Questions tagged [nla-editor]
Questions related to the NLA (Non-Linear Animation) editor in blender.
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How to retarget multiple Mixamo actions to a single character armature
I'm using Mixamo motion-capture animations in Blender and retargeting them to my character using the Animation Retargeting add-on. I successfully retargeted one action ("Swimming"), and it ...
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Animation breaks between duplicated and reversed NLA strips
I’m continuing from this thread for my current project. I have an NLA strip that I duplicated and reversed — both strips play correctly on their own. However, between the clips, the armature bone and ...
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Merged Action with multiple objects still creates separate strips in NLA — is this expected?
I have a table with an armature. Previously, each element — the armature itself and the four table legs (which had slight position and rotation adjustments) — had its own separate Action. I then ...
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How can I merge or combine multiple Actions into a single Action without baking while preserving tweening?
While animating some bones and making minor adjustments directly to the mesh, I ended up with several separate Actions. I had forgotten to create a single Action first and add all the animations to it,...
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Duplicated NLA editor strip item not playing in reverse
I have this strip in the NLA editor which animates the object fine. No problem.
Then I select it and press Shift+D to duplicate it, and then check Reversed, but it’s not animating at all. I want to ...
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Why does my pushed-down action in Blender’s NLA Editor only create a 1-frame strip?
I have a BlenderKit subscription and added this animated orange cat asset:
When I click the star, I see what looks like a preview mode for the stashed action, as I can see it animate when I scrub the ...
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Cloth proxy physics simulation. Damping issue in key frame difference
Please advise on how to properly organize a project with Cloth physics simulation for different unrelated poses that follow sequentially within a single action (poses change drastically).
Here is the ...
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A good workflow for exporting animations of many objects to glTF
I've made a game asset that is a hierarchy of 50-ish mesh objects, most of them animated. The asset needs to have several named animations.
I've looked into ways of exporting this to glTF, but I ...
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Is there a way to remove partial frames? [duplicate]
I scale my frames on the action strip and now suddenly I'm getting like frame 5.5, 4.7 etc. etc.. But when I play animation, it's whole number.
Is there a way I can force blender to just have whole ...
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How can I bake IK constraints to bones?
I've made an animation using inverse kinematics on a model however I want to bake it to the bones because some other animations won't be using the kinematics.
In the NLA editor I have a strip ...
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NLA Editor & Library Override project organisation issues
Please help me understand how to organize work with NLA Editor if the character is loaded using “Library Override” method and its original file continues to be actively edited. We faced regular loss ...
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Can I merge two NLA strips?
Similar to an unanswered question of 2021, I want to merge two NLA strips.
I have unintentionally created a second NLA strip with animations, probably due to adding animations to an armature without ...
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Blender to Godot | Empty tracks and NLA track name duplication on import
Blender Version | 4.4.0
Godot Version | 4.4.1.stable
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I need to import a rigged, animated character into Godot. I'm using GLTF 2.0 as that's what Godot ...
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When adding speakers into my scene with scripting the audio doesn't play and doesn't create an nla soundTrack
The audio does work when I create the speakers manually, so I know it is not a general audio error
I have also tried to manually add an NLA track, but I could not find how to connect it to the audio
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Is there a way to create duplicate strip on NLA editor without it creating a new track?
By hitting Shift+D / Alt + D, I can duplicate the strip. But it always creates a new track which is annoying, can't I make it on the same track it's duplicated on?
I think there was already a ...
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