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SharonfromMD
SharonfromMD
Inspiring
August 15, 2023
Question

Cannot merge tracks from the motion library

  • August 15, 2023
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I am a composer who animates music for children. I love the Motion Library. However, I have a ton of tracks with dance movts. I cannot seem to figure out how to move them to one track. I can do it visems, by merging, but can't do it with the motion Library. Any ideas? 

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dtull-adobeCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 15, 2023

The merge tracks command currently only works on discrete/simple data like visemes or triggers.

The main reason it won't merge tracks for motion data or dragger/camera takes is that those kinds of data support blending and it wasn't implemented to fully translate the results of blending take data together. Also, visemes and triggers can be edited and viewed after being merged, whereas those other take types are somewhat opaque. (so it would be hard to tell where the "action" is after you've merged the take)

In your case where it doesn't have blends (or even overlapping takes), I suppose it could handle merging that data without a lot of extra work, but for now the only workaround is to collapse the take group so it shows up as though it were one take in terms of timeline vertical space. Another option if you wind up re-using those composed sets of takes is to turn them into replays so that they timeline is trigger recordings of those replays intead of raw motion library takes.

Hopefully that helps. (at least to understand why and the alternatives even if it doesn't let you use merge)

    SharonfromMD
    SharonfromMDAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 15, 2023
    Thank you. I've been away from this for a few years, so I am new to motion
    library.

    I have no idea how to collapse a take group. What I'm a bit concerned about
    it the amount of data that is being transmitted-hoping to simplify it.

    I want to replay the dance but at different tempos. If I create a replay
    can it be edited?

    Thanks.
    Sharon
    J
    Adobe Employee
    j-saito
    Adobe Employee
    August 15, 2023

    Assuming the question is about the motion library

     

    > I want to replay the dance but at different tempos. If I create a replay can it be edited?

     

    You can embed the playback speed with the motion library's "Speed" parameter. It is better to plan out and decide the best speed to create a take (e.g. with the "Record One Motion" button) and a replay. The speed parameter cannot be changed once recorded.

     

    Alternatively, you can take full control over the motion library playback speed by keyframing both "Manual Playback" and "Playback Dial" under Motion Library > Advanced. This can override the recorded speed parameter with full flexibility. You can achieve cool effects like time warping if used correctly but is very tricky to use (reason why it is under Advanced).

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