new simple question: ending where you begin.

[svenip]

to really cycle them make sure that you copy the first two keyframes to the end. let's say you have a 100 frame anim with each 20 frames a key. copy the key from 0 to 100 and the one from 20 to 80. you may also make sure that the tangent of the first and last keyframe is flat.

should work

[Irie]

svenip,

thx for all the answers you have! however, im not sure i totally understand what you mean by copying from 0 to 100 and copying 20 to 80

sorry for having such a hard time understanding this.

all i need is this plant, in the last frame of hte animation, to look just like the first frame so there is smooth transition in the loop later.

Perhaps I am not using hte correct functions to copy/paste?

thx,
irie

[svenip]

ok , you can do this just in the timeline. go to your first keyframe, right click in the timeline and hit copy. then go to the last frame of your animation , right click and hit paste-paste. now go to the Graph Editor and hit the a key to let maya show them all. select the last and the first key of your anim and hit the third button in the graph editor (looks like a horizontal line with two points). this will flatten your tangents and make sure that you get a smooth transition if you loop.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Irie]

svenip,


thx... i have it working perfectly now.


:buttrock:

irie

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