Creation 15

NLA editor and rendering

Notes:

• In order to loop animation.
• Open NLA editor.
• Click on frost icon from skeleton walk cycle.
• From = add track.
• N properties.
• Ctrl + up arrow = maximize window.
• Drag out the the new walk cycle track to repeat the animation.
• Shows white lines where it repeats (this is a new feature to 2.56).
• Break end frame down by 1 frame so 30 to 29.
• Add > Action strip.
• Idle, so now can have two animation actions in a row.
• Idle to walk.
• Add > Transition (select two action scripts with a small gap between them) this automatically animates a transition between animations.
• When you are happy with your animation set, RENDER!
• Render by choosing destination folder and render type, the click ANIMATE!