Updating Imported Animations

Once you've imported your animation from DAZ|Studio into Bryce, you may find that you need to make some changes to the animation. However, you do not want to just go back into DS and reimport the animation into Bryce.

When you import static objects from DS into Bryce, then go back into DS to make changes, Bryce deletes the old object and imports the updated object as a new object. The same thing happens to the object(s) for an animation, but the animation itself isn't completely removed. If you don't delete the animation in Bryce before going back into DS, the old animation will be deleted but not the working range. You'll then end up with X number of frames of nothing and X number of frames of the new animation.

Imagine having an animation of 500 frames that you've re-imported into Bryce four times. When you are done, you'll have 500 frames of nothing, then 500 frames of the actual animation.

This is why you need to save the scene in DS before you import the initial animation into Bryce (just in case).

To update an animation in Bryce from DS:

1. Make sure the Time palette is visible and

• On the PC, press Ctrl+Shift+Alt and click on the Remove Keyframe button.
  
  
  
  A popup will come up indicating that all keyframes have been deleted.
  
  
• On the Mac, select all the objects that were imported from DS, then press and hold on the Remove Keyframe button. Follow each object group arrow and choose All Timelines from the menu. Repeat for each item in the scene.
  
  

2. From the menu, choose File > Animation Setup. The Animation Setup dialog will come up showing the current frame and duration.
   
   
3. In the Animation Setup dialog, set the Current Frame and Duration to zero (0) in all the fields. Click on the OK icon to close the dialog.
   
   
   
   This will remove the Working Area in the timeline and move the scrubber to the first frame.
   
   
4. Launch DS by clicking the Launch DAZ|Studio button located at the right side of the Create palette.
   
   
5. Modify the animation as needed, close DS, and the animation will import into Bryce.

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