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31 Jul 2024 08:23:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Averaging transforms  
From: SharkD
Date: 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00
Message: <web.478e9a748a803975368884fc0@news.povray.org>
"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > Say I've got two different expressions or algorithms for defining a transform. I
> > want to transition from one to the other very gradually as I proceed along a
> > series of frames.   Say a "walk" transform" going to a "run" transform.
> >
> > Can two different transforms be averaged together?  I'm not sure if this would
> > be trivial or impossible.
>
> There's no reason why this wouldn't be possible. I'd have to see the actual code
> to make suggestions, as I haven't personally experimented with human motion
> animations and can't refer to memory.

Scratch that. What you want to do is create a single equation for both cases
that takes into account a variable, "speed". As speed increases, the animation
transitions from "walking" to "running".


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