Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
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Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Hi there
The title basically sais it all already. I'm doing a short sequence that features a lot of point animation on the fly. I really like this approach since it allows you to get close to a traditional look.
However, i didn't find a way of how i can easily freeze a keyframe for all channels in a bone layer including every point (vector layer). Did i miss something?
Thanks for your help!
The title basically sais it all already. I'm doing a short sequence that features a lot of point animation on the fly. I really like this approach since it allows you to get close to a traditional look.
However, i didn't find a way of how i can easily freeze a keyframe for all channels in a bone layer including every point (vector layer). Did i miss something?
Thanks for your help!
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
I use the amazing Key tool created by Alexandra Evseeva:
http://mohoscripts.com/script/ae_keytools
With this tool you can copy and paste a frame of an entire character. What I really love about it is that it creates keyframes only for channels already animated, so it keeps the timeline as clean as possible.
(It also has an option to Clean keyframes that removes every idle keyframe in your character/group)
If you use it to Copy and Paste the animation in a single frame, it works as Freezing the entire animation there.
http://mohoscripts.com/script/ae_keytools
With this tool you can copy and paste a frame of an entire character. What I really love about it is that it creates keyframes only for channels already animated, so it keeps the timeline as clean as possible.
(It also has an option to Clean keyframes that removes every idle keyframe in your character/group)
If you use it to Copy and Paste the animation in a single frame, it works as Freezing the entire animation there.
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Hi Victor, thanks for your answer. I've installed the script however, i don't quite get how it is supposed to work. So i'd have to create a keyframe on the first frame for every layer manually and would then be able to copy and paste that for the rest of the animation, correct?
Isn't there a "one-click" solution, where i can just create a keyframe for any child layers i want including vectors?
Isn't there a "one-click" solution, where i can just create a keyframe for any child layers i want including vectors?
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
It's a two clicks solution: Copy and Paste.
You just select the bone/group containing all your animation, go to the frame you want to freeze, select the tool and press Copy and then Paste.
The tool will automatically create keyframes for every animated channel in that group/bone, including all the layers inside.
You just select the bone/group containing all your animation, go to the frame you want to freeze, select the tool and press Copy and then Paste.
The tool will automatically create keyframes for every animated channel in that group/bone, including all the layers inside.
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Officially, you can also use the Copy animation menu, but for this case I recommend you Alexandra's script.
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Thank you again VictorVíctor Paredes wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 10:12 am It's a two clicks solution: Copy and Paste.
You just select the bone/group containing all your animation, go to the frame you want to freeze, select the tool and press Copy and then Paste.
The tool will automatically create keyframes for every animated channel in that group/bone, including all the layers inside.
I understand, but what if i don't currently have any keyframes/animation on the channels? Then i would have to go through and first create keys for the vector layers, right?
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Yes. Or in that case you can use the Copy animation menu and select the channels you want there.
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Thanks for the clarification.
If any scriptwriters are reading, it would be amazing to have a tool where i could basically just set a keyframe for selected child-layers on a specific frame, even if there's no animation on it yet.
Or even if i could select the child-layers->vector from the right click menu and then set a keyframe on all selected sub-layers. Atm it seems to only be creating a key on the last selected frame.
Thank you.
If any scriptwriters are reading, it would be amazing to have a tool where i could basically just set a keyframe for selected child-layers on a specific frame, even if there's no animation on it yet.
Or even if i could select the child-layers->vector from the right click menu and then set a keyframe on all selected sub-layers. Atm it seems to only be creating a key on the last selected frame.
Thank you.
Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
I'm going to have to check out the script Victor described--it sounds super useful--but, because I'm usually in a hurry, I just use Freeze or Freeze Selected and then copy/paste those keys. While this can create 'unnecessary' keyframes, I don't normally find this affects Moho's performance enough to worry about it.*
BTW, to make the above easier/faster for me to work, Freeze and Freeze Selected are available as buttons in the Moho Quick Click button panel. I find this quicker than mousing into the menus because I can move the panel closer to where I'm working on the screen.
Hope this helps.
*Note #1: If Moho's interactivity gets super slow and chunky, check that you don't have any unintended negative keyframes in your project with this script by Synthsin75: Find And Delete Negative Keyframes. In my experience, when Moho gets painfully slow or crashy, negative keyframes is often the cause. Fortunately, this error happens rarely. You might also try switching off or on GPU acceleration. There are certain situations where Moho is faster when this feature is on or off.
Note #2: You might also want to hide color bones keyframes, as this can multiply the number of keyframes that appears in the Timeline and probably affects performance. You can hide these channels from the Timeline Channels window as described in the Better Default Settings video. (Scrub to 8:54.)
BTW, to make the above easier/faster for me to work, Freeze and Freeze Selected are available as buttons in the Moho Quick Click button panel. I find this quicker than mousing into the menus because I can move the panel closer to where I'm working on the screen.
Hope this helps.
*Note #1: If Moho's interactivity gets super slow and chunky, check that you don't have any unintended negative keyframes in your project with this script by Synthsin75: Find And Delete Negative Keyframes. In my experience, when Moho gets painfully slow or crashy, negative keyframes is often the cause. Fortunately, this error happens rarely. You might also try switching off or on GPU acceleration. There are certain situations where Moho is faster when this feature is on or off.
Note #2: You might also want to hide color bones keyframes, as this can multiply the number of keyframes that appears in the Timeline and probably affects performance. You can hide these channels from the Timeline Channels window as described in the Better Default Settings video. (Scrub to 8:54.)
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Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
This sounds like a feature that would be helpful to incorporate in to a future version.
Re: Freeze Frames of EVERY Channel (including Points, etc.)
Thanks for the tip! I just installed the script, gave it a quick test and it works great.Víctor Paredes wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 6:07 pm I use the amazing Key tool created by Alexandra Evseeva:
http://mohoscripts.com/script/ae_keytools
With this tool you can copy and paste a frame of an entire character. What I really love about it is that it creates keyframes only for channels already animated, so it keeps the timeline as clean as possible.