Smoothing out "Percentage" animation on a Path Constraint.

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Smoothing out "Percentage" animation on a Path Constraint.
by Arie Stavchansky on Dec 16, 2004 at 11:04:35 pm

Hi There,

I have a camera attached to a path with a constraint. I've animated it so that the percentage on the path changes over time. However, the motion is jerky and would like to smooth it out. So I open up the curve editor, and select the keys I want to smooth out, but NOTHING. 3DSMax isn't letting me smooth out the curve. I select the key, then press the "auto" tangent button, but it won't do that. It won't let me add an ease out modifier to it as well. Can 3DSMax smooth Percentage changes on a path contraint. Thanks very much for your help. Any suggestions are much appreciated!

Arie

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Re: Smoothing out "Percentage" animation on a Path Constraint.
by Doug Forest on Dec 17, 2004 at 12:11:00 am

add a Bezier float to the percent controller of the path constrained object in the motion panel, the default controller type is linear float - in which you cannot adjust curves.

its under the 'assign controller' rollout, look for 'path constraint' and you should find the percentage float, click on that, and then hit the little box witht the question mark at the top left. then just select the bezier float.

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Re: Smoothing out "Percentage" animation on a Path Constraint.
by Arie Stavchansky on Dec 17, 2004 at 2:57:18 am

This worked perfectly. Such a strange thing to be hidden in the depths of 3DSMax. I appreciate your time and help on fixing this.

Arie

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