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Grounding the Foot

Grounding the Foot

2005-06-22 - By kim aldis

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You can animate the effect. The mixer is extremely powerful in this respect
- many of it's features were designed with mocap in mind. Check out the
manual section 'Modifying Action Clips with Clip Effects'.

Way I'd do this; Create a custom parameter on the clip, add the clip effect
and set it to this + <your parameter> then amimate the parameter.

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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Paul-Jozef "PJ" M. Torrevillas
Sent: 21 June 2005 22:22
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Grounding the Foot

Yes I know. You just offset and that's it. If the offset was animatable it
would be great, but that's not there yet.

PJ

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
kim aldis
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:13 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Grounding the Foot

you can offset pretty much whatever you want.

__ __

From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Paul-Jozef "PJ" M. Torrevillas
Sent: 21 June 2005 17:51
To: xsi@(protected)
Subject: Re: Grounding the Foot

Hey ATR,

I did that, it's the rotation of the feet that's creating penetrations to
the ground. Currently I'm manually fixing it, it'd be much faster to
automate the process.

Kim,

Reposition in the Animation Mixer wouldn't work. Setting the offsets will
just offset the animation but not the actual rotations of the feet
penetration.

PJ

Paul-Jozef "PJ" M. Torrevillas

BG Animation/Mocap

BARNYARD, THE <http://www.BarnyardMovie.com> MOVIE

Omation Animation Studio

(949) 366-4422 x217

<mailto:ptorrevillas@(protected)> ptorrevillas@(protected)

>I have in the past put an expression with a conditional on the global Y
>of the foot, so that it won't go further than the ground plane. (or a
>placeholder, or an animated parameter in a custom pset.)
>This works because the animation is on the local y (I hope...)
>if that sounds like something to try, lemme know and I'll show you how.
>ATR
>
>>Paul-Jozef M. Torrevillas wrote:
>>
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> Would any of you have any suggestions or techniques to approach grounding
the
foot to the ground? I have some mocap data, and I need to set the feet to
plant on the ground when the foot is contacting it. With mocap data/fk, the

penetration problem is there but how can I fix this? Any ideas or
suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>>PJ

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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>You can animate the effect. The mixer is extremely
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Check  out the manual section 'Modifying Action Clips with Clip
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>Way I'd do this; Create a custom parameter on the clip,
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From: owner-xsi@(protected)
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Yes I know. 
You
just offset and that’s it.  If the offset was animatable it would
be
great, but that’s not there yet.
 

 

 

PJ
 

 

 

 

 

-- --Original
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owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of kim aldis Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:13
PM To:
XSI@(protected) Subject:
RE: Grounding the Foot 
 
you can
offset pretty much whatever you want.
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From:
owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Paul-Jozef "PJ" M.
Torrevillas Sent: 21 June
2005 17:51 To:
xsi@(protected) Subject:
Re: Grounding the Foot 
Hey ATR,
 
I did that, it’s the
rotation of
the feet that’s creating penetrations to the ground.  Currently
I’m
manually fixing it, it’d be much faster to automate the
process.
 
Kim,
 
Reposition in the Animation
Mixer wouldn’t work.  Setting the offsets will just offset the
animation but not the actual rotations of the feet
penetration.
 
 
PJ
 
 
 
Paul-Jozef "PJ" M.
Torrevillas
BG
Animation/Mocap
<A
href="http://www.BarnyardMovie.com">BARNYARD, THE
MOVIE</A>
Omation
Animation Studio
(949)
366-4422 x217
<A
href="mailto:ptorrevillas@(protected)">ptorrevillas@(protected)
.com</A><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> <
/PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"> </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
 </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
>I have in the past put an expression with a
conditional on the global Y </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"
>>of the foot,
so that it won't go further than the ground plane. (or a </PRE>
<PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>placeholder, or an animated parameter in a custom pset.)</PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>This works because the animation is on the
local y (I hope...)</PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>if that sounds like
something to try, lemme know and I'll show you how.</PRE><PRE
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>ATR</PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">></PRE
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>> Hey Guys,
</PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>> </PRE><PRE style=
"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>> Would any of you have any suggestions or techniques to approach
grounding the </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">foot to the ground?  I
have some mocap data, and I need to set the feet to </PRE><PRE
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">plant on the ground when the foot is contacting it.  With
mocap data/fk, the </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">penetration problem is
there but how can I fix this?  Any ideas or </PRE><PRE style
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</PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">>> </PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0
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