{"id":4285,"date":"2021-03-16T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:51:26","slug":"sitting-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/sitting-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Sitting Pose"},"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-69f5f9dda96cf\" 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-69f5f9dda96cf\"  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\/sitting-pose\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/simple-sitting-pose_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/simple sitting pose.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><!--<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/><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>In this exercise we take a look at using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Starter File for Poses<\/a> to make a simple sitting or seated pose. As all poses start from the standing position the key to seated poses is to lower, rotate or change <b>PelvisNode<\/b> <i><b>not<\/b><\/i> <b>Female03MasterRoot<\/b>, which must remain in situ and untouched at all times. Once done, what is now a keyframe can be duplicated to &#8216;prep&#8217; the sequence for FBX export and import into IMVU where an action is assembled using <b>stance.Sitting<\/b> or <b>stance.Idle<\/b> as the trigger.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b> c. 15 mins (15:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p | c. 95 MB.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - sitting pose.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; Sitting Pose<\/a> (zip c. 600 KB &#8211; *.fbx, *.blend).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=53748926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple Sitting Pose &#8211; PID 53748926<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Standard &#038; Alternative Pose Starter Files<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: when manipulating bones to pose the avatar skeleton Blender automatically places an orange keyframe marker into the <b>Action Editor<\/b> timeline indicating the appropriate coordinate data is saved. Confirm this moving the timeline scrubber &#8211; blue widget highlighting the active frame &#8211; to see if the pose resets back to the defaults (T Pose), if it does use the <b>Editor Type<\/b> selector [1] to temporarily switch to the <b>Timeline<\/b> where <b>Auto Keying<\/b> (auto-insert) can be enabled [3] and Keying [4] options set, <b>Active Keying Set<\/b> to <b>RotLoc<\/b> in particular [5] (Location and Rotation data). Select the <b>Dope Sheet<\/b> editor from the same <b>Editor Type<\/b> list when done (and ensure Action Editor for the context is set).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"[image url here]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/auto-insert-timeline.jpg\" alt=\"Timeline auto-insert options\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The auto-insert controls are accessible from the main Timeline &#8211; click the <b>Editor Type<\/b> [1] menu and select <b>Timeline<\/b> [2] from the <b>Animation<\/b> list&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"[image url here]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/auto-keyframe-options.jpg\" alt=\"Auto-insert settings\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>&#8230; this switches the area where <b>Auto Keying<\/b> can be enabled [3] and various <b>Keying<\/b> [4] options set, in particular <b>LocRot<\/b> as the <b>Active Keying Set<\/b> [5] (type of positional data saved).<\/i><\/p>\n<p>When copy\/pasting pose data at least one bone typically needs to be the &#8216;active&#8217; object or a focal point of the selection. Blender indicates this by highlighting such objects with a brighter orange outline (this may be difficult to discern depending on the View used and\/or whether bones are coloured in any way).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"[image url here]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/active-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Making sure a bone is 'active' in a selection\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>When making a selection at least one bone needs to be &#8216;active&#8217; [6], i.e. the focus of the group, otherwise data may not be duplicated correctly.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[217,704,773,744,630,772],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-action-editor","tag-avatar","tag-pelvisnode","tag-pose-mode","tag-poses","tag-stance-idle"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285","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=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5041,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions\/5041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}