Features

Natural Motion Transitions By Blending

In AniFuzion, a professional animation maker, creating fluid and natural character animations requires more than just selecting the right actions. Seamless Action Blending allows you to connect different actions smoothly, eliminating abrupt movements and ensuring your animations flow effortlessly. This feature helps your characters move more realistically, making scenes more engaging and professional.

Why We Need Blending

With over 2,000 pre-made actions available in AniFuzion, characters can perform countless movements and poses. However, each action may start and end in different poses, which can lead to jarring transitions if combined directly. Blending bridges these gaps by smoothing out the transition between actions, giving your animation a polished and cohesive look.

More Adjustment When Adding Blending

Beyond just adding blending, fine-tuning the transition can help achieve different results. The adjustments provide the flexibility to refine action transitions, ensuring your animations look natural and professional. Here are some key adjustments you can make:

Adjust Length

Modify the blending bar’s length to control the speed of the transition. A longer bar creates a slower, smoother change, while a shorter bar speeds up the blending.

Preserve Previous Action

Leave a small gap before blending to maintain the integrity of the earlier action while still achieving a smooth flow.

Examples of Using the Blending Feature

Smooth Action Transitions

When combining movements like walking and waving, blending helps ensure the character moves fluidly from one action to the next.

Rotation for Dynamic Movement

When you rotate a character to face different directions between actions, blending helps make the rotation appear seamless.

Tip: If a direct blend between two actions looks awkward, insert a rotation action between them for a smoother transition.

Creating Seamless Action Series for Future Use

Action blending in AniFuzion not only ensures smooth transitions but also enables you to group multiple actions into a seamless sequence. By blending individual movements, you can create a custom action that tells a complete story, from simple gestures to elaborate routines.

Once your sequence is perfected, you can merge them to a single action and save it as a Custom Action. This feature allows you to store the entire action series and reuse it in other projects, saving significant time and effort.

FAQs

1. Why does my blending still look abrupt?

Try increasing the length of the blending bar to slow down the transition or insert a rotation action to bridge the gap.

2. Can I blend any two actions together?

Most actions blend well by simply add the blending, but if the poses are too different, consider adjusting the character's position or adding an intermediary action for a smoother result.

3. Does blending affect the overall timing of my animation?

No, the blending transition overlaps the part immediately before the action, whether there is an existing action or not, without adding extra duration to the timeline. This ensures smooth transitions without extending the overall timing of your scene.

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