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democap:preparecharacter [2025/03/23 16:23] – [Side Effects With Bending] dragonlorddemocap:preparecharacter [2025/09/09 15:14] (current) – [Side Effects With Bending] dragonlord
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   * Switch to your shift head forward-backward action.   * Switch to your shift head forward-backward action.
-  * Select the frame where your character is shifting head forward by roughly 75%.+  * Select the frame in the middle where your character is in neutral pose.
   * Select all neck bones and the head bone to modify.   * Select all neck bones and the head bone to modify.
   * Click ''Copy Bone Matrices'' to copy the pose.   * Click ''Copy Bone Matrices'' to copy the pose.
-  * Select the frame in the middle where your character is in neutral pose.+  * Select the frame where your character is shifting head forward by roughly 75%.
   * Click ''Copy Subtract''. You have now the difference stored in the copy buffer.   * Click ''Copy Subtract''. You have now the difference stored in the copy buffer.
   * Switch to your looking up-down action.   * Switch to your looking up-down action.
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   * Click ''Paste Bone Matrices'' and make sure that in the operator panel ''Overlay'' and ''Negate'' are ticked.   * Click ''Paste Bone Matrices'' and make sure that in the operator panel ''Overlay'' and ''Negate'' are ticked.
   * Press ''K'' to add rotation keyframes.   * Press ''K'' to add rotation keyframes.
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 +<WRAP center round tip 60%>
 +''Copy Subtract'' stores the rotation from the stored bone matrices to the to-copy bone matrices. Hence the bone pose stored above is the rotation from the neutral pose to the look forward pose. This is then subtracted (''Negate'') from the look up pose. This can be also double inverted to do it slightly differently with the same result. Select first the shift forward frame then the neutral frame and untick ''Negate'' while pasting.
 +</WRAP>
  
 The animation frame should now looking similar to the image on the right side. The animation frame should now looking similar to the image on the right side.
democap/preparecharacter.txt · Last modified: 2025/09/09 15:14 by dragonlord

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