Long Winter

Animator on Ice Age, Life of Pi, and Love Death + Robots. CG Sup at Little Zoo. Rigger and pipeline developer. Lover of Visual Motion.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

KeyPro - An advanced timeline for animators. https://t.co/o9w5aokGNA

All the animator tools you know and love at a killer price and with an interactive timeline. Check it out if you're into that kind of thing.

This character is "SpaceDuck" and I like him.
#CharacterAnimation #maya #goodtimes

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@nextkeyframe @michaelCuevas27 @KielFiggins facts

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

You betcha!

[Puneet @BlahblahPeet]

@Long_Winter Can we assign these tools to hotkeys?

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@BlahblahPeet yep! there is a built in hotkey manager that creates a duplicate hotkey set from any set you currently have. It adds all the functionality to the new set. You can also export/import that hotkey set.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

KeyPro - An advanced timeline for animators. https://t.co/o9w5aokGNA

All the animator tools you know and love at a killer price and with an interactive timeline. Check it out if you're into that kind of thing.

This character is "SpaceDuck" and I like him.
#CharacterAnimation #maya #goodtimes

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@yuyangzhao112 Perhaps!
Most people I have talked to use maya's default vs animBot. I am trying to figure out what is redundant.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

Align Copy and Paste has been added!

#KeyPro v1.21 is up!

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

Will be adding some features to the "Align" function this weekend.

Let me know the features you can't live without.
I'll add 'em!

#KeyPro #characteranimation #maya

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

For all you fine folks working in #Maya2027, I've got good news!

All tools are updated and working in maya 2027!
As always, let me know if you have any issues and I'll help you sort 'em out. 🤘

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@nextkeyframe oh, that's super interesting.
I find myself guessing my intervals all the time and just approximating. Esp early in a shot. This is a great idea!

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

Will be adding some features to the "Align" function this weekend.

Let me know the features you can't live without.
I'll add 'em!

#KeyPro #characteranimation #maya

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

#KeyPro Ask and I'll make it!
Middle mouse click-drag == Store pose and paste!
You get a nice visual aid as well.

Dreams!
#characteranimation #maya #goodtimes

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@nextkeyframe ah, good heads up!
I'll get that sorted in the next update.

[Gogan (Go-gan) @gogananimation]

From a recent paid animation review 👇

One of the most common issues I see:

Characters move before they look where they’re going.

In real life, we always verify first — our eyes lead the action.

This is the kind of detail we fix in reviews.

#animation

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

#KeyPro v1.2 is out today with a few minor fixes and adjustments.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

#characteranimation #maya

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@yuyangzhao112 yep, use middle mouse instead, it's lovely.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

#KeyPro Ask and I'll make it!
Middle mouse click-drag == Store pose and paste!
You get a nice visual aid as well.

Dreams!
#characteranimation #maya #goodtimes

[百艺术生 @yuyangzhao112]

@Long_Winter 兄弟，我该如何复制单帧pose，maya中可以按鼠标中键进行拖动复制，这个工具鼠标右键复制只能复制范围，没有办法单帧复制

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@yuyangzhao112 if you shift select, you can drag with left mouse just like the normal timeline.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@yuyangzhao112 You can make it as wide as you'd like.
if you want to add frames - alt the range, you can enter that into the frame start/end at the bottom.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

#KeyPro is live!

If you are looking for an animBot alternative that's adding new features every week and way cheaper, you should check it out.
https://t.co/tM44wbldud
#characteranimation #maya

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

Collaboration is the ultimate artform.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@Jaiydanimate I set it up so that when you middle mouse click, it stores the pose and when you release, it pastes it. no need to hit "S". :)

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

pushed update to the site!
https://t.co/tM44wbldud

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

@yuyangzhao112 You can select the key and copy paste - just like in the normal timeline. That middle mouse action is on it's way. :)

Make a selection and then right click. You can also use the inbetweener to match prev or next pose - and you can put that on a hotkey.

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

That was fun!
Thanks everyone who came by and picked up #KeyPro!

It's early days still and things are improving fast.
Looking forward to showing off the next update!

[Long Winter @Long_Winter]

Running a little promo - $30 for $KeyPro! This weekend only. 😎

All future updates - Easy to install - Hotkey Manager - and a whole load of other cool features.

Check it out!
https://t.co/tM44wbldud

#characteranimation #maya