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1. Help sought animating a backwards spinning flip.

   

   

   Topic by Lindmark · Nov 2015 · Home› Animation Showcase & Critiques

   Good evening, animation rookie here. I've been trying to replicate the flip as seen at 0:04 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhYWEP-HiCk&index=3&list=PLb78d0p4ZglgnR_X-8rhTVm18DJsPsZoH But I've gotten stuck at the spinning of the body as he flips. When I try to rotate the body in the local Y-axis I get…

2. Re: Help sought animating a backwards spinning flip.

   

   Reply by brimblashman · Dec 2015 · Home› Animation Showcase & Critiques

   It will help to have a secondary controller to avoid getting into a gimbal mess. I normally have a child of the hips control to use during this sort of motion. As you won't really be able to avoid gimbal lock, and at certain points in the flip you won't be able to easily rotate in certain directions. If you animate the…

3. Re: Help sought animating a backwards spinning flip.

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Nov 2015 · Home› Animation Showcase & Critiques

   I moved your thread to the Animation section.

4. Re: Help sought animating a backwards spinning flip.

   

   Reply by Hito · Nov 2015 · Home› Animation Showcase & Critiques

   Probably the software interpolating back to 0 rotation instead of 360 or 720 through the shortest direction. Usually happens in situations like this with Euler interpolation. Try switching the rotation gizmo to Gimbal mode so you can see what the axis are actually doing in space, if any of the axis cross over another one…