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By Tarampa Studios - 6 Years Ago
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Okay, I confess. I finally upgraded 3 weeks ago from my faithful and beloved old iC5 to the shiny spanky new iC7 and some of it's flashy, sparkly new plugins, lighting and gizmo's,
so this is basically a fun "Note to Self" while I'm still learning.
It's also why it covers curves on everything from cameras, image layers and particles to the more commonly tuted motions for avatars.
And yes, I know the Editor is only supposed to work for some aspects of particles at this stage, but WOW!... Slow motion explosions inside iClone!!... YAY!!!!
And yes, I know the Editor is far more valuable for realistic style avatars, smoothing mocap etc,
but I'm a Toon Wrangler and couldn't wait to try out the new rendering quality - and wow, I'm LOVING IT!
This tutorial also gave me a chance to practice some other new-fangled tools, including shadow catchers, light emitters and the new physX engine...
(yeah, I know, it's been around since iC6, but I never really got the hang of that version.)
So I finally managed to get properly pinned leather reins flopping about while riding a horse... YAYY!
We can even get one rein flopping more than the other depending on length! DOUBLE YAYYY!
And I learned how to make a whole pack of pleasant gaits for the iClone Arabian so he no longer needs to gallop about like a star-gazing feral mustang. LOL
If only this pesky little blue dude can quit being so cheeky, I might actually get back to my next toon series, LOL:
And if you like this one, then see also the list of Resource Links below the video on Youtube, which includes my only other "Note to Self" Tutorial about Toonshading: Archer Style. LOL
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By Jfrog - 6 Years Ago
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Great little tutorial! I am a bit slow so I had to pause a lot to grab all the infos (reading while listening) but I see your have a lot of experience with curve editors. Everything is really smooth...
Thanks for sharing!
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By Tarampa Studios - 6 Years Ago
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Actually, I only had the curve editor for a week.
Never been to uni for animation. So I didn't even know what a curve editor was until iClone released one.
As a newbie for my first 2 years, I couldn't understand why so many "oldies" were always complaining "why can't we have a curve editor, wah wahhh..."
But I didn't understand their lingo, so I wasn't convinced I needed one... until I tried the dang thing, and wow!
Now I can't imagine life without it.
Sincerest apologies to all the veterans for ever doubting you.
Apparently you weren't crazy after all, LOL
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By myless76 - 6 Years Ago
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I'm working on some new ideas and that's a helpful tutorial! Nice work!
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By Tarampa Studios - 6 Years Ago
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WOW!!!... Plato's Reality Machine!!!... Wow!!...
Your trailer looks FANTASIC!... Gonna have to stream that for our family friday movie night this week!
Well Done! You're really gonna rock with this whole feast of new tools at our fingertips!
Following. 
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By Jfrog - 6 Years Ago
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Actually, I only had the curve editor for a week.
Never been to uni for animation. So I didn't even know what a curve editor was until iClone released one.
Well maybe I should spend more time with the curve editor. I saw many great tutorials but I have to spend more time with this tools. 
Thank you!
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By animagic - 6 Years Ago
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Thanks, Bleetz! As one of those old veterans, I enjoyed your youthful enthusiasm!
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By Delerna - 6 Years Ago
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Now there is a great effort. A story styled tutorial......oh yea.
Official tutorials are something I have checked out often but haven't got around to using curve editor yet. (too many other things to work on)
I think I will now, this is enjoyable to watch, at work at the moment so I will be checking this out more fully tonight.
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By kungphu - 6 Years Ago
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Great work!!!! Extremely helpful. I have yet to dip my toe in the curve editor pool. This may juuuust put me over the edge Love the tutorial style. Keep em coming and a big thank you for your work!
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By CtrlZ - 6 Years Ago
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HaHa!!! You are AWESOME!
I Now want to play with my curve editor also!
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By myless76 - 6 Years Ago
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Hey thanks! Glad you will watch it. James C. Martin actually did the iClone animation for the film, he's a pro. I like to stay updated on whats possible with iClone as I work on new scripts. Its awesome.
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By toystorylab - 6 Years Ago
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Hey Bleetz,
thanx for a funny and interesting tutorial 
Keep em coming!
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By VirtualMedia - 6 Years Ago
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Thanks for the tutorial, the laughs and some inspiration to get back in the program.. ; )
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By RobertoColombo - 6 Years Ago
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Great tutorial.
Very joyful!
Thanks for doing it and sharing
Cheers
Roberto
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By justaviking - 6 Years Ago
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That was such a delightful tutorial. Thank you.
Why is so satisfying to watch that poor avatar bounce off the floor?
Over and over, and over again.
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By Tarampa Studios - 6 Years Ago
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Gosh, thanks gang, glad you enjoyed it.
I certainly had fun making it, as you've obviously guessed.
RE: justaviking (2/20/2018)
... Why is so satisfying to watch that poor avatar bounce off the floor?
Over and over, and over again.
Haha, you should try causing it...
Tiz so much more fun than merely watching.
Maybe there needs to be a little super-villain in each of us before we can animate a juicy bad guy convincingly -
Maybe it's just therapy...?
Or maybe I need to torture a few more... I mean, "conduct further research" into this odd phenomenon.
Watch this space...
MWAAAHAAHAAHAAHAAAAAA...
cough, cough, wheeze.
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By Cary B - 6 Years Ago
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I loved the tutorial as well...but I'm one of the ones who has to go back and pause it and replay it to get it into my head. 
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