Posing the Interdimensional Traveler - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 215

Using TimeLine to Store Options
We will use TimeLine to store variant positions. This helps us quickly evaluate a series of options to pick
the best one. You may also choose to store vastly different positions and poses using TimeLine and Layers
combined. This allows you to create an entire series showing off your character and store them all in one
project file. To use TimeLine to store positions follow these steps:
1. Open TimeLine by going to Movie, then TimeLine, and click Show ( Figure 4-38 ) .
Figure 4-38: Click here to show the TimeLine.
2. With your figure in position, click on the timeline itself to add a dot. You can now change the figure
position and click farther down the timeline to create another dot. These are camera keyframes, and they
will store the figure position on the canvas ( Figure 4-39 ) .
3. Continue to add new position options as needed. If you need to change the pose, create a new layer and
Save the changes there. You can then keyframe the layer opacity to move the figure itself for different
views ( Figure 4-40 ) .
Figure 4-39: The TimeLine with two dots. Dots serve as keyframes on the timeline.