We deliver a first pass on the Space Switching ie. Dynamic Parenting constraint with version 2020.3 right on time before Christmas. This opens up tons of possibilities to create convincing animations featuring a character and an object.
This comes together with a unified timeline experience to facilitate multi-character animation following up on the addition of Cameras in our previous release.
We also updated our akeyboy test character model to give him a modern look and illustrate the use of Space Switching. Sky Surfer also gets a board and a gun that you can play around with as well as a new Sky Jump animation showcasing Space Switching.
Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows.
Note: This release is only available for PC users for now.
Summary: Major release
Features
Added Space Switching ie. Dynamic Parenting constraint (Beta)
- [Picker] Click chain icon opposite to joint names to define them as possible space
- [Mixer] Create Space Switching layer
- When creating a key on a Space Switching layer, prompts a dialog to define new space
Enhancements
[Timebar] New "Unified timelines" option in Timebar preferences
- Time cursor now keeps same time code when browsing through animations/characters
- Time cursors now stops/plays without resetting to previously selected key
Refinements
- [Timebar and MixerDialog] Changed and unified stacker colors
- [Test Characters] Akeyboy V2 with new modelization, basic face rig and space-switched skateboard
- [Test Characters] Added gun and flying board props and Sky Jump animation to Sky Surfer