Correcting flaws and enhancing animations

While using the camera is a great way to lie down animation quickly, you may find some anomalies pop up. In our case, the character’s head is turning but the actions are random in duration and appearance. Don’t worry, this is where the script comes in. By using it as a guide, we can plan out when to turn the head and for how long.

So, to add refined head turns to Chaz’s actions:

1. Go to the Record tab.
2. Expand the CHAZ layer.
3. Click on the take 4 - Camera Input sequence for Head & Body Turner.

Figure 11.29: Locate the Head & Body Turner behavior for CHAZ

4. Remove it by pressing the Delete key on your keyboard.

We are now going to re-apply the head-turn animation. We can do this using the webcam or with triggers. But we’re only going to focus on turning the head. To do this, let’s break down Chaz’s dialogue and plan out when we should...