New tool: TIME TOOL
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:40 pm
Here's a tool I always wished existed in ASPRO. With lots of support from hayasidist and synthsin75 I managed to put it together. I'm really really really excited about this!!!
TIME TOOL 1.2 BETA
Download: http://www.juhanalehtiniemi.com/tmp/JL_ ... ol_1.3.zip [UPDATED 18.6.2016]
WHAT IT DOES:
It enables you to insert and delete time at the cursor position by click-dragging your mouse, enabling you to edit the timing of your animation much faster. It can also crop the selected range so it's easy to extract pieces of mainline into actions.
HOW DOES IT WORK:
Activate the tool and select "Edit all frames" if you want to affect the whole document. If unchecked, only selected layers will be affected. Place your playhead to where you want to insert or delete frames. Click-drag to left or right in the viewport. Drag left to delete and right to insert, clicking also deletes one frame. You will see the amount of frames being deleted or inserted in the top bar while dragging. Release mouse to apply insert/delete.
To crop all time around range, activate Crop-mode from top bar. Select range and all frames and time will be deleted outside the selected range. Drag direction doesn't matter when crop mode is active. Please note that "Edit all layers" DOES affect crop mode.
VERSION HISTORY:
1.3
Camera is now processed only once, being a global track.
If you can replicate incorrect behaviour, please let me know the steps to do it and maybe I'll fix it one day!
1.2
Now works even if objects are selected. In 1.1 this messed up the script.
1.1
Added crop-functionality.
Clicking in the viewport now deletes a frame instead of doing nothing. Makes easier to trim loose frames.
EXAMPLE USAGE: Extract animation into actions from mainline in seconds
Besides adding more frames or deleting loose frames within the animation, this tool helps you extract actions from timeline really neatly. Try this:
-Open animation where you've animated lots of character animation on the timeline
-Create an empty action and open it
-In the action window without leaving action editing, select --Mainline-- and hit copy button to copy full mainline into current action
-Activate TIME TOOL, check both "Edit all layers" and "Crop mode"
-Locate the animation snippet you want to turn into action in the timeline
-Drag in the viewport with the tool from the first frame you want to include and release mouse in the last keyframe you want to include
-Now you have extracted a small animation action from the main timeline and deleted everything else. Just clean up the action by deleting unneeded position data.
I take no responsibility if you lose your work because of this script, use at own risk and save before use.
TIME TOOL 1.2 BETA
Download: http://www.juhanalehtiniemi.com/tmp/JL_ ... ol_1.3.zip [UPDATED 18.6.2016]
WHAT IT DOES:
It enables you to insert and delete time at the cursor position by click-dragging your mouse, enabling you to edit the timing of your animation much faster. It can also crop the selected range so it's easy to extract pieces of mainline into actions.
HOW DOES IT WORK:
Activate the tool and select "Edit all frames" if you want to affect the whole document. If unchecked, only selected layers will be affected. Place your playhead to where you want to insert or delete frames. Click-drag to left or right in the viewport. Drag left to delete and right to insert, clicking also deletes one frame. You will see the amount of frames being deleted or inserted in the top bar while dragging. Release mouse to apply insert/delete.
To crop all time around range, activate Crop-mode from top bar. Select range and all frames and time will be deleted outside the selected range. Drag direction doesn't matter when crop mode is active. Please note that "Edit all layers" DOES affect crop mode.
VERSION HISTORY:
1.3
Camera is now processed only once, being a global track.
If you can replicate incorrect behaviour, please let me know the steps to do it and maybe I'll fix it one day!
1.2
Now works even if objects are selected. In 1.1 this messed up the script.
1.1
Added crop-functionality.
Clicking in the viewport now deletes a frame instead of doing nothing. Makes easier to trim loose frames.
EXAMPLE USAGE: Extract animation into actions from mainline in seconds
Besides adding more frames or deleting loose frames within the animation, this tool helps you extract actions from timeline really neatly. Try this:
-Open animation where you've animated lots of character animation on the timeline
-Create an empty action and open it
-In the action window without leaving action editing, select --Mainline-- and hit copy button to copy full mainline into current action
-Activate TIME TOOL, check both "Edit all layers" and "Crop mode"
-Locate the animation snippet you want to turn into action in the timeline
-Drag in the viewport with the tool from the first frame you want to include and release mouse in the last keyframe you want to include
-Now you have extracted a small animation action from the main timeline and deleted everything else. Just clean up the action by deleting unneeded position data.
I take no responsibility if you lose your work because of this script, use at own risk and save before use.