{"id":2151,"date":"2019-10-11T07:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T06:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:03:01","slug":"imvu203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu203\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU 203 &#8211; Animated Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f222d56a958\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f222d56a958\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu203\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu203\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/imvu-203_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/_03 - poses animated.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><!--<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/>\n<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/>--><\/video><br \/>\n<video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/imvu-203-2_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/_03 - poses animated pt2.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><!--<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/>\n<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/>--><\/video><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu202\">static pose from the previous video<\/a> (IMVU 202) we move on to creating an animated avatar pose using some of the same principles. Again using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\"><b>Avatar Pose Starter File <\/b><\/a>(female, although male can be used the same way), we create a sequence in the <b>Action Editor<\/b> and then export the result to FBX from Blender, which is then imported into an IMVU where an action is added to accommodate the new pose. In the short follow-up, the animation is slowed down by altering the sequence length.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p>\n<b>Download<\/b>: Starter Files for this exercise.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Avatar Starter Files.zip\">Avatar Starter File<\/a> | c. 8 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Alt Pose Files.zip\">Alternative Pose Starter File<\/a> (<a href=\"#alt-poses\"><i>cf. more info below<\/i><\/a>) | c. 3 MB.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b> : c. 30:00 mins | c. 05:00 mins (pt 2).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b> : *.mp4 | 1080p | c.240 MB.<br \/>\n<b>Project file<\/b> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - not worthy animated pose.zip\">katsbits &#8211; not worthy animated pose<\/a> (zip c.1 MB &#8211; *.blend + *.fbx).<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Addendum<\/b>: generally speaking the pose and animation creation process described above does not change when any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/#alt-poses\"><b>Alternative Pose Starter Files<\/b><\/a> are used instead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\"><b>Standard Pose Starter Files<\/b><\/a>. Although the alternatives appearance differs, bones being colour-coordinated for easy identification in the 3D View and Action Editor and to more naturally align with the avatar meshes, (Blender) Action sequences are generated the same either way &#8211;  individual bones are selected and manipulated (rotated) into position which automatically inserts the necessary LocRot keyframe data in the Action Editor timeline. The only difference then is the apparent orientation of the Armatures bones, everything else is the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/alternative-pose-file.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/alternative-pose-file.jpg\" alt=\"Double-check the error message in the Info Editor\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The  Alternative Pose Starter File shows default pose set for the female avatar; the skeleton (Armature) in a &#8216;T&#8217; pose in the 3D View, with a corresponding sequence,  &#8216;T.POSE&#8217;, open in the Action Editor, initial keyframe marked. Bones are colour-coded for easy identification &#8211; red, main torso; green, hand, black, objects not to be animated &#8211; or aligned to better match the avatar mesh.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; (not available)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"float: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu202\">&lt; Back (IMVU 202)<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; float: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu204\">Next (IMVU 204) &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,606],"tags":[217,622,605,194,604,623,630,474],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-imvu201","tag-action-editor","tag-animation","tag-blender-for-imvu","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-basics","tag-keyframes","tag-poses","tag-starter-files"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions\/5923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}