Pose Library

Pose Library

Reference

Mode

Pose Mode

Pose ‣ Pose Library

The Pose Library is a way to store pose positions so the same position can be used again later in the animation or to store different rest poses. Pose Libraries are saved to Actions. They are not generally used as actions, but can be converted to and from.

Browse Poses

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Pose ‣ Pose Library ‣ Browse Poses

Hotkey

Alt-L

Interactively browse poses in the 3D Viewport. After running the operator, cycle through poses using the Left and Right arrow keys. The name of the pose being previewed is displayed in the header region. After the desired pose is selected using Enter or LMB to make that the active pose; to cancel browsing, use Esc or RMB.

Pose

Index of the pose to apply (-2 for no change, -1 to use the active pose).

Add Pose

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Pose ‣ Pose Library ‣ Add Pose

Hotkey

Shift-L

If a pose is added, a pose marker is created. The Whole Character keying set is used to determine which bones to key. If any bones are selected, only keyframes for those bones are added, otherwise all bones in the keying set are keyed. Bones that are ignored by the Whole Character keying set are always ignored, regardless of their selection state.

Add New

Adds a new pose to the active Pose Library with the current pose of the armature.

Add New (Current Frame).

Will add a pose to the Pose Library based on the current frame selected in the Timeline. In contrast to Add New and Replace Existing which automatically allocate a pose to an action frame.

Replace Existing

Replace an existing pose in the active Pose Library with the current pose of the armature.

Rename Pose

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Pose ‣ Pose Library ‣ Rename Pose

Hotkey

Shift-Ctrl-L

Changes the name of the specified pose from the active pose library.

New Pose Name

The new name for the pose.

Pose

The pose action to rename.

Remove Pose

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Pose ‣ Pose Library ‣ Remove Pose

Hotkey

Shift-Alt-L

Deletes the specified pose from the active pose library.