Questions tagged [nla-editor]
Questions related to the NLA (Non-Linear Animation) editor in blender.
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How to fix Mixamo Rootbaker error message in Blender?
While trying to use the "Convert Single" option of the Mixamo Rootbaker addon in Blender to bake root motion from a single existing action in my .blend file (NOT using "Batch Convert&...
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How to continue the same action in NLA
There are two actions. One of them is a simple movement along the axis, the other is a small rotation. If I copy the action, or set the number of repetitions to more than one - then they do not ...
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Incomplete cycle with "Cycles" modifier in graph editor
I perform the task on the walking man, I use the loop modifier to loop the animation in the graph editor. This is not in the task, but I am interested. Is there a way to make the modifier work not ...
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How to select, preview, edit actions imported from glTF?
I have a glTF file (authored by someone else) with many named animation tracks. These are modifying transforms on many different discrete nodes within a scene hierarchy for an automobile. (These are ...
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Rigify IK Pole Targets Disappearing During Animation
I've been having trouble with my rigify rig where I currently have an action where the IK pole targets disappear completely during the first few frames of the action. I've checked in the rigify ...
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How to export only NLA animations to GLB
I have a model with dozen animations, but only a few of them are "pushed down" to NLA tracks. How to export only NLA animations to GLB? I somehow managed to do it before, but not now :)
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Why are my NLA editor clips grey and inactive?
I've been using the NLA editor to compose an animation scene using character rigs.
It'd been going great until I opened the file and found the clips are all grey and the rig is no longer animated at ...
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Non linear Editor in Blender 3.2 is not playing animations on different tracks
I ran into a strange problem.
Usually if you have in the NLA Editor more than one track, and you chain these animations one after another on the timeline, they will play in that order.
You need to ...
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Remove the star icon from any stashed NLA track with a given name
I was wondering how to remove the star icon (see screenshot) from a stashed track with bpy. I want to loop through all selected objects whose stashed star track's name equals a string.
For future ...
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How do I repeat an NLA strip at the same speed it was before it was an NLA strip?
As the title says, I'd like to be able to repeat my animation at the speed it's currently at when I convert it into an NLA strip.
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Create NLA transition with Python
Is it possible to create transition between clips with python?
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Stash actions of all selected objects and rename their NLA track to the same name
Situation:
I was doing a physic simulation with thousands of small objects. I baked those into keyframes => should be 1st animation.
Now I want to do this again for a second animation.
Problem:
I ...
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How do I make a cloth simulation animate on 2s(or 3s, and just simulations generally)
I have this cloth simulation and I want to animate it on 2s but there are no keyframes. I just want to use the NLA track and put a stepped modifier for the cloth simulation so I can animate it on 2s ...
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Changing NLA Strip/Action Names
It seems incredible that I should have to ask this, but it is always such with Blender... How can I change the action strip data names (I'm not even sure what to call them, curse the NLA stack)? ...
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Is there a way to snap current frame to selection?
When I using NLA or Graph Editor or something related to the timeline,I can only snap the selection to current frame,but if I want to align selection-B to the end of selection-A,the only way I can do ...
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How to organize multiple NLA track compositions?
I'm working on a character for a game and I want to organize his individual animations (still, walking, attacking) with NLAs.
First, I wanted to use one NLA track per animation and render them out ...
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Bake two NLA strips in a single animation
i'm getting mad with this.
I'm trying bake a single animation from different NLA strips, but i can't do it.
I imported a character with a skeleton and i added some animations with a retargeting from ...
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'Flicker' NLA Strips through Python?
I am working on a project where I have a few hundred pipes represented as curves that exist in 3 states:
Visible and Static
Animated (Scaling Curve depth to 0 from ...
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Move Strips and add transition in NLA editor using python
System Information Operating system: Windows 10
Blender Version 2.93.5
Hi, im fairly new to the python scripting in blender, how would i go about moving these 3 action strips from this:
To this, ...
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How can I push all actions into Nla trough blender headless with python
I'm trying to write a script that pushes all the actions into NLA for the selected active object or a rig. But I'm using blender through the command prompt so I can't use code that has UI like
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How to change the location and 'angle' of an animated rig produced with Rokoko motion tracking suit?
Hello Blender community,
I recorded a simple animation with a Rokoko motion tracking suit, for a character.
It consists in a walk from a point A to a point B.
In between the character zigzag a bit, ...
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When duplicating an action in the NLA editoris it suposed to create a new source action each time?
Like I said above, as of Blender 3.0 whenever I duplicate an action in the NLA editor it creates a new action entirely. Previously when you would duplicate an action in the editor, it would make ...
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Editing the action strips in the NLA editor
Are the action strips in the NLA editor able to be actually edited, as you would edit clips in a NLE? I was hoping I could grab the end of one and drag to trim it, or say ctrl-drag the edge to stretch ...
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non liner animation strips have rotate problem
trying to make loop animation by mixing .mdd animation by NLA window.
as base model has no transform(position at 0, rotateion is 0)
first import animation by mdd, and duplicated strip,
then the ...
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Using NLA editor for an armature, the animation breaks up. how can it be fixed?
I used the NLA editor to put two actions (the second one was a walk cycles action) together to fix the position of the armature in the second action. The position got fixed, but the walk cycles ...
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Is this a bug with action editor?
Does anyone know what is wrong with my NLA Editor? It says I have a key frame at the end of the animation but clearly it is not there. What is going on?
I was able to find the key frame in the ...
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'List' of Properties in NLA Strip Pt.2
In relation to 'List' of Properties in NLA Strip. see that part for details...
How can I get the list (and its custom properties) saved into a "specific" NLA Strip, so the item(s) ...
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'List' of Properties in NLA Strip Pt.1
I've got this UI element, outlined in red in the image, in the NLA Editor. I can make the UI elements, but I need help with the logic.
How can the 'UI List' contain just the two custom properties ...
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Animate plants growing along path as camera passes
I've created a plant object with a simple growth animation action and arranged many of them along a path in my scene. I've animated my camera moving along this path, and I would like the growth ...
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Why does 'bpy.ops.nla.fmodifier_add' fail due to 'context is incorrect' error?
My nla strip confirmed that the active attribute is True, but bpy.ops.nla.fmodifier_add failed due to the context is correct ...
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how to extend this animation to infinity?
So I have this kind of animation:
It changes the location of an object in steps:
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NLA animations aren't combining
I have two animations, one that makes my object bob up and down, and another one that moves it around. I have given both of these a fake user (shield icon) and have pushed them down to the nla ...
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Exporting blender project in gltf with multiple animations
I have create a simple box opening and close animation in my blender project using the NLA editor, I need to export this project to gltf format in order to convert later on the file using Reality ...
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Adding bone keyframe to a new action affecting/changing previously saved action
My charater model have one set of deforming bones, and another set of target bones that is driving the deforming bones through constrains. I create the target bones by duplicating the deform bones,...
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combining glTF animations in Blender 2.93
I would like to combine Mixamo animations from glTF source into a single animation and export it (glTF) for game engine usage.
I grabbed 3 different animation sequences (robot, robot-talk, robot-dance)...
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Cannot keyframe multiple bones
Hey guys i have a little problem with keyfreaming.
Anytime i select some bones in pose mode, rotate them and hit [I] on the rotation properties, blender inserts only one keyframe for one bone, the one ...
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How to combine multiple actions in blender 2.90 in a single baked strip to render?
My goal is to combine all my animations actions (clips) into a single baked animation. I found a youtube tutorial but is not useful for me.
LINK (MY FAIL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFV0oS7YVHQ
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Why does adding a second action sometimes result in two actions influencing each other?
I have been working with Blender for about a year almost exclusively to animate 3d models for games. I absolutely love it, save for the entire flow of action strip + NLA. The moment I think I ...
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Bake/Merge two or more NLA tracks into an action
I have two NLA tracks, one is the fist-clenching, and another is the leg-bending.
I'm able to evaluate them at the same time, so the leg is bent and the fist is clenched.
But my problem is, how can ...
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Saving NLA-Strip Configurations for Multiple Actions for further Animation
Is there a way to save NLA-Strip Configurations like this?
Here is whats going on in the scene:
walkcycle from left to right
look around with the head and other acting
tail wave
jump over obstacle
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NLA editor does not save keyframe changes
I tried to edit my animation like this:
Click on the action strip I want to modify
Press the Tab key to bring this strip up in the Action Editor
The strip turns green and the action is shown in the ...
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How to add Modifier to an NLA strip using Python?
Unlike objects, NLA strips do not seem to have the modifiers.new() method. Instead, there was a bpy.ops.nla.fmodifier_add(), so ...
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Name not reflected when generating nla strip with Python as strips.new() method
I looked at the api document and expected the name parameter of the strips.new() method to be reflected in the name of the strip, but it wasn't. Did I misunderstand anything? What is the purpose of ...
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How to export multiple NLA Actions to gltf?
Usually videogames require you to create your NLA action tracks and export them as an @action_name.fbx (unity) individually, so the game engine will pick them up and apply that .fbx data only to the ...
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How to export multiple combined animations in a single glTF file
TL;DR: I can't find a reliable way to export in a single glTF file multiple "composed" animation, i.e. themself composed of several animations.
I created, via the Action Editor multiple ...
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Why does the bottom BLUE NLA channel affect the upper tracks?
I have been trying to learn blender animation but I am vey frustrated.
I have a NLA question. The Blue NLA CHANNEL STRIP seems to affect the upper channels even though………….
According to the BLENDER ...
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Can't delete empty NLA tracks and unused animation strips
These two are not working also "Remove Empty Animation Data" option are not working too.
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Why do the bones move when editing an action strip in the NLA editor?
I just need to do a simple thing which is editing an action. I press Tab after selecting the action to enter the edit mode.
All of the sudden, the mesh moves before making any edits! Look at the arms....
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How to use Nonlinear Animation NLA Editor with Grease Pencil
I have a walk cycle made with Grease Pencil in Blender 2.9.
I would like to be able to use the NLA editor to duplicate it a number of times and operate on it.
I have seen a number of useful videos for ...
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Action editor's active action
I'm designing a stack of animations for a game, and once in a while the display will get stuck on an animation, regardless of the action I edit. How do I change the active action displayed in the ...
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