I'm still learning and haven't figured out this problem yet and not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Everytime I set up my scene with my character in place, and then I add a motion to the character, it will jump off the screen or the animation will start at another point.

My first question is how do you set up the motion to start at the point where you place the character into your scene.

Then my next question is how do keep your character in the ending position of the last frame of the motion. At times, when I add a motion such as falling over dead, the character jumps back up when I inteneded for it to stay in the dead position.

Does anyone know a link to a tutorial on working with adding the basic motions?
I'm sure it's something simple.

Thanks
STEVE

Your problem is not unique, you have a lot of company from people in different stages. Sometime I ask myself how to make the actors stop jumping back and forth..

One answer is that motion files are actually of very different quality!

Some motions just don't want to work together while other works just fine.

To be able to give you good answers I would like to know, WHAT iClone do you have?

A PRO version let's you handle the time line... a NORMAL registration is a bit more tricky..

Most of all, keep asking, we are many that gladly help you!

Gorz

Someone asked what version of iClone I am using:
I'm using the latest Pro version 3.2

Well I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone in this problem.

Thanks again for the help and comments.

STEVE

Jumping up dead people can be scary... :unsure:  I once had a dead person in a scene that suddenly opened his eyes... :blink:

One thing you could try is to create a motion clip with just the dead position.  Copy your project, and move your cursor to the final frame with the desired dead pose.  Right-click your character and select "Remove all animation".  That should give you the character in the position you want. 

I have to improvise a bit here, but I think you should now open the timeline and open the Transformation and Motion Editor tracks (I think that's how they're called) for the character, as well as the Collect Clip track. 

You may have to add a additional key frames in the Transformation and Motion Editor tracks, but idea is to make a selection of part of the timeline in Collect Clip.  Now right-click and select "Add to library" and save the pose as a file. 

In your original project you can now append the new motion clip at the end of your animation and your person should stay dead.  It SHOULD also be in the right location.  If needed you can expand the motion clip or append another copy.

I agee about the importance of film editing and I do take it seriously... :w00t:

To answer your question, I use iClone just to generate basic scenes (as image sequences).  I do most of the editing, including adding sound and music, in Vegas.