This past month, we finished development on several features -- Search filter in the Timeline, Markers via Dynamic Link, and Tapered motion lines, to name a view -- along with other changes and bug fixes. See below for more details. Thanks, as always, for your feedback.
Special thanks to Beta tester, Scott Evans from Digital Puppets, for reporting an issue with a recorded replay not retaining the blend in/out settings for takes in the replay. That was fixed in v3.3.0.100.
Finished features:
- Search filter for the Timeline
- Move selection to the playhead
- Markers via Dynamic Link
- Tapered motion lines
- Allow timeline items before the start of scene time
- Check for artwork issues before exporting a puppet
Notable other changes:
- When moving or trimming objects in the Timeline, they now snap when nearby other object boundaries. Hold down Command (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows) while dragging to avoid snapping.
- New markers just have a number as their name, no longer includes the word “Marker”.
Notable bug fixes:
- Set Work Area to Selection / Zoom Timeline to Fit Selection didn’t work properly with keyframe/trigger/viseme selections when the track didn’t start at time 0.
- Improved handling of 14.985 fps scenes exported via Dynamic Link.
- Closing the Tags popup window via Command+W (macOS) / Ctrl+W (Windows) no longer causes an error.
- Edit > Deselect All menu command was not working in the Project panel.
- Blend In/Out curve types were not being retained when replays were recorded into the timeline. They used to reset to Ease In/Out.
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- The Character Animator team
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