I tend to stick to the features of Autodesk Maya that I’ve used in the past, but am now forcing myself to spend a little time to rummage through the menus and pick out what else might be of use for animation. So today we have….
Might-be-of-use-if-you-didn’t-already-know-tip-number-2 …
You’ve done your animation, have lots of lovely curves, but are now wondering “what if I adjusted that curve a little” (i.e. you go into optician mode: “is it better with….or without…”)?
You could save a copy of the scene, have a tweak and keep the copy you’re happiest with. But that’s a little heavy going and tricky to compare the two.
You could use an animation layer (which would make sense for larger experiments).
Or you:
…the thing is with Buffer Curves showing, you’ll now see the old version of the curve in a darker shade. You can toggle between the old and new version using Right-Click>Swap Buffer, amending whichever of the 2 are active as you wish.
Tweak away comparing the two and, once you’ve decided on which version you prefer, make that the active one and hide the other by un-checking the View>Show Buffer Curves option.
Should you find a preference but want to carry on tweaking, you can replace the buffered (dark) curve with the currently selected one using Right-Click>Snap Buffer. You can continue amending away knowing you’ve got the other to go back to if needed.
Cheers,
Lee
