As noted in a comment by Sebastian Z, if you change the interpolation type of your child object's animation channels to 'constant' you remove the need for the extra keyframes to hold a position. Although then you will not be able to have a gradient control if you still want something like that.

I hope blender devs will fix this "feature" soon, because after Maya's parent constraint it seems too complicated

Hi, Jhonny! Nice explanation, great to know more about this constraint! One thing I didn't see you mention is the little almost hidden "X" button, you will learn how to use it by reading it's tooltip. Basically, you need to insert a key before, and the keyframe after, using the "X" will zero the influence but momentarily keep the "visual transform" then you can key it normally.

Thank you Johnny, sincerely, thank you! I must admit, I have never noticed those "visual keyframes"...Blender never stops to surprise me.

Great tutorial, thank you. After 5 years in Blender now I understand what is the main purpose of visual transforms ))

It will be usefull to write down a step ba step script related to that

Very tricky constraint. Thank you very much for the brief explanation 😀

Nice and detailed explain of child of constraint!

very helpful, thank you Mr. matthews

awesom tut...subscreebed!

Really helpful. It'll come handy in my future projects. Thanks.

It will be useful to write the related script

This helped me complete my project

Nice one thank you, solve my problem for now but I guess I will keep coming bck on this video till I fully understand it, bc around 5:52 my brain stop working

My brain exploded. The child constraint is still as messy for my poor mind. Could they maybe implement a more straight forward solution?

Nice explanation, thank you.

I'm using an old method as this is too complex. I'm copying my object, and applying "parent" to one. The other maintainsing its fixed position. All I have to do is toggle the "visibility" between the two at the right time. For example, a hand holding a cup. Another method is to cook your animation. All you have to do is; delete keyframes where you want them to remain fixed.

Would it be nice to have an ‘apply child transform per frame’ option on the constraint to avoid this rigmarole? I can’t think of many situations where you’d want the child to use it’s original location during or after releasing the child. Or maybe the ability to key frame the interpolation mode between constant and linear etc.

Lifesaver! Thank you!

Thanks! This Helped A Lot!

I am animating a guy who holds a Katana and when he is wielding while at it he then let go of the Katana then holds the Katana again, how do I do this? I have problems with the apply object method

A great explainer video, thanks.

Thank you so much my friend. Really helpful. :)

less gooooooo i did itttt thank you so much

This is - again - a very well thought out tutorial. Do you write these out in advance and then find the images to match them? You don't hear your mouse/keyboard etc but the footage and the voice-over match up really well.

I tried you metod in a rig, but when i use the visual rotation & potition it messes up the potition, i dont know why it happens.

ok, so i would like the functionality of this modifier, but i need to be able to keyframe the target :( Any suggestions for a different solution? Like a hand on someone's wrist or an orbit around different objects in sequence.

why does no one ever "apply:" the constraint? in the drop down beside the eyeball? when do you need to "apply" it? like a modifier, right? it wont' "take" maybe fully - until you "commit" it??? why is that drop down even there???

still not working bruhh spent an hr on it , i also needed track object so i used it too will it have an effect

I haven't tried it since I just stumbled upon your tutorial. But wouldn't changing the animation interpolation mode from linear to constant also make things easier? Meaning less effort on setting keyframes?

Haha, cool.. Yet I still don't get why it goes bananaz if you "child of" constrain ik controller that has a root motion to an empty

If you were to export the motion of the sphere as a fbx anim would it look like it does in blender or (due to the contrait on long applying unless you added it yourself in another external program) would it just teleport from the first location keyframe to the second (as per the dope sheet)?

Thanks! How did you zoom in on the interface in just one panel?

This is just too, too complicated for just a child of constrain. Blender devs will need to think seriously about usability some day. Artists need intuitive tools and do not want to thing about manual ui and the matrix math behind the tools at every key frame.

damn, I hate to say it but this is a lot easier in 3ds max

спасибо шеф