{"id":9424,"date":"2024-10-19T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T15:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2024-10-19T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T15:13:33","slug":"toolkit-action-name-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-action-name-blender\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Action Name in Blender"},"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-69fb1a7b0aba2\" 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-69fb1a7b0aba2\"  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\/toolkit-action-name-blender\/#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\/toolkit-action-name-blender\/#fake-user\" >Fake User<\/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\/toolkit-action-name-blender\/#animation-vs-pose\" >Animation_ vs Pose_<\/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\/toolkit-action-name-blender\/#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\/tBiLFYJYyx0?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>When creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/poses\/\">custom avatar poses<\/a> for IMVU it&#8217;s possible to inadvertently overwrite existing or previously exported FBX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/animation\/\">animations<\/a> because the file name is derived from the <strong>Action<\/strong> sequence label in Blender, by default <strong>Control_ArmatureAction<\/strong>. To prevent this, each new Action can be given a new name or label that in-turn will then be used to define the FBX file name on export using the Toolkit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 5 mins (00:05:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: n\/a.<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional considerations to think about making static or animated avatar poses for IMVU in Blender using the Toolkit;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fake-user\"><\/span>Fake User<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As a general rule of thumb when making animations make sure to enable the <strong>Fake User<\/strong> [1] option to ensure sequence data is saved with the *.blend, especially when a project includes several sequences; typically Blender only keeps the active data set\/sequence when a file is saved and\/or re-opened unless Fake User is on (data or sequences without a Fake User can be lost).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/action-fake-user.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/action-fake-user.jpg\" alt=\"Fake User in Blender\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Enabling <strong>Fake User<\/strong> [1] ensures sequences are retained in the *.blend file even if they&#8217;re not being used.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animation-vs-pose\"><\/span>Animation_ vs Pose_<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Depending on what&#8217;s being exported the resulting FBX file will be prepended &#8220;<strong>Animation_<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>Pose_<\/strong>&#8220;. <em>Animation_<\/em> signifies an avatar animation of any duration or length, IMVU project size limits notwithstanding. <em>Pose_<\/em> identifies a sequences containing, or resulting in, a single-framed  &#8216;static&#8217; avatar pose. Both are created and exported using the <strong>Animation Tool<\/strong>. For a static pose ensure <strong>Make Pose<\/strong> [2] in enabled, and for both, optionally <strong>Export All Bones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/action-export-options.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/action-export-options.jpg\" alt=\"Export Options\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>To export an animation or a pose set the export options, <strong>Make Pose<\/strong> and\/or <strong>Export All Bones<\/strong> [2].<\/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; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[945,622,200,709,203,345,194,738,835,630,711],"class_list":["post-9424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-action","tag-animation","tag-avatar-poses","tag-fake-user","tag-fbx","tag-import-export","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-poses","tag-single-user"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9424","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=9424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9429,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9424\/revisions\/9429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}