interlude ( meaning the midi scripts will resume after this ) - mcjStretchExtend - one-slider crouc

mCasual

very soon

after i see if i can include automated-animation functions

a one-slider way of posing the legs

the jump animation was not really intended
but it shows 4 poses which could be dialed in simply by
selecting one foot
enabling/disabling the 3 check-boxes,
moving the slider

demonstration stills will follow and explain it all !

mjc1016

So, she's auditioning for the 20th anniversary Riverdance tour?

Interesting looking script.

mCasual

mjc1016 said:

So, she's auditioning for the 20th anniversary Riverdance tour?

Interesting looking script.

the impetus was

all those times when we pose a figure and one of the feet goes just an annoying 1/4 inch through the floor
so now, you select the foot, run the script, turn a slider a little and she pulls her foot up without bending her ankle

mjc1016

Casual said:

mjc1016 said:

So, she's auditioning for the 20th anniversary Riverdance tour?

Interesting looking script.

the impetus was

all those times when we pose a figure and one of the feet goes just an annoying 1/4 inch through the floor
so now, you select the foot, run the script, turn a slider a little and she pulls her foot up without bending her ankle

That 1/4 inch...oh I don't know how many times I just gave up and moved the blasted floor down a bit.

mCasual

animated demo right here right now

mCasual

in Figure 1 an animation made using 3 or 4 keyframed poses

the poses were done in just 1 second using the upcoming mcjStretchExtend script

but as you can see, due to curvy interpolation ( between keyframes ) the figure goes below floor level

with the new ''animate range feature', the script will do the interpolation and we'll get rock-solid grounding

mCasual

got lost a bit in making an A4 swimsuit
but it's a good example of the use of mcjStretchExtend
we want the support leg as stretched as possible
and we want the other foot to stay resting on the ground

so we're still at the point where

the script works

i just want to add animatability

Figure3 ... the fixed pose! just using mcjStretch-Extend ( which i realized will definitely need some undo capabilities

Fig. 4 i also will add the ability to move the hip forth/side/up and rotate it ... without losing the feet grounding pose !

mCasual

see that's the Hips Forth control
it's probably similar to the standard Daz Studio 'pin'
but precise and controlled i think

the feet will be even more stable than shown here

that's basically the first test results with moving hips !

we had Amy standing and about to fall, now we can move her hips forth and make the pose credible