Has anyone had any success in getting the states of their characters change poses more smoothly without animating them in a separate software program and then importing?
If the character's change of pose needs to occur when the timeline reaches a certain point, you could simply insert the character twice, once for each pose.
Give the first pose a Fade exit animation.
Give the second pose a Fade entrance animation.
Adjust the characters on the timeline so the animations overlap.
For transitions that happen based on a click, you can put the poses into different states, and add Fade animations while in edit-states mode.
You can't add Animations to the original object when editing states. However, you can add animations to other objects that are inserted/pasted into a state. So, for character transitions, you'll cut & paste the character within each state, and then add animations. Those animations will play during state changes.
The attached file shows these methods. The fade-between-states method isn't quite as nice a transition. It flashes a bit leaving the Normal state. Using a custom state instead of Normal might help. I suggest you play around with that if you want to use that method.
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If the character's change of pose needs to occur when the timeline reaches a certain point, you could simply insert the character twice, once for each pose.
For transitions that happen based on a click, you can put the poses into different states, and add Fade animations while in edit-states mode.
The attached file shows these methods. The fade-between-states method isn't quite as nice a transition. It flashes a bit leaving the Normal state. Using a custom state instead of Normal might help. I suggest you play around with that if you want to use that method.
Thank you!