From the course: Learning Cinema 4D Lite for After Effects
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Holding values
From the course: Learning Cinema 4D Lite for After Effects
Holding values
A common mistake newbie animators make, is they tend to animate from one value to another without halting on a value, so you end up with this kind of continuous movement that looks a bit awkward. And that's what we've done here, we've just gone from one value to another. So the robot is continuously moving. What we want to do is put a couple of holds in there. So he maybe holds his head in position for a couple of seconds before he moves it. So if you want to follow along, I'm in chapter04_05.c4d, and I'm in the Standard layer at the moment, or the Start-up layer. Whichever, one of the two would be fine. And if you have a look down at the bottom of the screen, you'll see my main timeline is hidden. But I can see my kind of mini timeline here, and I can play this by hitting Play Forwards or hitting F8, making sure on the Mac you hold down the Function key when you hit F8. And then we'll just stop playback. Now, at the moment, we can't really see our animation. But if you select…
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Understanding coordinates5m
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Understanding rotation2m 39s
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Timeline shortcuts3m 1s
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Basic keyframing of properties4m 31s
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Copying keyframes2m 3s
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Keyframe interpolation5m 20s
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Adjusting F-Curves5m 45s
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Holding values5m 8s
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Using XPresso to link properties: Part one4m 17s
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Using XPresso to link properties: Part two2m 27s
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Importing existing animations into CINEMA 4D Lite7m 34s
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Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite4m 37s
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Animating using presets4m 32s
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