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jimbresnahan
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Two motion graph questions

Post by jimbresnahan »

I wrote a message in feature requests about these issues, but maybe there are ways to accomplish them I haven't found yet.

1. Is there a trick or script that would enable you to edit the animation curves of two or more objects simultaneously in the motion graph window?

2. Is there a way to auto zoom on just one channel of an object? For example, if there are X and Y translate curves, auto zoom will frame
them both, leaving the each curve appearing very flat because their value ranges are different from each other. I have to always go in and manually
adjust the center and zoom to get the curve to fill the motion graph window.

3. Is there a script that will auto-zoom on selected keys in the motion graph?

I traditionally like to build and polish animation in a graph editor type environment, and for me, the motion graph is still
limiting this kind of workflow.

Thanks for an guidance on this!

Jim
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Re: Two motion graph questions

Post by capricorn33 »

Well, correct me anyone if I'm wrong - but I think the answer to all three questions is "no". :(
The graph editor, as of now, is "one object only" and there is no access to the interface stuff through scripting either.

Which is a real pity!!!

I also come from a 3D background and I agree with you, there is still MUCH room for improvement in the functionality of the graph editor, even if there actually was a bunch of good additions provided in AS9, which I am thankful for... but... It's still a long way to go before we can control and polish curves the way we want and need to to in Anime Studio.

I saw your list on the "feature request discussion" and I agree on all points ! I hope SM reads it too and that the developers take all these requests into serious consideration! A major improvement of the graph editor is one of the most important stepping stones if you want to make AS a truly professional tool. In my humble opinion.
capricorn ( - just call me "cap")
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