Your Dance Timing

1.
Work out the Dope Sheet pattern for the dance you choreographed in the preceding exercise, and draw it on a piece of paper.
2.
Load the file DANCE01.MAX that you saved earlier.
3.
Open the Dope Sheet and display the footsteps tracks.
4.
Adjust the Dope Sheet timing so that it looks like your drawing. You can move an entire footstep by dragging it from its center. You can also lengthen or shorten a footstep by dragging one end of it.
5.
Click Create Keys for Inactive Footsteps.
6.
Watch the animation. Does the biped’s motion roughly match your choreography? If so, congratulations! If not, see if you can figure out where it ...

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