Tweener

Tweener has nothing to do with young people, basketball or that tennis move between your legs.

Instead, Tweener is a tool similar to TweenMachine or aTools/animBot. It allows you to quickly create in-betweens or adjust existing keys by interpolating towards adjacent keyframes, and can speed-up your workflow when creating breakdowns and in-betweens.

I am an animator myself and so I very much tailor the tool to my own needs.

Requirements

Maya 2017 Update 3 or later.

Installation

Download tweener-install.py (right-click, save link as...) and drag the file into Maya's viewport. Make sure it is a .py file and not a .txt file.

If you prefer to manually install the plug-in, refer to the "Installation" page in the wiki.

Documentation

Please refer to the wiki.

Getting Started

After installing Tweener, click the shelf button

Alternatively, you can execute tweener as a MEL command.

Tweener is quite simple. Select the tween mode and drag the slider to interpolate between poses. I'll encourage you to explore each type. See the description of each mode below.

Blend Modes

Icon	Mode	Description
	Between	Interpolates between two adjacent keys, ignoring the current key.
	Towards	Interpolates towards two adjacent keys based on the current key.
	Average	Interpolates towards the average value of the selected keys.
	Curve	Interpolates along the curve formed by the two adjacent keys' tangents.
	Default	Interpolates towards or away from the default value of each attribute.

Additional Buttons

Icon	Name	Description
	Overshoot	Extends the interpolation from [-100:100] to [-200:200] and allows you to go past the target.
	Key Hammer	Adds a key for all attributes, wherever a key is already set. This ensures that all attributes are keyed on all keyframes. Useful if you think like a traditional animator or need to retime.
	Special Tick Color	Sets the current frame, selected keys, or time range to the special keyframe tick color. Caution: This cannot be undone!
	Normal Tick Color	Sets the current frame, selected keys, or time range to the normal keyframe tick color. Caution: This cannot be undone!
	Live Preview	Toggles live preview when dragging slider.

Other Options

A few additional options can be accessed by right-clicking anywhere in the window.

The toolbar and preset button can be shown or hidden for a smaller window.

Keys can automatically use the special tick color. This applies to both new and existing keys. Caution: Modifying key colors cannot currently be undone! Note also, that due to a limitation in Maya, the selected range in the Time Slider panel will be lost when modifying the key color.

Known Issues

Please refer to the issues page for known issues.

Licensing

Tweener is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the license file for more information.

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