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Does DAZ Studio do "In-Betweens" for morphs?

DiasporaDiaspora Posts: 459
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Longtime Maya user here... I'd like to know if a technique in Maya is also in DAZ Studio.

Long story short, in Maya, blendshapes (what DAZ Studio and Posers calls morphs) can be configured to have an in-between option by which the slider for the blendshape/morph makes the model first deform into one blendshape/morph before it deforms into another blendshape/morph.

For example, if I have a character opening its eyelids, it can use a morph that is for its eyes halfway open, with the slider at 0.5, and then go to a different morph that is for its eyes fully open with the slider at 1. 

Does DAZ Studio have a similar capability?

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  • mikael-aronssonmikael-aronsson Posts: 588

    The animation works with keyframes (including morphs), so anything in between is generated for you, if you put one keyframe with eyes closed, and later another keyframe with eyes open using a morph and then you animate it the eyes will open smooth (depending on framerate) I assume that is what you mean ?

     

  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511
    edited September 2015

    there is a way to link morphs to each other, which would effectively give you what you need I believe. Richard explained a possible workflow for this recently in a product suggestions thread. let me hunt.

     

     

    Richard Haseltine said:

    You can set up a kind of keyed relationship using the ERCKeeyd - set up the sequence you want on the timeline, the relation between control slider and controlled, and use ERC Freeze as normal but then check the Keyed (extract from play range) box.

     

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    Yes, that can be done with keyed ERC. Right-click on the parameters pane and put it in Edit mode. Right-click and Create New Property - this will the slider you use to control the morphing. Set the stages you want up with the control slider and the various actual morphs on the Timeline, one frame per stage. Right-click on the control slider and select ERC Freeze, check the keyed/Extract from Timeline box, make sure all and only the right things are listed as controlled properties and click Accept. Check the result works, if it does File>Save as>Support Assets>Morph Asset (you need to save both the actual morphs and the control slider).

  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511

    oh I got ninja'd. Had to actually work for a minute..*chuckles*

  • DiasporaDiaspora Posts: 459

    Thank you Richard, by the sound of it, that's exactly what I need!

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