Talk:Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Basic Animation/Lattice

Noob question: I'm walking through the animation portion of this book (this is a great book btw - many thanks to the authors). I'm currently in the section "Animating A Lattice Modifier" and every time I hit the I-Key then Tab back in to Object mode, not only do I lose my changes with the lattice but I can't seam to get "key 1" to show up in the Animation Editor. I'm using version 2.48 on a Windows machine with Intel (if that matters). Am I just not mentally capable here or what?

I'm having the same problem, either something works differently in 2.48 or this tutorial doesn't show the correct steps.

Tosnic: Strangely, you cannot see the lattice keyframes in the Action Editor. But in the NLA Editor! Though, I can't find how I can effectively edit the Lattice Keyframes in the NLA Editor. It seems that the tutorial had been made with a much older version. I also cannot achieve the lattice modifyer using the "modifyer" method. I have to use the "parent" method. EDIT: Maybe I had used an obsolete version myself. At least with v249.2 the "modifyer" method is working.

@ Radeoflier: You have to keep the exact order to keep your lattice from flipping back: Object mode -> create keyframe (lattice!) -> change frame -> edit mode -> modify lattice -> object mode -> create keyframe -> and so on your object should now deform between the 1st and the other keyframe(s) you created. end Tosnic

The above advice helps in preventing the lattice reverting when returning from edit to object mode, but does not help create an animation in 2.48a. An update on how lattices work with animation in 2.48a would be highly appreciated.