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    Interpolate CHOP

    Summary

    The Interpolate CHOP treats its multiple-inputs as keyframes and interpolates between them. The inputs are usually single-frame CHOP channels like those produced by a Constant CHOP. The Interpolate CHOP first sorts the input CHOPs in time (without shifting them) and interpolates between them to fill the gaps.

    The number of channels in the output is the same as the number of channels in the first input.

    If a channel is missing in an input, and Match By is set to Channel Name, it is treated as if there is no keyframe at that frame for that channel, and the interpolation occurs between CHOPs before and after that frame.

    PythonIcon.pnginterpolateCHOP_Class


    Parameters - Interpolate Page

    Shape blendfunc - ⊞ - The shape of the interpolation curve:

    • Linear lin - A straight line.
    • Ease in ei - Exponential rise.
    • Ease out eo - Exponential fall.
    • Ease in Ease out cos - Half cosine blend.
    • Cubic cub - A cubic spline.
    • Add add - Overlapping parts, if any, are added.
    • Hold Previous holdprev -

    Overlap Priority overlap - ⊞ - If an input is not a single frame, and if there are overlaps in the input CHOPs, an option is used to resolve the conflict.

    • Average Overlaps avg - Combine the conflicting channels by averaging them.
    • First Segment has Priority first - Use the segment with the earliest start time.
    • Last Segment has Priority last - Use the segment with the latest start time.

    Match by match - ⊞ - Specify how to match the channels of each input.

    • Channel Number index - Ignore channel names, and simply pair them in order.
    • Channel Name name - Match channel inputs by name, regardless of their order.


    Parameters - Common Page

    Time Slice timeslice - Turning this on forces the channels to be "Time Sliced". A Time Slice is the time between the last cook frame and the current cook frame.

    Scope scope - To determine which channels get affected, some CHOPs use a Scope string on the Common page. See Pattern Matching.

    Sample Rate Match srselect - ⊞ - Handle cases where multiple input CHOPs' sample rates are different. When Resampling occurs, the curves are interpolated according to the Interpolation Method Option, or "Linear" if the Interpolate Options are not available.

    • Resample At First Input's Rate first - Use rate of first input to resample others.
    • Resample At Maximum Rate max - Resample to the highest sample rate.
    • Resample At Minimum Rate min - Resample to the lowest sample rate.
    • Error If Rates Differ err - Doesn't accept conflicting sample rates.

    Export Method exportmethod - ⊞ - This will determine how to connect the CHOP channel to the parameter. Refer to the Export article for more information.

    • DAT Table by Index datindex - Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the index of the channel in the CHOP.
    • DAT Table by Name datname - Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the name of the channel in the CHOP.
    • Channel Name is Path:Parameter autoname - The channel is the full destination of where to export to, such has geo1/transform1:tx.

    Export Root autoexportroot - This path points to the root node where all of the paths that exporting by Channel Name is Path:Parameter are relative to.

    Export Table exporttable - The DAT used to hold the export information when using the DAT Table Export Methods (See above).


    Operator Inputs

    • Input 0: -


    Info CHOP Channels

    Extra Information for the Interpolate CHOP can be accessed via an Info CHOP.

    Common CHOP Info Channels

    • start - Start of the CHOP interval in samples.
    • length - Number of samples in the CHOP.
    • sample_rate - The samplerate of the channels in frames per second.
    • num_channels - Number of channels in the CHOP.
    • time_slice - 1 if CHOP is Time Slice enabled, 0 otherwise.
    • export_sernum - A count of how often the export connections have been updated.

    Common Operator Info Channels

    • total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
    • cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
    • cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
    • cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
    • cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
    • cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
    • cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
    • warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
    • errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.


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