3ds Max Animation with Biped

Exercise 10.7. Looping with Motion Flow

In this exercise, you’ll create a walk cycle using the Motion Flow tools.

1.	Load the file HAPPYDOGWALKLOOP.MAX from the CD. [View full size image] This file contains a 60-frame animation of three steps of a dog’s walk, similar to the one created in the Chapter 7 exercise “Walking the Dog.” In this walk sequence, the dog starts out from a walking pose. The dog’s pose on frame 40 is the same as it is on frame 0. On frame 60, it matches frame 20. This gives us 20 frames of leeway between frames 40 and 60 for making a good transition.
2.	Select any part of the biped and go to the Motion panel.
3.	Click Save ...