Time and Space 3.48 Beta

Timeline and curve editor for Daz Studio PC Version 32Bit/64Bit

Free Version

**Now includes Animated Background Manager**

Installation

Download timespace.zip

Unzip into your
C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio3\plugins\
folder, and you will end up with
C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio3\plugins\timespace
C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio3\plugins\timespace\timespace.dll

Restart Daz Studio
View->Tabs->Time and Space

Basic Usage

* Select an object
* Select the properties and morphs you want to view curves for in the property selector (left panel in Time and Space)
* Click and drag Keys (in the free version only one key may be moved at a time)
* Look out for instructions in the status bar when you hover over an area or button
* Developers can use the integrated Debug Window (bottom right button, call dzApp->warning(QString); to print text here )

Buttons

* Curves / TimeSlider  : View Mode
* Linear Keys : Sets the keys within the playrange to Linear
* Constant Keys : Sets the keys within the playrange to Constant
* TCB Keys : Sets the keys within the playrange to TCB Spline
* Hermite Keys : Sets the keys within the playrange to Hermite Spline
* Add Key : Add a key
* Del Key : Delete a key
* Del All : Delete all visible keys
* <<Key : Go to previous Key
* Key>> : Go to next Key
* Zoom All : Zooms the view to show all keys
* AutoZoom : Automatically keeps all keys in view
* M+ : Add a named marker
* M- : Delete a marker
* <<M : Go to previous marker
* M>> : Go to next marker

* Start / Previous frame / Play / Next Frame / End /
* Loop : Loop playback
* Realtime / Play every frame
* Bg... Load an image or image sequence for the animated background
* Background Frame Offset : How many frames to offset the loaded background(s)
* Live : Increase update speed to instant, may be slow on complex curves, good for use with the Life Plugin

Timeline

* Click and drag tabs to adjust time and play ranges.
* When Realtime mode is enabled, dragging the playhead (red box) to the right plays to the cursor
* When Realtime mode is disabled, dragging scrubs the time
* When an image sequence is selected in the background a blue bar will appear showing the animation range.

=====Property Selection=====
* Select properties to show animation curves
* Quickly select properties by dragging over the names

Curve Editor

* Click and drag to move a key
* Double Click to add a key
* Shift + drag : constrain movement
* Ctrl + drag : snap move
* Right-Button+drag : Pan
* Wheel : zoom

* Status Bar - Shows help and Daz Studio status
* Expand Debug Window - for script and plugin developers

Using the Debug Window

* Great for script developers and plugin developers, or just to see internal messages of Daz Studio
* Expand the Debug window using the button on the bottom right
* The window now echoes debug and warning output
* You can output text to this window using dzApp->warning( "Message" );
* or use qDebug()<<"Some text"; (remember to #include <qtcore/QDebug> )
* from Daz Script use debug( "Message" );

Update Log

• 3.5 - Fixed "Inbetween frame" time. Quick parameter adjust, more key deletion options, general bugfixes
• 3.48 - More Key deletion options, crashproofing, animated background visualisation.
• 3.44 - Key modes, Background offset
• 3.43 - More crash fixes
• 3.42 - Fixed Background Image crash, added more animated background name types (#.jpg, pic_#.jpg, pic #.jpg, *.png)
• 3.412 - Fixed Memory leak
• 3.41 - Added animated backgrounds
• 3.40 - Added markers
• 3.39 - Updated graphics
• 3.38 - Integrated debug window