Pose Editor

In the Pose Editor you can create and animate poses. From single, double to threesome's - the possibilities are endless.

1 - 3D Scene Area
2 - Animation Panel
3 - Toolbar
4 - Model you are posing
5 - Status HUD
6 - Timeline

• Start the Game and “Login”
• Click on “New Scene”
• Click on “Pose Edit”
• Select the “Location” you want to edit the Poses in, or chose the Pose Edit location with standard props.
• Click “Start”
• Choose “Person” you want to pose
• Choose “Type” of pose to be edited: Interactive or animations.
• Choose “Body Part” you want to manipulate… and HAVE FUN!

Note: The 'Pose Edit' location includes standard base furniture and props that when used to create specific poses ensures the poses will be usable in all scenes.

The base furniture in this location is standardized scene to scene and location to location.

For instance if you use the chair in this location to make a 'chair pose', that pose will work on all chairs in all scenes. Likewise if a pose is made to work on a table it will work on all tables in all scenes.

Depending on how a pose is animated and the angle desired for a new location some tweaking of poses may need to be made on the spot. In-scene location spot posing allows for fine tuning of the intricate details of a generic animation to be made specific to an exact location in every detail.

The Pose Edit locations has the following standard posing props:

Everyday: sofa, table, wall, chair, floor.

Fetish: trestle, cross, pillory high, pillory low.

Pose Editor - Basic Overview - CP
Pose Editor - Basic Toolbar - CP
Pose Editor - Basic Animation Panel - CP
Pose Editor - Tutorial 1 (Photopose) - CP
Pose Editor - Tutorial 2 (Basic Animation) - CP
Pose Editor - Tutorial (Basic Interactive Pose) - CP

• Use a stock Thrixxx pose as your starting pose
• Animate sex toys
• Use the Key Editor
• Additional tips and tricks
• Animating the Penis
• Advanced Facial Expressions

+ = Undo last action.
+ + = Redo last action.

+ = Create a new single, double or threesome pose.
+ = Save the current pose and thus make it available in the other game modes.
+ = Open previously saved pose.

= Set cameras lookat point to current manipulator position.
+ = Set the starting camera position for the pose. It will not add a visible keyframe in the timeline
+ = Set eye's lookat point to current camera position.
= Toggle Character Collision. (makes it easier to get the camera in close)

+ = Activate manipulator on picked part.
= Set manipulator to translation mode if available.
= Set manipulator to rotation mode if available.
= Hide manipulator.
+ + = Increase/Decrease/Reset size of manipulator.
+ = Set panel to display numeric values (pressing again switches back).

= Toggle automatic keying.
+ = Toggle key editing.
= Manually set keys at current frame.
= Jump to next key in timeline.
+ = Jump to next frame in timeline.
= Jump to previous key in timeline.
+ = Jump to previous frame in timeline.
= Jump to start of current timeline section.
= Jump to end of current timeline section.
+ / / / = Switch to timeline section 1,2,3 or 4.
= Start/Stop animation preview.

+ = make a screenshot.
+ + = make a hires screenshot.
+ + = make a screenshot on green background.
+ = start and stop video recording.

or + = rotate the light around a vertical axis one way or the other.
+ or + + = rotate the light around a horizontal axis one way or the other.

+ + = disable/enable GUI.
+ + = toggle the room visibility.
+ + = disable/enable mouse cursor.
= Show/Hide pick-boxes.

The Pose Editor UI allows control of every aspect of animating sexy poses for 1 to 3 characters.

The main dialog allows for selection of the location of a pose and type.

The UI uses a collapsible menu system that expands the dialog box to show more granular controls for each section.

Collapsed View	Expanded View

For extended list of controls use side bar slider to view complete lists.

Once a panel is open adjustments can be made.

When the panel is closed the changes are saved.

Undo and Redo can be performed at any time to revert back to a previous position.

There are two methods to choose body parts to manipulate.

Method 1 - List View	Method 2 - Mannequin View

By selecting different body part icons on the different body areas on the mannequin different controls will pop-up on screen to allow that part to be maneuvered.

Body parts that can be manipulated can be chosen on the mannequin by either of the cross or circular icons.

NOTE: Some body parts can only be changed using either one or the other of the 'translation' or 'rotation' modes but not both.

a) Translation uses the 'cross' symbol icon, b) Rotation uses the 'circular' symbol icon.

Once a body part is selected and one of the two types of controls has popped up hovering on the colored targets on the control then clicking allows for X-Y-Z manipulation.

Translation Mode Control	Rotation Mode Control

NOTE: The 'translation' and 'rotation' mode controls change 'shape' and function when chosen and alternated between.

Colored target areas corresponding with the X-Y-Z axises can be manipulated with the mouse by moving in the corresponding basic directions:

X Axis = left and right

Y Axis = up and down

Z Axis = back and forth

Translation Mode - Arrow Shapes	Rotation Mode - Tube Shapes

Clicking on the red-blue-green parts of the controls and then holding and dragging will create different behaviors with mouse movements.

If precise control is required for a pose when on Method 1 Pose view use CTRL=A to toggle between the standard UI and details dialog box.

The details form has 3 columns corresponding to X-Y-Z and numerical data in each field.

To fine tune a position of a selected body part enter new data

Pose Panel - List View	Pose Panel - CRTL + A - Details View

By selecting different body part icons on the different body areas on the mannequin different controls will pop-up on screen to allow that part to me maneuvered.

TIP: use the interactive controls to get the part as close as you can and fine tune the numbers only if you need to be more precise.

Experimentation and watching the tutorials is the best way to get a handle on the animation panel. ENJOY!

See the Animation Panel tutorial to see these controls in action.

It is possible to adjust the overall height and limb proportions using the controls under the “limbs” section. These controls are found in the animation panel.

This allows you to create models of different heights.

Warning There are a number of things to be aware of when adjusting model height.

• These adjustments are pose specific. You can't change the actual model proportions in the customizer, only in an individual pose.
• Someone downloading a pose with adjusted height will need to have purchased the pose editor to view the height changes. They will be able to view the height in the regular game or in sequences, but only if they own the Pose Editor option. They will still be able to load the pose if they don't own the Pose Editor, but the models will revert to their standard heights and the pose may not line up correctly.
• If you use a mixture of poses that have height adjustments and poses that don't in the Sequencer, the height of the models will change when the Sequencer loads a new pose. This shouldn't break the poses, but the continuity of your sequence may look a bid odd. (Hey, wasn't she taller than him in the last shot?)
• If you load an existing pose and make the legs shorter, the model will float above the ground. This is easily fixed by adjusting the positioning of the model (see image below).

TIP - If you share poses with adjusted heights on GamErotica, be sure to include tags and a description that mentions this. That way users looking for “short man, tall girl” will be more likely to find them. We suggest a shorthand tag of “TMSF” for “tall male / short female” or “SMTF” for the reverse. You get the idea.

The timeline uses key frame animation techniques to make basic or interactive animations.

There are two types of animation that can be created. A “basic” animation is a straight playback of the animation while an “interactive” animation allows the user to interact with the model and control the animation playback. E.g. by putting their mouse on the hips of a character and moving back and forth to control the thrusting action.

The Timeline (Interactive version shown)

Keyframe Indicators by Character

Each individual character is represented by a different color 'bar' in the timeline

Green Bars - Main Character = SexMate

Red Bars - Second Character = MySelf

Blue Bars - Third Character = 3SomeMate

You can filter the keys displayed in the timeline by closing sections that you don't want to see. E.g. if you close all the sections except for the “Face” you will only see the face keyframes displayed in the Timeline. This can be really useful when you want to adjust the timing of just one type of animation.

The timeline has 2 different modes depending on the type of animation to be created or edited.

Type 1: Animation

A basic 'animation' is just one long timeline split into 4 sections. The animation will play from the start to the last keyframe and then loop back to the start again. For Example:

• If you just create one new keyframe at the end of section 4, all 4 sections will be played in order (1-2-3-4).
• If you only create one somewhere in section 3, it will play section 1,then section 2, then section 3 up to the last keyframe and start over.

Type 2: Interactive

In this mode the 4 sections contain 4 different animation loops that are triggered under different conditions. The 4 numbered sections are initially set up to each contain a colored loop but they can be redefined to accomodate loops of different lengths.

In Interactive Mode the 4 sections are initially setup to contain the 4 different loops.

By rightclicking in the timeline you can set the Start/End of each individual loop. So, for example you could set the end of the Normal Loop to the end of section 3 and cramp the remaining loops into section 4. Just be careful not to overlap the different loop sections.

Green Section - Normal Loop: This is the loop which is played initially, up to the point where a person reaches his/her orgasm.

Red Section - Orgasm Loop:

When a person reaches an orgasm and this loop exists (you don't have to create one), this loop will be played. It will be played at least once, but if by chance you get a multiorgasm, it will be looped.

Blue Section - Cooldown Loop:

After the orgasm, the cooldown loop will be played until excitement reaches a certain level. Then everything will start over with the Normal Loop.

Grey Section - Penetration Loop:

This is a special loop that will play as soon as a user interacts with a person or sets the speed slider above zero within the game. See the Interactive pose tutorial for a demonstration.

Only items linked to 'interactive' targets will be animated by this loop and at the same time override all other animations on those targets.
Find a list of targets in this post: http://www.gamerotica.com/forums/viewtopic/t/1487
Basic Interactive Pose tutorial: http://www.gamerotica.com/video/view/285-pose-edit-tutorial-3-basic-interactive-pose

The Pose Editor includes an advanced key frame editing window called the Key Editor. This window displays all the key frames on the selected model in a grid format.

For a full description of how to use the Key Editor click here

Poses can be tagged in the Pose Editor. Tagging poses allows people to find them more easily when you share them on GamErotica.

To Tag a Pose in the Pose Editor

1. Load an existing pose or create and save a new pose
2. Click the “T” button at the top of the Pose Editor
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3. Add new tags or assign existing tags. Click on Available tags to assign them or Assigned tags to remove them.
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4. The tags will be assigned to the pose. You don't need to re-save the pose.

When we set keyframes in the Pose Editor or the Sequencer, we are creating poses at specific points in time. This could be the rotation of an elbow, the position of a hip, the amount of a sneer or the position of the camera, etc. In all of these cases we can also specify what happens between the keyframes. This is known as keyframe interpolation.

Let's start with a simple example.

Let's say you move the model's hand up and down a couple of times, setting keyframes in the timeline as you go.

By default, we will see smooth interpolation between the keyframes. This is essentially drawing a smooth curve as illustrated below. The purple dots are the keyframes and the short lines are the tangents which indicate the direction of the curve at each keyframe. The hand animation shows what this will look like on your model.

Handy tip: Where the curve is close to horizontal that is where the object is moving slowly. Where the curve is steep there is a lot of movement or speed. If the curve is flat there is no movement.

This actually looks pretty good, with one exception. The last two keyframes are the same so you would expect the hand to stay in the same place between them. Because the curve is being smoothed out it is introducing unwanted motion between the third and fourth keyframes. This might not look too bad here but it can be very annoying and it happens a LOT. Imagine if the hand was sitting on a desk? You would see it dipping into the desk at the end of the animation.

Let's look at linear interpolation for a moment. Linear interpolation is just a straight line between keyframes. The hand will go directly between the four positions at a constant speed.

Clicking the little “tangent” button next to the hand in the animation panel will change the tangent type to linear. For this example I did that for all of the keyframes.

What's the drawback of this? The motion will look very robotic and stiff. People don't move like that. The hand will stay on the desk though!

We have control over the tangents at individual keyframes so we can fix this pretty easily. If we go to the first two keyframes and change the tangent type to “smooth” we will have the best of both worlds. When you change the tangent for a specific keyframe it affects the curve between that keyframe and the one following it.

The last type of interpolation is called “flat”. With this type the tangent will always be flat or horizontal. The result is that objects will go slowly when they are near a keyframe and quickly when they are between frames. This is known as “easing in” and “easing out”. A nice side benefit of flat interpolation is that when two keyframes have the same value (like key three and four in our example) they will stay steady between the keyframes.

Here's what the curve and hand look like for flat interpolation.

Now go forth and animate!