{"id":9375,"date":"2024-09-27T15:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:17:50","slug":"animated-poses-imvu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/animated-poses-imvu\/","title":{"rendered":"Animated Poses for IMVU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a5285140a3f0\" 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-6a5285140a3f0\"  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\/animated-poses-imvu\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/animated-poses-imvu\/#animation-basics\" >Animation Basics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/animated-poses-imvu\/#primarysecondary-poses\" >Primary\/Secondary Poses<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/animated-poses-imvu\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24c13DT6a0M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\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 continue the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katsbits\">TikTok Live Stream<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/tiktok\/\">series<\/a> by making an animated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/avatar-poses\/\">avatar pose<\/a> using IMVU Studio Toolkit&#8217;s <strong>Animation Tool<\/strong>. First, an instance of the rigged avatar is added and <strong>Auto Key<\/strong> enabled to ease the process. With <strong>Action Editor<\/strong> timeline scrubber at frame one we can switch to <strong>Pose Mode<\/strong> and make an initial pose and then a series of additional poses at different frames to create a sequence. Once this is done it can be exported and assembled in IMVU Studio using the Empty Mood (PID 10945930) to verify functionality.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 40 mins (00:40:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 720p (W: 720 x H: 1280).<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - tiktok animation.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; TikTok Animated Poses<\/a> (c. 1.5 MB | *.blend, *.fbx).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=68932302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok Anim (68932302)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional considerations to keep in mind when making animated avatar poses using the Toolkit for Blender;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animation-basics\"><\/span>Animation Basics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As discussed in the tutorial, animated avatars poses and animated items in general, at their most basic are simply a set of &#8216;static&#8217; poses marked at strategic locations along a timeline [1]. When the sequence then runs, Blender and IMVU essentially <em>morphs or blends between frames<\/em> (&#8216;<em>Tweening<\/em>&#8216; &#8211; &#8216;in between&#8217;), the difference or change thus creating the sense of motion seen. In other words, &#8216;animation&#8217; is actually the morph or change between one fixed pose and another. What this then means in practice is that it&#8217;s <em>not necessary to mark a pose to the timeline at every frame<\/em>, rather only &#8216;key&#8217; or strategic frames,&#8217;<em>keyframe\/s<\/em>&#8216;, need to be marked, typically at the apex of an action &#8211; the height of a jump, feet landing on ground and so on &#8211; or when the sequence needs to &#8216;guide&#8217; motion or movement in a certain way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #dedede; color: #000; width: 98.5%; padding: 1.0em;\"><strong>Aside<\/strong>: allowing the program to morph or blend between distanced poses also reduces the risks of &#8216;jitter&#8217;, an artefact caused by minute differences as frames are rendered &#8211; jitter can be difficult to remove when every frame of a sequence has been marked with pose data.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-keyframes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-keyframes.jpg\" alt=\"Timeline Keyframes\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Animations do not necessarily need an avatar pose marked to each frame, rather they should be placed at strategic locations [1] that allow Blender\/IMVU\/et al to automatically &#8216;blend&#8217; or &#8216;morph&#8217; between them, thus creating the sense of motion seen.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"primarysecondary-poses\"><\/span>Primary\/Secondary Poses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As a general rule-of-thumb, a typical sequence will comprise a set of <strong>primary poses<\/strong> marked [2] that <em>define the main action or movement<\/em> [3], for example a <em>take-off<\/em> and\/or <em>landing<\/em> pose, and an <em>apex-of-a-jump<\/em> pose. These initial poses might then be augmented by marking at least a <strong>secondary<\/strong> or ancillary set of poses [4] that define complimentary motion [5], for example feet staying on the ground until legs are fully extended as the avatar jumps, and\/or the hands remaining in the air longer as the avatar drops back to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-primary-keyframe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-primary-keyframe.jpg\" alt=\"Primary keyframes\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>A &#8216;primary&#8217; keyframed [2] pose establishes the main or obvious characteristic of a sequence [3]&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-secondary-keyframes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/animated-poses-secondary-keyframes.jpg\" alt=\"Secondary keyframes\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>&#8230; that complimented by secondary or ancillary poses [4], helps to establish a firm sense of movement [5] as the action plays through each marked pose.<\/i>\n<\/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; 00:00 : Overview<br \/>\n &#8211; 03:00 : Primary Poses<br \/>\n &#8211; 13:30 : Secondary Poses<br \/>\n &#8211; 20:00 : Face Morphs<br \/>\n &#8211; 27:00 : Prep &#038; Export<br \/>\n &#8211; 30:00 : Studio Assembly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[217,622,871,725,194,738,835,1049,765,744,630,869,753,1093],"class_list":["post-9375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-action-editor","tag-animation","tag-animation-tool","tag-armature","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-morphs","tag-pose-mode","tag-poses","tag-rig","tag-shape-keys","tag-tiktok"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375","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=9375"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9387,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions\/9387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}