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Sparkle's tip of the day: Animeeple runs on Intel-based Macs, not just PCs!

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Sparkle's tip of the day: How do you unselect a joint when you're using the edit block?

When you're using the edit block, you can select a joint you want to rotate by clicking on it.  To unselect it, press the "escape" key on your keyboard.  Then you can select another joint.

For more information on the edit block, check out the this wiki page.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Did you know you can change the names of objects in the outline view?  Just double-click on an object's name to edit it.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: The navigator has a handy menu you can access by right-clicking.  It includes options for deleting items from the shopping cart, and importing local items.

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Sparkle's tip of the day:  If you're selling 3D content on Animeeple, you can now embed your Animeeple store into your own webpage!  Just click on your store at http://www.animeeple.com/market.html, then click on "Embed this marketplace" at the bottom to get the html.  This is a new feature brought about by popular demand, and we would love to hear what you think.

If you're not yet selling content but you've been thinking about it, it's really easy to get started.  Check out this wiki page for details.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: If you need to pose a character, check out the pose palette.  You can use it to copy and paste poses.  To use it, create an edit block with a keyframe.  With the time marker over the keyframe, you can copy the current pose of your character to the pose palette by clicking "Save pose" in the inspector.  Then later when you make another keyframe, you can paste the pose you saved by clicking "Restore pose".

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Sparkle's tip of the day: You probably already know that Animeeple has undo and redo.  But what's really cool is that you can use the undo stack to roll to specific changes.  Choose "Undo stack" from the edit menu, then double-click on the change you want to go to.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Save your workspace!  Even if you haven't built complex animations, it'll save you time to save your workspace because you don't have to reimport content.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: A workspace can hold multiple scenes.  There's a button in the toolbar at the top for adding new scenes.  You can tile, cascade, and switch between scenes using the Windows menu. 

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Double-clicking on a thumbnail in the search results will trigger a separate preview window, where you can look at the content in more detail.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Thinking about buying a character from Evolver.com?  Now you can animate and test it out in Animeeple before you buy it!  Check out the Evolver video tutorial at http://www.animeeple.com/tutorials.html.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: When you import a character or animation, label the bone that branches into the shoulders as the torso. 

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Did you know that you can copy the pose of one arm to the other, and one leg to the other?  Create an edit block, then select it so its properties show up in the inspector.  You'll see buttons for copying arms and legs.

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Sparkle's tip of the day: Did you know you can rearrange the panels in the Animeeple UI?  Click the title bar of any panel and drag it where you want.  To make a panel into a separate window, drag the title bar out of the main window.

For those of you in Austin, Texas, GDC Austin is offering a free one-night stay at the Residence Inn in downtown Austin if you register for an all-access or main conference pass today.  The code is GDCAROOM.

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the weekend!

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Sparkle's tip of the day: To move your view of your Animeeple scene, click and drag the left mouse button to rotate, middle mouse button to pan, and the right mouse button to zoom.  Or, if you have a one-button mouse, you can use the keyboard shortcuts.  Hold down the 'z' key, then click and drag the mouse to zoom.  Pressing 'x' plus clicking and dragging the mouse will pan.

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Today's tip:  Press the 'escape' key to unselect everything.  Handy, no?