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appear beside its control. The top is head-
ing (green), then pitch (red), then bank
(blue).
IK Booster and Movement
IK Booster is a
mode
of movement unto
itself. Selecting Modify | Translate | Move
or Modify | Rotate | Rotate or Modify |
Transform | Size (or Stretch — or any
other tool) will deactivate IK BoostTool.
Movement within the IK Booster sys-
tem isn't the same as you may have gotten
used to thus far in LightWave; the handles
are different, and you can essentially move
and rotate without having to change tools.
You've already seen how you can click
and drag a handle to move the IK-boosted
chain. If you need to rotate an item, select
it, then click and drag on the numbers that
IK Booster and Keyframes
IK Booster creates its own keyframes
whenever you move or rotate an item in its
chain (regardless of your Auto Key Create
settings). And because IK Booster pushes
beyond LightWave's normal way of work-
ing, the usual ways of creating and deleting
keyframes (by pressing Enter and Delete)
don't apply
when you have the IK BoostTool
active
.
Figure 16-36
Figure 16-37
