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5 On the Layers rollout, click Collapse.

The layer showing the arms away from the body is collapsed into the

base animation.

6 Turn off Auto Key and click Play Animation to watch the animation. You

can also open cs4_tut_moflow03.max to see the finished animation.

Looping animations and layers lets you lengthen and modify animations.

■ To reduce keys and create footsteps, save the BIP file, and then use Load

Motion Capture File in the Motion Capture rollout to reload the file.

■ To reduce keys and extract footsteps, use options in the Motion Capture

Conversion Parameters dialog. The Convert command on the Biped rollout

will not extract footsteps because the feet have no IK Constraints applied.

Using a Shared Motion Flow

By including multiple bipeds in a shared motion flow, you can animate

multiple bipeds using only one motion flow graph. The Create Random Motion

command randomly picks clips to create a unique script for each biped. Use

this feature to create a crowd that is loitering or cheering, for example.

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