In-Betweens

Blender’s in-between tools work inside an AutoPose session, on their Pose Mode shortcuts. They slide the pose on the current frame between, toward, or away from the keys on either side.

The difference from Pose Mode: with Natural Blend on, the selected joints move to their in-between and AutoPose settles the rest of the body around them, as in a drag.

The Four Tools

Each is a button in the Pose section and a shortcut in the viewport.

Tool	Shortcut	What it does
Breakdown	Shift + E	Slides the pose between the keys before and after this frame
Push	Ctrl + E	Slides the pose away from the breakdown of its keys
Relax	Alt + E	Slides the pose toward the breakdown of its keys
Blend	Shift + Alt + E	Slides the pose toward the key before, or the key after

Using The Slider

Every tool opens the same slider, which works like Blender’s.

1. Start the tool

   Press its shortcut or click its button. The slider opens at 50%.

2. Move the mouse to set the amount

   The bar appears in the header with the tool’s name and the current value, as in Pose Mode.

3. Confirm or cancel

   LMB or Enter keeps the result. RMB or Esc puts the pose back.

While the slider is open, the status bar shows the toggles:

Key	What it does
Mouse move	Sets the amount
E	Overshoot: past the ends of the range
Shift	Precision
Ctrl	Snap to increments
N	Natural Blend on or off
H	Follow Hips on or off

Compare with the slider open

N and H update the pose at once. Changing the frame closes the slider.

The Selection Decides What Blends

The selection before starting a tool decides what moves:

Select nothing

The whole body blends.

Select some joints

Only those joints blend. The rest adapts around them or stays put, depending on Natural Blend.

Frozen joints and planted feet you did not select stay where they are.

Natural Blend

Natural Blend, on by default, decides whether the rest of the body responds to the blending joints.

On (default)

The joints that blend move to their in-between position, and the rest of the body adapts around them, as in a drag.

Off

Each controller blends on its own, as in Pose Mode. Nothing adapts around it.

Follow Hips

Follow Hips, off by default, decides what the blended positions are measured against.

	The blending joints
Off (default)	Blend between their places in the scene at each key
On	Blend relative to the hips, so they travel with the body

This matters when the character moves between the two keys. With Follow Hips on, a blended hand travels with the body; with it off, it blends between its two world positions and can be left behind.

Next

• Poses & Animation for keying, the Pose Library, and recording.
• Shortcuts for every key.