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Morten Andersen edited this page Nov 11, 2019 · 21 revisions

Tweener is a tool similar to TweenMachine or aTools/animBot. It allows you to quickly create inbetweens or adjust existing keys by interpolating towards adjacent keyframes, and can speed-up your workflow when creating breakdowns and inbetweens.

Requirements

Maya 2017 Update 3 or later.

Auto Installation

Download tweener-install.py and drag the file into Maya's viewport. If you prefer to manually install the plug-in, refer to the Installation wiki page.

The Tweener tool can then be opened from the shelf or with the MEL command tweener;

Tool Overview

The Window

The tool window consists of the various in-between modes, additional features, presets and the slider used for favouring the pose before/after.

In-between Modes

Icon Mode Description
Between Interpolates between two adjacent keys, ignoring the current key.
Towards Interpolates towards two adjacent keys based on the current key.
Average Interpolates towards the average value of the selected keys.
Curve Interpolates along the curve formed by the two adjacent keys' tangents.
Default Interpolates towards or away from the default value of each attribute.

Additional Buttons

Icon Name Description
Overshoot Extends the interpolation from [-100:100] to [-200:200] and allows you to go past the target.
Key Hammer Adds a key for every attribute for any key on selected objects. The manual equivalent method would be to go to the first key and press S, go to the next keyframe and press S, go to the next keyframe and press S etc. for every keyframe.
Special Tick Color Sets the current frame, selected keys, or time range to the special keyframe tick color.
Normal Tick Color Sets the current frame, selected keys, or time range to the normal keyframe tick color.
  • in-between modes
  • features
  • hotkeys
  • installation
  • uninstallation
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