Skeletal animation - keyframe matrix?
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Hi,
Recently, I'm trying to create a model format with skeletal animation, and an MS3D exporter.
So the problem I find, is interpolation between keyframes - as every keyframe looks for me just like a modelview matrix element (local translation & rotation), I thought I would simply mutliply it with parent node modelview matrix, and repeat until reaching the root node (of course in father-first order). But if I would have to interpolate between to keyframes, I don't know how to do it.
Would be easier to have euler rotations in keyframes, but according to some tutors mentioning about some "Gimbal's Lock", this sounds unstable.
Do I have to implement (and learn first :) ) quaternions? Or is it possible to bypass it? And if it is, how to do it (tutors, links?) ?
Quote:So the problem I find, is interpolation between keyframes - as every keyframe looks for me just like a modelview matrix element (local translation & rotation), I thought I would simply mutliply it with parent node modelview matrix, and repeat until reaching the root node (of course in father-first order). But if I would have to interpolate between to keyframes, I don't know how to do it.
Interpolating involves taking two values and figuring out the 'mix' between them based on the current time and the start/end times of the two values. Research methods called linear interpolation('LERP') and spherical linear interpolation('SLERP'), for an example: http://www.euclideanspace.com/maths/algebra/realNormedAlgebra/quaternions/slerp/
Quote:Would be easier to have euler rotations in keyframes, but according to some tutors mentioning about some "Gimbal's Lock", this sounds unstable.
Do I have to implement (and learn first :) ) quaternions? Or is it possible to bypass it?
I think the tradition for keyframe interpolation is to use quaternions which are easily converted into matrix form.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19980703/quaternions_01.htm
http://www.euclideanspace.com/threed/animation/keyframing/index.htm
everything is here -> http://rsn.gamedev.net/tutorials/ms3danim.asp
it does work for me
it does work for me
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