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Character running towards the camera?

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:39 am
by Davidb
Hey everyone,

I just watched this video of a character running towards the camera. How would something like this be done? How are the hands and arms moving in that way?

https://youtu.be/mEwDKG0iMt0?t=3m42s

Re: Character running towards the camera?

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:08 am
by neeters_guy
Given the year this was posted, this was probably done with ASP v6, so the methods would be fairly basic. A combination of switches and layer sorting. You can learn a lot by stepping through the frames. In this case, you can see the standard keyframes for a run cycle (17 frames):

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It look like there are maybe 2 or 3 switches for the hands and perhaps 4 or 5 for the feet. The timing is quite effective as well.

I hope that helps as a starting point.

Re: Character running towards the camera?

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:05 pm
by Davidb
Thanks so much for the detailed reply. I thought it was something more sophisticated, like smart bones or something. It's amazing what you can accomplish with switch layers.