The area of frames prior to the first key frame (the key frame with the smallest time value) and the area of frames subsequent to the last key frame (the one with the largest time value) are both referred to as areas outside the key frame segment.
LayoutEditor has a feature to automatically calculate curves for areas outside of key frame segments.
Locking outside of the key frame segment can be done using LayoutEditor or using the binary converter.
(If you choose to use the binary converter, the --bake-infinity option is specified as a converter argument.) ）
If you choose to use the binary output feature of LayoutEditor, you can select from two methods.
These two methods will output different values for the end frame if, for the data being processed, the animation segment tag end frame matches the (automatically generated key) loop end frame.
■ Tag end frame value
Tool performs process: Loop start frame value
Converter performs process: Loop end frame value
The difference in result can differ significantly if the tag is set to One-Time, since playback will stop at the end value.
(However, there should not be much problem with the output from either method if the next animation starts playing immediately after the end frame is played.)
With the binary output feature of LayoutEditor, you can choose to use either process for key frame locking.
The standard practice is to use the converter for the locking process.
But use LayoutEditor to lock key frames if you want to maintain compatible operation with past versions of LayoutEditor.
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