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  • SmartDancer 126 – Tutorial 110 – The Canon – CanonDance (aka DanceCanon)

    CanonDance  (aka DanceCanon) is a convenient way to change the animation that is chosen for the Canon.  Unlike the CanonAnimation1 or CanonAnimation2 entries on the *smartdancer nc inside the Animesh or SD Poseball, the DanceCanon command in Sequencer or PrepForm will apply to ALL avatars, be they animesh or avatars. The purpose is to provide…

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  • SmartDancer 125 – Tutorial 109 – The Canon – AutoCanon – Turns & Anims

    Unlike the previous post, which heralded TURNS without CANON, this post shows TURNS WITH CANON.  That is done using the TURNS&ANIMS option. This will  TURN a dancer at the SAME TIME (Turns&Anims)  as they are dancing their CANON DANCE/ANIMATION in the directions of: LEFT, RIGHT, 180, or HOME The default mode is (Anims Only) so you need to change…

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  • SMARTDANCER 124 – TUTORIAL 108 – THE CANON – TURNS

    You have the option to TURN a dancer at the SAME TIME (Turns&Anims)  as they are dancing their  CANON DANCE/ANIMATION in the directions of: LEFT, RIGHT, 180, or HOME as well as TURN-IN and TURN-OUT used when GROUPING the dancers into 2 GROUPS (HALF or ALTERNATE – X/Y). You also have the option to TURN a dancer WITHOUT…

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  • SmartDancer 123 – Tutorial 107 – The Canon – AutoCanon – AutoChat

    There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. AutoGlow AutoFade AutoColor AutoChat Auto values have an IN and OUT value.  The IN value is the value assigned at the…

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  • SmartDancer 122 – Tutorial 106 – The Canon – AutoCanon – AutoColor

    There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. AutoGlow AutoFade AutoColor AutoChat Auto values have an IN and OUT value.  The IN value is the value assigned at the…

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  • SmartDancer 121 – Tutorial 105 – The Canon – AutoCanon – AutoFade

    View AutoCanon – AutoFade Video There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. AutoGlow AutoFade AutoColor AutoChat Auto values have an IN and OUT value.  The IN value is…

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  • SmartDancer 120 – Tutorial 104 – The Canon – AutoCanon – AutoGlow

    There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. AutoGlow AutoFade AutoColor AutoChat Auto values have an IN and OUT value.  The IN value is the value assigned at the…

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  • SmartDancer 119 – Tutorial 103 – The Canon – Canon Order

    Canon Order works by determining which order in turn that the Canon-ed dancers perform their animations and/or turns. They are assigned numbers: ArtistePalette_01_J = 1 ArtistePalette_01_K = 2 ArtistePalette_01_L = 3 ArtistePalette_01_M = 4 ArtistePalette_01_N = 5 ArtistePalette_01_O = 6 ArtistePalette_01_P = 7 ArtistePalette_01_Q = 8 ArtistePalette_01_R = 9 An order is defined by 9…

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  • SmartDancer 118 – Tutorial 102 – The Canon – Reverse

    Canon Reverse performs the Canon in Reverse alphabetical order.  In this case RQPONMLKJ I place R in the middle because that position works best for formation transitions. You can change the ORDER of canon without manually re-positioning the dancers using the Canon Order feature which will be discussed in the next tutorial. There is a…

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  • SmartDancer 117 – Tutorial 101 – The Canon – Basic Canon

    NOTE: For more in depth information on Canons, see: Canon The Basic Canon simply has each dancer take turns animating a Canon Animation, either CanonAnimation1 or CanonAnimation2 or a run-time DanceCanon, each dancer dancing the length of the CanonInterval1 if SelectCanon1 is chosen or CanonInterval2 if SelectCanon2 is chose.  This Canon animation that usually interrupts a…

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