Blends

A blend is a mix of two saved poses. It is a block on the dope sheet , in a scene, a clip’s shot or the fig editor. The frames between the two poses never snap to the grid, and the saved poses stay as they are.

The Blend block

Tap + on a fig’s lane, then Blend · two poses. The card has:

• Pose A and Pose B: The fig’s saved poses. See Poses .
• Blend: A slider from A to B. The fig on the stage follows your finger as you drag it.
• Glide: The blend moves over the block’s length. The slider becomes two: Starts at and Ends at.
• Parts: Whole fig, Upper, Lower, or one part. Upper takes the parts above the fig’s middle, and Lower the rest, so the body usually goes with Lower. A part with a move of its own stays on its move under a plain blend.

A pose or a blend on a lane glides into the next one over 0.65 seconds, and back to rest at the end.

Ease in and Ease out

Every block’s card has Ease in and Ease out, in steps of 0.1 seconds. A wedge on the block’s edge shows each one. Three poses with ease play in order with no jump between them. A block with no ease set plays as before.

Layers

Add layer on a block’s card adds a row Layer 1 with a pick from the fig’s Poses or Its moves, and the same parts chips. The upper body can stand in a pose through a Walk. A layer takes a pose or a move, not a blend. A new layer starts on the first saved pose and Upper. Delete on the row takes it off.

Layers work on a sheet only. Off the sheet, a part holds a pose or moves, never both. See Hand pose .

Falls toward

A Topple in a scene has a Falls toward row: Random, Forward, Back, Left, Right, or another fig in the scene. A fall toward a fig aims at that fig each time the sheet plays. Figs made before fall as they did.

Hooks and loose parts on the sheet

A hung move reads as a row under Its moves, so Hang goes on a block like any move. A loose part reads [Part] · Loose on its lane in a scene or a clip. See Hooks, hanging and loose parts .

In files and older versions

The fig editor’s sheet bakes blends, ease and layers into the fig’s Sheet move set, so scenes, .glb files and older versions of Ünflat play them. A clip’s video plays the holds, the glides and the returns as the sheet shows them. An older Ünflat opens a scene or a fig with blends and skips the new fields.