The DanceForms 1.0 Demo

Animation guide 1.2

Part 1 - Ballet: Create an Allegro Combination

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1. Pick a dancer | 2. Set a movement sequence | 3. Clarify the timing | 4. Change the alignment | 5. Add port de bras

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(img. 2)

4. Open a basic jump sequence. We’ll use “ChangementsE” (File menu > Open… > QS_BALLET > ChangementsE > Open). Do NOT close your new animation.

5. Watch the dancer perform different types of changements (click the Play button on the Panel, img. 2). We’ll use the series of changements at the end of the file.

6. Select frames 65-101 in the Score window (drag across them), copy them (Edit menu > Copy), then close the ChangementE file (File menu > Close; again, do not close your animation).

 
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(img. 3)

7. Paste the sequence you just copied into the Score window (img. 3) of your dancer (Edit menu > Paste). When you are prompted to change the frame rate, click “Change Frame Rate”.

8. Watch the dancer perform 2 changements and 2 changements battus by clicking Play on the Control Panel.
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