In-Betweens¶

There are several tools for editing poses in an animation.

There are also in Pose Mode a bunch of armature-specific editing options/tools, like auto-bones naming, properties switching/enabling/disabling, etc., that were already described in the armature editing pages. See the links above…

Blend Pose with Rest Pose¶

Reference

Mode:: Pose Mode and Object Mode
Menu:: Pose ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Blend Pose with Rest Pose
Menu:: Object ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Blend Pose with Rest Pose

Blend with Rest Pose linearly interpolates the current pose to the rest position. When blending with a negative factor, the pose is moved away from the rest position. Only one keyframe is needed for this tool unlike two for the other.

Push Pose from Breakdown¶

Reference

Mode:: Pose Mode and Object Mode
Tool:: Toolbar ‣ In-Betweens Tools ‣ Push
Menu:: Pose ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Push Pose from Breakdown
Menu:: Object ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Push Pose from Breakdown
Shortcut:: Ctrl-E

Push Pose interpolates the current pose away from the linear interpolation between the surrounding keys. On your current frame, imagine a pose that is linearly interpolated from the surrounding keys. That is the base pose that this tool interpolates away from.

Relax Pose to Breakdown¶

Reference

Mode:: Pose Mode and Object Mode
Tool:: Toolbar ‣ In-Betweens Tools ‣ Relax
Menu:: Pose ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Relax Pose to Breakdown
Menu:: Object ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Relax Pose to Breakdown
Shortcut:: Alt-E

Relax Pose is the opposite of Push Pose from Breakdown. Hence at full influence, the resulting pose will be identical to a linear interpolation between the surrounding keys.

Pose Breakdowner¶

Reference

Mode:: Pose Mode and Object Mode
Tool:: Toolbar region ‣ In-Betweens Tools ‣ Breakdowner
Menu:: Pose ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Pose Breakdowner
Menu:: Object ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Pose Breakdowner
Shortcut:: Shift-E

Creates a suitable breakdown pose on the current frame.

The Breakdowner tool can be constrained to work on specific transforms and axes, by pressing the following keys while the tool is active:

G, R, S: move, rotate, scale
B: Bendy bones
C: custom properties
X, Y, Z: to the corresponding axes

Blend to Neighbor¶

Reference

Mode:: Pose Mode and Object Mode
Menu:: Pose ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Blend to Neighbor
Menu:: Object ‣ Animation ‣ In-Betweens ‣ Blend to Neighbor
Shortcut:: Shift-Alt-E

Transitions the current pose with the neighboring keyframes in the timeline. In order for this operator to work, there must be a keyframe before and after the current frame.