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- [Instructor] So let's add

quick timing pass to our blocking.

so is that we convert all those poses

into something that will look like an actual animation.

If you are doing the same animation as I do,

here is a screen capture of my timing.

You may have noticed that my key frame have colors.

In the dope sheet or the action editor

you can select keys and press R to give them a color.

Those different colors have a different label.

But those are just references.

They absolutely not affect the way the keys will behave.

And they are just here to give you

a point of reference in your timeline.

I personally never use them,

but for the course it's a good tool for you

to have a point in reference in time

whenever you are watching my content.

Regarding the timing pass in itself,

I advise you to work by chunks.

For example, I'm working on the timing

of the anticipation of the right cross,

the impact, and the overshoot.

And when this feels right,

I will try to time it with the previous pose.

Remember that you can use the video

reference to time your blocking.

I want the first two punches to flow pretty quickly.

Since I'm animating at 30 frame per second,

two to four frames between the two punches should be enough.

This way I should get the bam, bam I wanted initially.

With this first chunk done,

I can then work on the second half of the animation.

But I want a pretty big anticipation on the hook

to break the rhythm of the animation

and also give it more strength.

Though some poses are easier to time,

like the overshoot of the kick generally.

And overshoot is one or two frame

after the current hit on the current extreme.

There, it's a lot of back and forth.

You have to play the animation a lot,

then move some of the keys and see

if the flow is getting better.

I would also recommend you to share

your work at this stage if you can.

It's always very valuable to have fresh eyes upon your work,

even if it's not a professional animator.

When you're animating all day long,

you easily get over focused and you have a hard time

spotting what's wrong or right into your animation.

So as you can see, I played the animation several time,

and then I decided to whether increase

or decrease the length of a pose.

Here for example, I will make the anticipation

from the hook a little longer.

It will bring more power to the hook.

One last advice I'd like to remind you,

give yourself some space at the end of the animation.

This way you will clearly identify

when the animation is finishing and when it's restarting.

It will remove the visual noise of your character

jumping from one position to the other.