Most Used Scripts Question
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elbramtsol
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Most Used Scripts Question
Hey! The new and amazing Ramón's script makes me realize that I barely use "custom scripts". I would love to know what other scripts do you guys think are essential for ASP users. So the question is: ¿What are the most used scripts in your repertory?
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The two that I use the most are:
Nudge keys -Great for retiming stuff. You can move every keyframe forward or backwards.
Key skeleton -Puts keys on all bones. AS7 has the menu command Bone>Freeze pose but I still use this because it's faster with a button.
Nudge keys -Great for retiming stuff. You can move every keyframe forward or backwards.
Key skeleton -Puts keys on all bones. AS7 has the menu command Bone>Freeze pose but I still use this because it's faster with a button.
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Oh, and Fazek's tools.
His rotate points tool lets you change the center of rotation and his add point tool will connect any new point to all currently selected points.
There's much more than that but those are two functions that I find handy.
His rotate points tool lets you change the center of rotation and his add point tool will connect any new point to all currently selected points.
There's much more than that but those are two functions that I find handy.
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Well, here are the mine
- Ramón's Lost layer tool: No description, just amazing. It's a MUST HAVE.
- Rudiger's Nude keys tool: Another MUST HAVE. It covers a big whole which AS has, the blindness you have between layers' keyframes.
- Fazek's multiple tools: Great replacing of the normal tools, making them more intuitive and avoiding a lot of clicking. There are new fantastics tools too, like Replace line, Poligon or the Meshinstance layer script. This scripts were made on earlier 5 version, so it won't work good. Luckyly here are the tools adapted by Synthsin for version 6+
- Heyvern's Select keyed bones button: Simple but fantastic button. It selects the bones keyed on the current frame. I'm sure you won't believe how useful is it. It's on the first post of the thread.
- Mkelley's Adjust colors tool: Fantastic tool to change all the independent colors of a layer at once. It has many options like Hue, Saturation, Bright, Alpha, etc. Amazing, for example, to make a pass from day to night.
- Rylanders Two way ticket to frame zero button: Very simple and useful. You assign a key for the button and let's suppose you are on frame 32. Press the key and you will be on frame zero. Press the key again and you will be back on frame 32. It's fantastic for adjust or add things meanwhile animating.
- Ramón's Split curve button: It works very similar to menu split curve script. The difference, it automatically adds one intermediate point between two or more selected points. No dialogs. So, if you add to your tool palette as a button with a shortcut, it will work fantastic for a fast work.
- Synthsin's Single layer frame by frame button: A great script for make simple frame by frame. Sadly on version 6+ it doesn't work for filled shapes, but still working for strokes.
- Ramón's Lip sync with actions menu: Ok, here I have to confess something embarrassing. I don't like switch layers for lipsync. I don't like the idea of having several layers just for a mouth. What if I want to change the lips color or stroke width? Must I change it on all layers inside the switch? What if I want to animate that parameters?
For all the crafty people like me, Ramón has the solution: instead of switch layers for the mouth movements, use actions! This script will let you to import the lipsync from papagayo to actions.
Download it clicking on the big HERE word on the last Ramón's post.
- Crashcore's multiple menu scripts: a lot of very handy menu scripts. This scripts are old and many of them have been implemented as native features. They still being very useful on some cases, anyway.
There are other very cool I'm not listing, like Genete's 3d scripts, Genete's and Rudiger's Poses and Bone Morph dials scripts, or Ponismasher's new scripts.
Genete 3d scripts are awesome, but even when they can make more than the new 3d feature, it starts to feel obsolete in version 7 (which is great, because means SM take attention about the potential of a script like this as a native feature).
Poses and Morph dials scripts are simply great, but sadly my computer is too slow to work with them easily and now we have Blend Morph as a native feature, which, even when it's very far to the coolness of this two scripts (and even more far from Morph dials script, which is the poses ultra evolution), covers the basic need.
Ponismasher have became with new great ideas and scripts, which are awesome and simple. However, I have hadn't time to play a lot with them on serious projects, so I can't list them as members of my most used scripts (not yet).
Uf, what a big post.
PD: If you don't find any of the scripts you are looking for, don't forget to check on the scripts' backup file.
- Ramón's Lost layer tool: No description, just amazing. It's a MUST HAVE.
- Rudiger's Nude keys tool: Another MUST HAVE. It covers a big whole which AS has, the blindness you have between layers' keyframes.
- Fazek's multiple tools: Great replacing of the normal tools, making them more intuitive and avoiding a lot of clicking. There are new fantastics tools too, like Replace line, Poligon or the Meshinstance layer script. This scripts were made on earlier 5 version, so it won't work good. Luckyly here are the tools adapted by Synthsin for version 6+
- Heyvern's Select keyed bones button: Simple but fantastic button. It selects the bones keyed on the current frame. I'm sure you won't believe how useful is it. It's on the first post of the thread.
- Mkelley's Adjust colors tool: Fantastic tool to change all the independent colors of a layer at once. It has many options like Hue, Saturation, Bright, Alpha, etc. Amazing, for example, to make a pass from day to night.
- Rylanders Two way ticket to frame zero button: Very simple and useful. You assign a key for the button and let's suppose you are on frame 32. Press the key and you will be on frame zero. Press the key again and you will be back on frame 32. It's fantastic for adjust or add things meanwhile animating.
- Ramón's Split curve button: It works very similar to menu split curve script. The difference, it automatically adds one intermediate point between two or more selected points. No dialogs. So, if you add to your tool palette as a button with a shortcut, it will work fantastic for a fast work.
- Synthsin's Single layer frame by frame button: A great script for make simple frame by frame. Sadly on version 6+ it doesn't work for filled shapes, but still working for strokes.
- Ramón's Lip sync with actions menu: Ok, here I have to confess something embarrassing. I don't like switch layers for lipsync. I don't like the idea of having several layers just for a mouth. What if I want to change the lips color or stroke width? Must I change it on all layers inside the switch? What if I want to animate that parameters?
For all the crafty people like me, Ramón has the solution: instead of switch layers for the mouth movements, use actions! This script will let you to import the lipsync from papagayo to actions.
Download it clicking on the big HERE word on the last Ramón's post.
- Crashcore's multiple menu scripts: a lot of very handy menu scripts. This scripts are old and many of them have been implemented as native features. They still being very useful on some cases, anyway.
There are other very cool I'm not listing, like Genete's 3d scripts, Genete's and Rudiger's Poses and Bone Morph dials scripts, or Ponismasher's new scripts.
Genete 3d scripts are awesome, but even when they can make more than the new 3d feature, it starts to feel obsolete in version 7 (which is great, because means SM take attention about the potential of a script like this as a native feature).
Poses and Morph dials scripts are simply great, but sadly my computer is too slow to work with them easily and now we have Blend Morph as a native feature, which, even when it's very far to the coolness of this two scripts (and even more far from Morph dials script, which is the poses ultra evolution), covers the basic need.
Ponismasher have became with new great ideas and scripts, which are awesome and simple. However, I have hadn't time to play a lot with them on serious projects, so I can't list them as members of my most used scripts (not yet).
Uf, what a big post.
PD: If you don't find any of the scripts you are looking for, don't forget to check on the scripts' backup file.
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hehe, yes, I think I won't edit that.ponysmasher wrote:Sounds hot!selgin wrote:Nude keys tool
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I am a bit dissapointed with selgin's recommendations. I almost lost my job when I tried the Nude keys script in front of my boss.-
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I just corrected Hardcore's multiple scripts. Luckily nobody noticed that.
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Oh goodness. Just noticed that. Ironic that a "Nude Tool" would cover a big hole.selgin wrote: - Rudiger's Nude keys tool: ... It covers a big whole...
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It's true! To get the most out of my tools, you have to be nude when using them. Did I forget to mention that?heyvern wrote:Oh goodness. Just noticed that. Ironic that a "Nude Tool" would cover a big hole.selgin wrote: - Rudiger's Nude keys tool: ... It covers a big whole...
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