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elay
03-26-2010, 09:44 AM
Hi
I have question i would like to do a workflow of Animation for Fusion how i do it in Maya 3d Package. But i dont know whether it is Possible in Fusion.

So lets say i have a bunch of Nodes wich have to be animated.
And i want to make a Dummy Control like a Null Node where i store all the Atributes from my different Nodes wich needs to be animate.

In Maya we call this method : Set driven Key.

So the trick or thinking behind the idea is to Animate lets say a transform, scale and size Attribute of a Node i defined before without setting key on a Timeline.

And this method i want to do with a bunch of Nodes wich will be stored all in my dummy Controller.

And later when i want to Animate the Nodes over my Controler as a Timeline Animation i only need to Animate the Predefined Attribut. And i have a better overview of my animated Nodes.

I hope you guys understand what i mean, and can give me some tips how to do this.

I also put a attachement of a Maya Screenshot how it could looks
like in Maya.

So this really helps when animating much attribute in a timeline at different positions with only one slider ( Attribute ).

thanks
Jayk2k
03-29-2010, 04:51 PM
I think the "User Controls" script will do what you are looking for. You will first need to create some sort of dummy node, like a BC or similar simple tool. From there, right click on the node and choose script/user controls. This will now let you add any number of sliders, screws, drop downs, etc. to the basic tool. From there, you would need to script the controls of the other nodes in the comp you are looking to deal with driven by the new user control you've added. All of this, and you can still animate the master user control to animate the other tools.
elay
03-29-2010, 09:04 PM
Hi Thanks

But i have one more important question.

Lets say i have a DVE Node and i will Combine theZ Rotate and the Z Move Attribute.
So this is i think not so difficult.

But lets say now the Z rotate goes Maximum til Value 120 degree and the Z Move only goes to Value 1.5.

Both attribute have different Values and fixed .

The one goes from 1 to 1.5
The oter goes from 0 to 120

How can i define the Range of each Attribute ?? and merge it to my Custom Attribute.


thanks
Jayk2k
03-29-2010, 09:58 PM
It depends on what the final result is supposed to be. If you want a single slider to control both, a simple expression with some form of multiplier would do what you want.
elay
03-30-2010, 07:26 AM
thanks


i think i have to learn a little bit about scripting in Fusion ;-)


ciao
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