Procedures

To save a pose:

1. Select the animation layer you wish to save.
2. Go to the frame you wish to store.
3. Click the Save button. A keyframe for every bone in the current layer is stored.

To save a pose that is a combination of all the layers:

1. Create a new Absolute Layer at the top of the stack and give it a weight of 0.0.
2. Go to the frame at which to save the pose.
3. Click the Create Keyframe button on the Layer Manager rollout. This creates a pose on the new layer that captures the current pose.
4. Click the Save button.

To load a pose:

1. Select or create the animation layer into which to load the pose.
2. Go to the frame at which to load the pose.
3. Click the Load button or double-click the pose name in the Pose Manager list.

   This opens the Clip Options dialog.

4. Set the options and click the Load button.

   The pose loads at the current frame.

Interface

[pose list]

Lists poses saved in the default location. To apply a pose to the selected rig, double-click its list entry. This opens the Clip Options dialog.

Save

Saves the current pose from the active animation layer. Clicking the button opens a file dialog where you can specify the name and location of the pose file; when you click Save, the pose is saved. If you use the default location, the pose then appears in the pose list.

Load

Opens a file browser to locate a clip in a location other than the default. After you specify the file and click Open, the Clip Options dialog opens.

Delete

Removes the highlighted pose from the list and deletes its disk file.

See Also

The Layer Manager

The Clip Manager