I agree Luc-Eric that if
camera autokey would definitely need to be an option.
It is way to easy to
forget that your camera is animated and use it to orbit.
From:
owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: April 12, 2007 3:21 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Auto Key on Cameras?
Moving camera is special. It doesn't use
SetValue (and therefore doesn't get Autokey for free) and what you do in put in
a separate undo stack. This is by design, it's there to enhance the
workflow, whereby you will pan, orbit and zoom, as you would move your head, to
*look at* your animation which is the character, and not the camera.
The fact that changing the camera cannot trigger SaveKey when autokey is on is
an ommition, but if it were there it would need to be an option, because it
would affect the character animation workflow. Autokey in Softimage is
there for the keyframer, for the character animator. The position of the
camera is temporary and not to be keyed. I don't know if in Maya autokey
keys the camera, but you could over there clear the keyable parameters off of
it, which is something not available in Softimage XSI culture.
In Max, Autokey is the main method for setting keys (and it was more
focused on flying logos and broadcast animation). In Softimage culture,
Autokey is the secondary method. Autokey is there to keyframe characters,
and the camera is used strictly for viewing. To animate the camera
position, you'd mark the parameters of interest on the camera, and use the K
key to set keys.
Hope this helps clarify the context
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Andre DeAngelis
Posted At: Thu 4/12/2007 2:25 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Posted To: xsi
Conversation: Auto Key on Cameras?
Subject: RE: Auto Key on Cameras?
Good point Halfy, but let's be honest, we shouldn't have to rely on a script
for something so fundamental.
What happened to consistent workflow?
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
On Behalf Of Halfdan Ingvarsson
Sent: April 12, 2007 2:09 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Auto Key on Cameras?
Nothing personal but it might actually work better to ask whether he would be
willing to implement it in a future release. Kicking the man in the goolies is
not a particularly productive way to go about it.
Just a suggestion.
- ½
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
On Behalf Of Chris Johnson
Sent: 12-Apr-2007 14:00
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Auto Key on Cameras?
I figured...lame.
Not currently since autokey is not tirggered by the camera navigation tools.
(only by the SRT tools)
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Brent
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
On Behalf Of Chris Johnson
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:46 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Auto Key on Cameras?
I'm sure I'm missing something but Auto Key does not seem to work on cameras?
Is there an option to turn that on somewhere?
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