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Keyframes dont show up in XSI [Solved]

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:05 am
by bamdur123
when i keyframe a frame in xsi for animation the keyframe it self doesnt appear. why is that? is there a way to fix it?

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:54 am
by FragMe!
what chain element are you trying to apply the key frame to, a bone or an effector?

Key frames do not show up on effectors, just tried it, but they do show up on bones.

If you are trying to do IK animations try making a control object, I like using implicit objects like a cube (0.25 as the size works nice) you then do a match translation to the effector you want to control. Then select the effector and constrain it to the implicit object you just made.
Move the object to control the effector and key frames will show up.

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:41 pm
by bamdur123
It wasn't a effector but it was a bone. after envoloping the bone to the cube i was goign to animated i keyframed frames 0 1 and 40 and nothign happened. well the keyframe button was red but there was no keyframe itself on the frame(i mean like the red thing on the frame itself)

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:27 pm
by DarthD.U.C.K.
did you animate the bone to a cube or the other way around? which object did you select when you made the key?

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:47 pm
by bamdur123
the bone which was a null and had the selected all three rotation buttons

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:55 pm
by DarthD.U.C.K.
which color does/did the keyframebutton have when you activated the rotationmode and pressed it?

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:01 am
by bamdur123
the keyframe button itself was red meaning it did the keyframe but on the frame itself like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,... it didnt have the red thing on that. did same thign for translation

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:12 pm
by FragMe!
post a picture of your skeleton (or nulls if that is what you are using) with one of them highlighted so we can get a better idea of what you are attempting to do.

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:05 pm
by bamdur123
ok well it was better explained in a video so i made one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7yD2bpLrZo

as you can see the keyframe on the frame doesnt show up but the button turns red which means it was keyframed. it isnt that big of an issue but it is easier if it shows up.

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:39 pm
by FragMe!
Just for fun right click on the timeline then Show Keys and see what option is selected, should be Keyable Parameters

Re: Keyframes dont show up in xsi

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:57 am
by bamdur123
Thanks fragme worked great :D (still not sure how that was changed)