Since Personas can have different motions available, we will add a different Persona to the Dylan character to demonstrate this:
1. Start a new blank project.
2. Make sure the time scrubber is at the start of the Timeline.
3. Load the Dylan character into the workspace.
4. Right-click on Dylan and hold your mouse cursor over the Persona menu item until the sub-menu appears.
5. With the Dylan character selected, click on the Actor tab.
6. Select the Persona button.
7. Double-click on the Benny Persona in the Content Manager on the left side menu to load the Benny Persona into Dylan. There will be no visible change when the Persona is loaded.
The following image shows the choices available when the Benny Persona is loaded versus the few choices that were available with the Dylan Persona:
9. Select the Can't Help It choice when the previous action has stopped running.
10. Select the Talk 01 choice when the Can't Help It motion stops running.
11. Move the time scrubber to the beginning and playback the scene.
The following is an image depicting the three motions strung together in the Perform timeline. Notice the linear designation. Remember our curves? We can change from linear to ease out or any of the available curve choices. In most cases, the curves are slight differences from the default linear curve:
We loaded a character, explored its built in motion based on the characters default Persona file. We then loaded a different Persona to see the difference some Personas have.
After loading the Benny Persona file we then proceeded to add three distinct motions with the simple right click menu system by adding a new perform action when the previous actions stopped playing.
Experiment by loading the various Personas into different characters and see how they react. Use different curve settings and blending with the handles. This exercise is for you to become acquainted with the various Personas and their effect on characters.
Female-based Personas will have female characteristics just as male-based Personas will have a male-oriented body language. Mixing these up can produce some unique results.