Tips and Tricks on Pose Editing

This Page is meant to be a collection of handy tips on working with the Pose Editor.

Set the Manipulator to the persons Hip and move/rotate while holding the key.

If all persons should get moved at the same time, enable the All Persons Manipulating mode by either pressing the button or using the shortcut +.

If the persons are animated already, another manipulating option helps here, that not every key needs to be modified by hand.
Enable the Key Editing option by either pressing the button or using the shortcut +.
With this mode enabled, all keys get modified at the same time. This works very well for translational manipulation, but not always for rotational parts!

A single object can be selected by clicking on it with the Left Mouse Button while holding the button.
If the is additionaly pressed, the picked object will be added to the list that will be manipulated by the 3D manipulator.
Switching between translational () and rotational () manipulation will keep the multiselection active on objects that support the corresponding manipulation mode.
If an object cannot be picked in the 3D view, the Pose panel comes in quite handy to select objects! Also here, the key for multiselection works.

Each selected object gets hilighted in the Pose panel, showing you what objects will get manipulated at the same time. The manipulator itself is visible at the last selected object only.
Please note that manipulating works in each objects local space only!