"...pro's and con's between IK and FK. if you can make it interchangable i think anim8or will not only be the best modeller but the best animator as well....
I never thought about that.
I wonder whether IK animation systems can convert to FK?
Probably not, but if so, and Steve did introduce IK, yet kept the option of reverting to FK, that would defineately be pretty awesome.
But i do have a feeling that this wouldn't happen.
I imagine that IK data would be so completely different than FK data, that being able to convert from one to the other would be a massive amount of work.
(if anyone can correct me on this?)
As far as the pro's and cons between FK and IK go, i imagine that the pros for IK would be 'faster working' and 'no foot slip'. (seems to be biggest complaint about FK)
Not sure about the pros of FK.
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One thing i have thought about, in an FK system, would be to be able to 'lock the foot down', by means of a target of some sort. You could place the target where the foot is, and 'lock' the foot to it.
But thats all way beyond me really.
I agree that anim8or is a brilliant modeller. Just wanted to add my 2 cents to your thoughts.
I'll always be a Huge fan of Anim8or, no matter what.