[Closed] Copying Morph channel values

This was quite a challenge, I’ve never done this before (well I have but not with a morpher)…

Okay, so here’s what we need to know…

1. We need a list of keys for the current object and morpher channel.This is relativly easy, but it took me some time to get my head around it, as it is Saturday morning. Bascially, the morpher keeps the keys for each channel in a list of subanim controllers.

These can be accessed in a number of ways, but for this purspose, the easiest is via a simple index (representing each channel…I hope)

$.morpher[1]

Will give use access to the first channel. This will need to some experimentation, but it works for me (but I only have one channel)
2. We need to get the current value for the current channel at the specified timeWow, that was a mouth full. Basically, getting the value of the channel is relativley easy

wm3_mc_getValue $.morpher 1

Will return the value of channel 1 at the current time
So now we armed with enough information to be dangerous…

(
 	local oMaster = $box01 -- The source object
 	local oSlave = $box03 -- The target object
 
 	local lstKeys = oMaster.morpher[1].keys -- Get a list of keys for the master objects morpher modifier
 	
 	-- Turn the animation on so we can record what we are doing
 	animate on (
 	
 		-- Loop through the key list
 		for kTime in lstKeys do (
 		
 			-- Set the current time context to the key's time value
 			at time kTime.time (
 			
 				-- Get the channel's value
 				-- Note, we are only dealing with channel 1
 				-- You could look through the sub-anims until you reach undefined
 				-- or simply use the channel you want...
 				local value = wm3_mc_getvalue oMaster.morpher 1
 				
 				-- Set the value of the target to match
 				wm3_mc_setValue oSlave.morpher 1 value
 			
 			)
 			
 		)
 		
 	)
 	
 )

That’s about it. I hope that helps…

Shane

Hey there Rustyknight!

Thanks for all the efforts you’ve put into his problem of mine (especially on a saturday morning!). This does help me a lot in getting in the direction that i want it to go, but this script doesn’t do exactly what i need it to do. It would be great if i were animating all the different characters in the scene at the same time, but the reason i need it is to be able to copy an existing morpher value TRACK (the entire timeline) from one animated character to another that doesn’t have any animation yet. The script you sent me works, but only on the active frame. And i wouldn’t want to have a keyframe per frame, only a copy of the values on the frames that are actually KEYED…

That way, i could have one character’s facial animations done for an entire song let’s say, and then bring in another character and just “copy/paste” the values on it for the entire sequence.

Wooo. That’s starting to ge complicated

Thanks for the help so far though!
Marc

Let’s say you have two objects with Morpher modifiers applied; $MorphA and $MorphB. Both have a target assigned to it’s first slot, and $MorphA has been animated. You can now copy the controller from $MorphA to $MorphB, just as you would using the trackview:

$MorphB.morpher[1].track = copy $MorphA.morpher[1].track

Leaving out the “copy” keyword will make it an instance instead of a copy.

Hope this helps,
Martijn