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Is there something that gives you a Tween Machine kind of functionality in Houdini…
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to spare people looking up what Tween Machine is:
http://justinsbarrett.com/tweenmachine/ [justinsbarrett.com]

but the answer to the question is no, not at this time.
there is something called Flipbook Blocking:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/anim/flipbook.html#flipbook-blocking [www.sidefx.com]
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flipbook blocking is cool…I was looking at the sample current values and paste sampled values in the graph editor…With a few steps you can get sort of the same thing as grabbing a percentage of pose…seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to could python up something that would mimic tween machine…could be a useful orbolt tool…
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please submit an RFE if you think this would make a good addition to the animation toolset.
so we don't forget
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That flipbook blocking looks pretty darn cool. I have some ideas for you guys to do with building on top of the tween machine concept when/if you get around to it. I will submit it as an RFE. Cheers.
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That flipbook blocking looks pretty darn cool. I have some ideas for you guys to do with building on top of the tween machine concept when/if you get around to it. I will submit it as an RFE. Cheers.
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please submit an RFE if you think this would make a good addition to the animation toolset.
so we don't forget

Definitely a good addition .. there was another tool i used while going through animation mentor called animtools that had a bit more functionality, but i kept finding myself back using Tween Machine.

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Still no Tween Machine with the H19 KineFX updates?
Edited by volodXYZ - Nov. 12, 2021 23:20:31
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Not exactly the same but does help tremendously with setting up animation easing.

With a few sliders you can mass tweak linearity, ease in/out and continuity of selected keyframes. The video shows an older version, since then a slider to shift the apex of a curve between before/after a keyframe has been added as well. I do 90% of my animations with this tool.

https://vimeo.com/318453314 [vimeo.com]
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i have one as part of my keytar package:

https://github.com/chris-gardner/hou-keytar [github.com]

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