Copy, Past Animation

[toshiyori]

Sometime in the past I watched a tutorial where the walking animation of a character was done by creating the 1st step then was copied, timeline moved & pasted. It saved allot of time in creating a moving character.
Now I cannot locate the tutorial, any help ?

[sceech]

I don't know the animation you refer to, but creating a walk is pretty fast. In a one-second walk, there are 5 basic positions, or keyframes.

Frame 1 (R foot full forward, L foot full back)-both feet touch
Frame 12 (L foot full forward, R foot full back)-both feet touch
Frame 24 (same as Frame 1)

set these first, then..
Frame 6 (passing position-raise whole body a bit-L foot at 90 degree)
Frame 18 (passing position-raise whole body a bit-R foot at 90 degree)

At Frame 9 and Frame 21, you can tweek the forward foot to create a realistic "kick" of the foot.

Select the entire animation in the Timeline, move it forward 6 frames (Frame 1 is now on Frame 6, etc).

To get your character to start a walk, place him standing at attention at Frame 1.
To end a walk, place him at attention after Frame 36.

Do everything in this sequence and you won't get crossed up. It's easy to rebuild if you screw it up (5 minutes).
You can continue the walk by copying and pasting points, or create and save it as in Actions.
You'll get the idea from this, then you can start to "stylize" your walks. Have Fun!

Dave