Bezier Chop

[rejschaap]

Right now when I want to create an animation curve quickly I do the following:

- create a Fetch CHOP

- add a spare channel to it

- add keyframes with corresponding values to the channel

- import the channel in the Fetch CHOP

However, I think it would very handy if there was something like a Bezier CHOP.

I've installed the HDK myself and have been experimenting with it for a bit. So far I've created a CHOP that allows the user to create a channel that uses cubic interpolation on a fixed amount of points that can be adjusted in the viewer. I later found out that this is really a subset of what the Pulse CHOP is already offering.

It was a good exercise nonetheless.

What I'm thinking about is a Bezier CHOP where you could just draw a Bezier curve directly in the viewer. I'm not sure if the CHOP viewer controls would allow for something like this, the controls seem a bit more limited than the SOP controls. I'm wondering if anyone else thinks that such a CHOP would be useful. And maybe someone has ideas about how to implement this?

[edward]

Have you checked out the Spline CHOP?

[sibarrick]

Or if you just want a generator chop to make a keyframed curve how about doing it in an asset like this

curveChop.zip

Just keyframe the chan parameter, then you can use any animation curve types you like.

[rejschaap]

Yeah, I'm looking for a generator CHOP. Interesting asset there sibarrick, it saves a couple of steps to create a simple channel. I will see if I can do something with that and combine it with the Spline CHOP so I don't have to create keyframes.

Thanks for the suggestions!