making sense of action editor and NLA ?

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Where can I find a quick overview/tutorial on the use of the NLA and action editor in blender?  I'm confused on how to edit different actions without changing the original ones. 

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  • Omar Domenech replied

    I thought it would be covered on some of the Fundamentals but I can't find it. I swear I had seen Wayne talk about it, but I can't find it either. If the other guys don't know maybe it'll be a quick YouTube search and see if a decent video pops up. 

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  • Sébastien Lenaerts(slenaerts) replied

    Same here, but it's mentioned here and there as far as I could look into it.  I was hoping for getting a directly usable resource as the first few results in youtube kind of missed the issues I have.  I'll continue my search and share my findings here.

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  • Sébastien Lenaerts(slenaerts) replied

    found this one from CBailey that really takes you from the basics, and I see now why I struggled: I didn't understand how to store the animatio in action editor and push it into that action so that it would free the animation keyframes in the main dopesheet (if I make sense), AND in 4.4 some buttons are now hidden in the menu structure here it is; https://youtu.be/Hz1TwvSNsrA


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