Houdini 21.0 Reference Panes

Shot Sculpt

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The Shot Sculpt Pane provides a timeline-based view of the deformations created within the Shot Sculpt SOP. Objects within the timeline can be interacted with, and these actions will adjust the appropriate parameter data within the associated Shot Sculpt node.

To open the Shot Sculpt Pane, click the New Tab icon at the top of a pane and select New Pane Tab Type ▸ Animation ▸ Shot Sculpt

Overview

Main elements of the Shot Sculpt Pane

The Shot Sculpt Pane visualizes Tracks in a hierarchical list across the timeline. Each Track is split into a Track Header and a Track Area, along with an additional row that visualizes the Track’s Weight parameter using an animatable curve.

Each Track can house any number of Clips. Similarly, each Clip can house any number of Poses.

To...Do this

Pan

+ Drag

Zoom

+ Drag

⌃ Ctrl +

Move Clips and Poses

+ Drag Clip container or Pose marker. This also applies to selections of Clips, Poses, and Keyframes.

Duplicate Clips or Poses

Alt + + Drag Clip container or Pose marker. This also applies to selections of Clips and Poses.

Set Keyframe

Alt + within Track-Weight Area.

Restrict Keyframe Movement

⇧ Shift while dragging to restrict to horizontal axis.

⌃ Ctrl while dragging to restrict to vertical axis.

Adjust height of Track Area

+ Drag between Track Header and Track-Weight Header

Adjust width of Track Header

+ Drag between Track Header and Track Area. The Track Headers can fully collapse with this action.

Collapse or close Track-Weight

on the arrow icons within the Track-Weight Header or Track Header

Selections

Track Selection

Within Shot Sculpt, only one Track can be selected at a time. The Selected Track is highlighted with a grey overlay.

To...Do this

Select a Track

on the Track Header
Object Selection

Clips, Poses, and Keyframes can all be selected. Their selection state is completely independent of the Track selection.

Select

⇧ Shift +

Add to selection

⌃ Ctrl +

Remove from selection

⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift +

Toggle selection

Selection Rectangle

+ Drag activates the Selection Rectangle, which adjusts the selection state of any object it intersects. The same keyboard modifiers that apply to regular selections also apply to the Selection Rectangle.

Toolbar

Add Sculpt Track

Adds a Sculpt Track.

Add Blendshape Track

Adds a Blendshape Track.

Add Mask Track

Adds a Mask Track.

Add Clip

Adds a Clip within the Selected Track at the Playhead.

Add Pose

Adds a Pose within the Selected Track at the Playhead. If the Playhead is intersecting an existing Clip within the Selected Track, the Pose will be inserted into this Clip. Otherwise, a new Clip will be created to house the new Pose.

Split Clip

Splits a single Clip into two at the Playhead. This will only have an effect if the Playhead is between 2 Poses within the Selected Track.

Merge Clips

Merges any number of selected Clips within the Selected Track into one. This will only have an effect if all selected Clips are on the Selected Track.

Hotkeys

Hotkey

Action

Available in Viewer State

Add

⌃ Ctrl + T

Add Sculpt Track

⌃ Ctrl + B

Add Blendshape Track

⌃ Ctrl + M

Add Mask Track

I

Import Pose

Edit

⌃ Ctrl + C

Copy: Copies selected Clips and Poses

⌃ Ctrl + V

Paste: Pastes copied Clips and Poses

⌦ Del

Delete: Deletes selected Clips and Poses

X

Split Clip

M

Merge Clips

⇧ Shift + L

Lock: Locks the selected Track

⇧ Shift + M

Mute: Mutes the selected Track

⇧ Shift + S

Solo: Soloes the selected Track

View

H

Home: Adjusts the timeline view to your home frame range

F

Frame Selection: Adjusts the timeline view to center your selected Clips and Poses. If nothing is selected, the full set of Clips and Poses will be centered.

⇧ Shift + →

Jump to Next Pose: Jumps the Playhead to the next Pose within the selected Track

⇧ Shift + ←

Jump to Previous Pose: Jumps the Playhead to the previous Pose within the selected Track

⇧ Shift + ↑

Jump to Next Track: Selects the next Track within the hierarchical list

⇧ Shift + ↓

Jump to Previous Track: Selects the previous Track within the hierarchical list

A

Track Color: Sets the Color Mode to Track Color

S

Clip Color: Sets the Color Mode to Clip Color

D

Pose Color: Sets the Color Mode to Pose Color

V

Color Selected Track: Toggles the Color Visualization for the Selected Track

B

Color Other Tracks: Toggles the Color Visualization for unselected Track

Track Looks

Error State

Tracks can enter an error state in two ways: either through changes to the Track Type after deformations have been created, or through improper use of Joint Space

The offending Clips and Poses will be highlighted in Red. If the offending data is resolved, the error state will clear.

When a track is in an error state, it is effectively muted. Meaning that no edits resulting from this track will be applied upon your geometry.

Muted

A muted track means that no edits resulting from this track will be applied upon your geometry.

Locked

A locked track means that Pane-driven interactions with this Track will be disabled, and viewport edits while this Track is selected will be rejected.

Soloed

When a Track is Soloed, all Tracks except for itself will be Muted. This action will override any existing Muted Tracks.

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