Quick Start
With Plask Motion, you can create an animation in as little as 3 minutes.
Tutorial: Youtube Video
Follow the 5 steps
1. Import video
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Click the Import menu at the top of Outliner or click Add under Assets.
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Select the video you want to extract motion from.
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When the “Extract motion” button is active, click it.
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When the extraction is complete, verify that the item has been added to the Asset tab.
2. Visualize model
- Drag and drop one of the models from Asset into Canvas.
- Check that the model is added to Outliner and Canvas.
3. Apply Motion
- Drag and drop the extracted animation onto the bone you want to apply it to.
- Confirm that the Animation has been added to the Track.
4. Play Scene
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Press the Play button to play the animation.
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If you want to modify the segment that plays, modify the From and To values in the bar.
5. Export
- In Outliner, select the bones you want to extract.
- Click the Export menu at the top of Outliner.
- Select the desired format to export.
- Take the Motion you create in Plask into your 3D tool or game engine and continue your work.
Explore Plask design
Canvas
- A panel that visualizes the 3D models and animations in your Scene.
- You navigate with the mouse and modify animations with gizmos and more.
Outliner
- A panel for viewing nodes and selecting the hierarchy of 3D assets in your Scene.
- Add and delete nodes.
Asset
- This panel is where you manage the Models and Animations that you utilize in your Scene.
- Import and delete files from your PC.
- Toggles between icon view and list view.
Timeline
- A panel that shows and edits 3D animations in the Scene by track.
- Pan, trim, and delete animations.
Curve editor
- Entered by selecting a node in the Outliner or by double-clicking Animation in the Timeline.
- Select one or more properties to reveal keyframe curves for the properties.
- For each animated node, modify the position and rotation values in the Curve Editor.
- The horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis is property values.