Animation Tools

Poser has five animation tools:

Animation controls: The simple, single channel Animation controls allow you to create quick click-and-drag animations as well as preview your work. Access the Animation controls by clicking the handle at the bottom of your Poser workspace. See Using the Animation Controls for more information.

If not displayed, choose Window> Animation Controls to show the Animation Controls. They will dock or float depending on how you last used them.

Animation Palette: The Animation palette contains the advanced editing features, with which you can create more complex animations. Among other things, you can edit keyframes, animation layers and individual actors, and create Animation Sets. Access the Animation palette by selecting Window> Animation Palette. Please refer to Using the Animation Palette for more information about the Animation palette.

Graph: Each actor in your scene has a Graph for each of its possible motions, allowing you to exercise minute control over your animations. Access the Graph for any parameter by using the desired parameter dial’s menu as described in Parameters Palette. Please refer to Using Graphs for more information about the Graph.

Walk Designer: Creating realistic walking movements is a very time consuming animation task to get right. Poser’s Walk Designer takes the effort out of this process and lets you quickly create realistic walks (for human figures only). Access the Walk Designer by selecting Window> Walk Designer. Please refer to Creating a Walk Path for more information about the Walk Designer.

Talk Designer: Speech is one of the most important aspects of many animations; due to the complexity of the human face, it is also one of the most challenging things to animate realistically. Poser’s Talk Designer animates facial expressions, eye and head movements to create realistic lip sync animations based upon speech sound files that you import. Access the Talk Designer by selecting Window> Talk Designer. Please refer to Using the Talk Designer for more information about the Talk Designer.