need exactly the same pose (are you creating a pose library?). We thought about this while authoring predefined poses for both hands, and included two menu items in the '''Edit''' menu. One to copy the pose in the current frame from the right hand to the left, and other — in the opposite direction.

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 Right click on a key frame brings up its context menu, containing items for:
 * Going to the last frame (same as double click)
-* Setting one of the predefined poses like '''fist''', '''relaxed''' etc.
+* Setting one of the predefined poses like '''fist''', '''relaxed''' etc. as well as recently used poses from files
 * Deleting this key frame

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 [[Image:copy hand pose.png|thumb|Hand-related items in the '''Edit''' menu]]
-Mocap capabilities of [[iPi Mocap Studio]] lack tracking finger poses. Mainly because the resolution of input data is not sufficient for that. When it comes to hands, there is a need for employing the traditional keyframing technique in 3d party animation software.
+Mocap capabilities of [[iPi Mocap Studio]] lack tracking finger poses. Mainly because the resolution of input data is not sufficient for that. When it comes to hands, there is a need for employing the traditional keyframing technique in 3rd party animation software.
 However, when doing keyframing over mocap data, it is very convenient to have a video reference. Why not to do this right in the mocap software, which natively deals with video? Now you can. Meet the hand keyframing feature of iPi Mocap Studio.

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 * Paste a pose data containing the finger bones rotations from the clipboard
-Key frames are shown as triangles, with an apex at the beginning. You can easily move a key frame by dragging it with the left mouse button. When moved, the key frame retains its key pose in its last frame. Also, dragging the left edge of a key frame will change its duration (position where the transition from the previous pose starts). Double-click on a key frame to quickly go to the last frame of a key frame, which contains the key pose.
+Key frames are shown as triangles, with an apex at the beginning. You can easily move a key frame by dragging it with the left mouse button. When moved, the key frame retains its key pose in its last frame. Also, dragging the left edge of a key frame will change its duration (or, in other words, the position where the transition from the previous pose starts). Double-click on a key frame to quickly go to the last frame of a key frame, which contains the key pose.
 Right click on a key frame brings up its context menu, containing items for: