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From: [e-mail] (Gonzalo Garramuno)
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Subject: Re: Independant channels (was Re: LW 5.0 new features)
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Stephen Bailey <[e-mail]> writes:

> Each section in the motion graph (x,y,z,h,p,b,sx,sy,sz) is or should be
> independently keyframeable. Therefore, there are nine channels that we'd
> like to see broken out as individual ones.
>
> Animating the pivot point, I suppose, might be useful. Again, my choice
> would be to allow animation of EVERY aspect (parenting, for instance).
> Plugins fill the gap for a time, but all of these things should be woven
> into the base package.

I agree absolutely.  However, there are other things that need to be
done.
Basically, LW needs to go the Softimage way and offer path animation
and explicit translation, as two different things (Of course, this
means a lot of rewritting).  Right now, LW uses explicit translation
and creates a semi "path" for your keys.   However, we need to be able
to do the opposite.
That is, be able to create a path (as in Modeler) and then put an object
onto it and instead of having X,Y,Z translation channels, just have
ONE translation channel, which is a % value of where the object lies
in that path.
With this method, changing T,B,C would NOT change the actual shape of
the path... just its speed.
For explicit translation, T,B,C would change both speed and shape of
the path (but having independant channels would allow you much more
control over the shape of the path).
Finally, the most difficult thing to implement is to offer some way
of going from one method to the other seamlessly (Convert Explicit to
Path and viceversa).

Gonzalo Garramuno
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Buenos Aires, Argentina