My secret animation trick you should always use, Retiming!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

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[@JCBordafdez]

You just gave me a new workflow. I usually did the retiming after posing the character. I never thought in retiming the reference footage first XD. Not that I won't end up doing it anyway, it all depends in how it feels at the end, but I think this is a great option for staging and planning ahead the shot better. Nice tip. Thank you!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Yeah, it's fast and easy... I generaly have an idea of what will be my timing, but I found doing it on the reference pretty convincing. I think that can be very powerfull with 60FPS refences

[@JCBordafdez]

@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN with anything really. The way I see it, it's like having a better (custom) timing when staging with your reference. I think the idea is brilliant and very simple. In a way you already time things if using multiple reference for a shot, cutting and placing things together; so changing the actual speed of each footage where desired it's just taking a little extra time staging. So it can be a good benefit at a low timing cost.

[@sambamproductions8883]

Wow... You just adjusted my workflow. This is too brilliant to ignore. It makes studying references so much engaging because you're manipulating it to fit your animation.

[@katlegodidit]

I've been doing this for my 2D animations, and yet I never thought it was an actual concept. Thanks for the education.

[@daryagd238]

Such a game changer! Absolutely love this, I'd never think about such workflow. Thank you so much for sharing with us!

[@nirmalroyalrich_3d]

I absolutely love the work of yours and at 08:40 this is one of my favorite animation of your and when i first saw that sudden stop it bugged me too, but i never questioned it. Looks even better now.

[@spider2544]

Thats one of the best animation directions i think ive ever seen, and ive been in games for 17 years. Fantastic stuff dude that makes mocap data so much more versatile

[@TheHypersonic55]

Fascinating and insightful stuff. Really appreciate you showing your process and highlighting these timing techniques.

[@NikolaNevenov86]

Sweet. The way I did it was cut the clip at the keyframes and drag the start and end keys of each clip. I didn't knew I could add keyframes inside....Thanks!

[@Magnum44357]

The video comes in clutch given what I have to get done this week.

[@DannySi]

This is amazing. Simplifies it so much

[@adityasingh-uz7yr]

Wow! This video is godsend. I would simply use the speed control effect in the effects menu of blender and use graph editor to retime stuff, but this gives retiming, at least for me, a new another meaning!! Thank you Pierrick!!

[@alexandreancel6423]

Really useful tips, as usual, thank you Pierrick !

[@bayroot7385]

I'm a simple man. I see video from Pierrick, I press the like button!

[@ThomasVelvitt]

No, you are a sophisticated, cultured man 💪🏻

[@bayroot7385]

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[@blackvertigoion36]

I swear, every day, I'm introduced to a feature of blender that I didn't know I needed. Thanks P

[@m.filmtrip]

Crazy, dude 🤩

[@duvanestupinan2385]

What a great video, thank you very much!

[@ukmonk]

Great video thank you PP! I always retime my reference video, makes animating much easier as you work out the timing you need before you actually start animating. I do mine in Davinci though, as didn’t know you could do this in Blender. Will try it now!! 😊

[@mszczesnik]

I use something similar to edit mocap in Blender. The "Animated Strip Time" option in NLA.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Yes, such a great tool. And I thought about it when I% found this tip.... I wish they were a curve editor for the sequencer too.

[@WaterShowsProd]

That's a good idea too!

[@PopStrikers]

I had no idea this existed. You just changed my life.

[@mszczesnik]

@@PopStrikers I'm glad :-)

[@iluv3dcr]

Thanks man!

[@WaterShowsProd]

That's a great idea about retiming the reference, rather than going back and doing the retiming on the animation after following the reference. It's a bit like doing a live-action animatic for an animated sequence. Ha ha! Great advice.

[@4120ify]

Thanks for this tip ❤️❤️

[@chagaze7199]

Encore une info super utile!! Je viens de passer des heures a retimer mes actions dans le NLA... Mais en l occurence pour les shortfilms, si on utilise des cameras complexes ou les objets/perso secondaires qui bougent derriere le personnage principale, editer la video va impacter la camera ou les perso arriere plan qui ne doivent pas forcement être accélérés comme l armature. Dans tous les cas cela permet tres rapidement de tester tres simplement et rapidement avant de déplacer tous les keyframes dans les actions, donc cela reste très utile dans tous les workflows!

[@devlinwekesa7295]

Your videos are always a great lesson and I really enjoy them Regards Pierrick

[@derkamon]

I used to block according to reference, then throw the reference away and continue from my head 😅 but that way I can keep my reference during all the animation process, and get the timing ready from the get go thank you

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@derkamon yes, me too. But now I believe it’s a great way to experiment and train the eye.

[@salientfilm]

dam u blender. dam u 2 hellll. lol. nice!! keep creating and inspiring!

[@8bpuser659]

Great advice

[@codymadeira3625]

Thanks for this!

[@simonp.7411]

Merci pour le contenu que tu fais Pierrick. Je serais curieux de connaitre ton avis sur le soft Cascadeur. Est-ce que pour toi c'est une vraie alternative à Blender et si tu trouves que toutes leurs features font gagner du temps.

[@VincentBurmeister]

Thanks a ton for this! Already added to my workflow. Could you give me a hint how to translate this to mocap raw data? Much appreciated

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

With the NLA. You can use time remapping on an action. Check out my NLA videos

[@kilutica3D]

Thank you for the Tutorial ☺

[@Villain_Productions]

Thanks a bundle, P2!

[@WendellRamos]

What an amazing tip.

[@animationpractice1166]

wtf!! THis is insane!! Would it be possible to dive in deeper into this video editor? I have not messed around with it at all. I only use it to string together png's into a mp4 file, when rendering with cycles. In theory, I could make clips of VFX explosions and projectiles with alpha channel. Then add them AFTER an animation, as a video on top of a video!!

[@jaye6612]

this feels like a pseudo mocap workflow, maybe you should clip in on the talks at the blender foundation on how to implement a proper mocap workflow into Belnder Perik

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Use the NLA

[@princekiminou1927]

tu rend l'animation tellement simple

[@dagoelius]

Thundercats intro was famous for its retiming action sequences.

[@randuxy]

@Pierrick Picaut - I use to do this in Maya using QuickTime pro on an imagine Plane. Can the video in Blender be added to an imagine Plane in the Layout scene?

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I’m not sure but I think you can. Just try drag and drop in a 3D scene

[@randuxy]

​@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN I mean while it is still in the blender Video Editor, so you could still retime it while using it in the Layout scene as a reference. I thought you might know off hand since you have used this Blender feature.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

​​⁠TBH I always retimed animation in other software… a simple habit, but I would probably use blender now, because I like the tool. Also I never drop references in my 3D view, I give them a wich check in a jsy frame pro.

[@Andrii_broov3rD]

Hi, Pierrick. I recently purchased the AOER2 course. Would it be possible to exchange it for your other course, Alive, or request a refund to switch courses, as they are the same price? I’ve realized that I’d like to focus on developing animation skills first and return to rigging later. Thank you.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Done 😊

[@Andrii_broov3rD]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Yeah!! Thank you))).

[@szmeew]

OMG It could be a powerful tool...

[@jannraquitome8495]

Is this lesson included in your course?

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Nope... not yet at least :)

[@cgbintang]

​@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN this is very useful, you should put it into your animation course as an additional resources, your course is amazing so far!

[@WynterLee-e2u]

Can the lecture video subtitles be converted to Korean?

[@liffaman]

i'd say, you're a bit of a genius! 😅😅

[@Ranss-game]

Hi pirerick can u do some lips sync tips tutorial animation

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Not in my plan ATM

[@Avishek-b5y]

Hi pierrick,Can your course cover weight painting? I subscribed Blender studio, others youtube videos but i can't understand how to weight paint clothes base mesh &weight painting empty Grup. I just visit your website interested to buy rig course.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@Avishek-b5y yes, it’s explained in detail

[@Romaelzo]

you have no idea how we can easily do this in maya! :D everytime i think about learning blender i find something that scares me! because it will never be as easy as maya for animation

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@Romaelzo you should try tho. There are a lot of neat features with blender

[@Romaelzo]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN i was really planning to buy ur animation course but every time i compare it to Maya workflow and tools i get cold feet :D still thanks for the content i like it!

[@naplex7390]

@@Romaelzo the course is still very good even if u don't use blender ,but u must be used to maya so u can follow up with the tools.

[@QueenAI-ph1xi]

Disney like movements (not that i dont like it)