feat(anim): ladder climb-down dismount clip + reverse/trim tools

Reversed Mixamo "Start Climbing Ladder", retargeted to the UAL rig, then trimmed
to the step-off tail → LadderClimbDown (35f/1.13s): starts on the ladder, pushes
off, settles standing. Ships the full reversed take too (_full) as a re-trim source.

New tools:
- reverse_clip.py — pure time-reverse of a clip (30fps-pinned, sibling of pingpong_bake)
- trim_clip.py   — keep a frame window, re-based to 0

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tools/reverse_clip.py

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+"""reverse_clip.py — play a clip backwards and rename it.
+
+Pure-reverse sibling of tools/pingpong_bake.py: samples the source clip densely
+0..N, then rewrites each fcurve so output frame k holds the source value at frame
+N-k. The last frame becomes the source's first pose — so a "mount / start" motion
+becomes its "dismount / end" (e.g. Mixamo 'Start Climbing Ladder' reversed → the
+ladder climb-DOWN / step-off). Root translation reverses with the rotations because
+we sample the baked fcurve values, not the pose graph.
+
+Usage:
+  blender --background --python tools/reverse_clip.py -- \
+    --src <in.glb> --out <out.glb> --name <NewClipName>
+"""
+import bpy, sys, argparse
+
+def parse():
+    argv = sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--")+1:] if "--" in sys.argv else []
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("--src", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--out", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--name", required=True, help="clip name baked into the output")
+    return p.parse_args(argv)
+
+def action_fcurves(a):
+    """All fcurves across Blender 5 slotted-action layers/strips (legacy fallback)."""
+    if hasattr(a, "fcurves") and getattr(a, "fcurves", None) is not None:
+        return list(a.fcurves)
+    fcs = []
+    for layer in getattr(a, "layers", []):
+        for strip in layer.strips:
+            for bag in strip.channelbags:
+                fcs.extend(bag.fcurves)
+    return fcs
+
+def main():
+    a = parse()
+    bpy.ops.wm.read_factory_settings(use_empty=True)
+    # Factory settings reset fps to 24; the whole pipeline is 30fps (mixamo_retarget sets
+    # scn.render.fps=30). Import at 24 would resample a 2.03s clip to 50 keys instead of 62
+    # — same motion, coarser samples. Pin 30 so the reversed clip matches the source density.
+    bpy.context.scene.render.fps = 30
+    bpy.ops.import_scene.gltf(filepath=a.src)
+    arm = next(o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == 'ARMATURE')
+    act = arm.animation_data.action
+    if getattr(act, "slots", None) and arm.animation_data.action_slot is None:
+        arm.animation_data.action_slot = act.slots[0]
+    f0, f1 = int(act.frame_range[0]), int(act.frame_range[1])
+    n = f1 - f0
+    print(f"[reverse] src clip '{act.name}' frames {f0}..{f1} -> reversed 0..{n}")
+
+    # rewrite every fcurve to a clean dense 0..N ramp holding mirrored values
+    for fc in action_fcurves(act):
+        vals = [fc.evaluate(f0 + k) for k in range(n + 1)]
+        need = n + 1
+        have = len(fc.keyframe_points)
+        if have < need:
+            fc.keyframe_points.add(need - have)
+        elif have > need:
+            for _ in range(have - need):
+                fc.keyframe_points.remove(fc.keyframe_points[-1], fast=True)
+        for k in range(need):
+            kp = fc.keyframe_points[k]
+            kp.co = (k, vals[n - k])          # reversed: out frame k = src frame N-k
+            kp.interpolation = 'LINEAR'
+        fc.update()
+
+    act.name = a.name
+
+    # drop NLA tracks that came in with the import — only our reversed track may export
+    for t in list(arm.animation_data.nla_tracks):
+        arm.animation_data.nla_tracks.remove(t)
+
+    # single NLA track named = clip name (same convention as cc_retarget.py)
+    track = arm.animation_data.nla_tracks.new()
+    track.name = a.name
+    strip = track.strips.new(a.name, 0, act)
+    strip.name = a.name
+    arm.animation_data.action = None
+
+    for o in [o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == 'MESH']:
+        bpy.data.objects.remove(o, do_unlink=True)
+
+    bpy.context.scene.frame_start = 0
+    bpy.context.scene.frame_end = n
+    bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf(
+        filepath=a.out,
+        export_animation_mode="NLA_TRACKS",
+        export_force_sampling=True,
+        export_optimize_animation_size=False,
+    )
+    print(f"[reverse] EXPORTED {a.out} clip '{a.name}' ({n+1} frames)")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tools/trim_clip.py

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+"""trim_clip.py — keep a frame window of a clip and re-base it to frame 0.
+
+Samples every fcurve across [--start .. --end] (inclusive, source frames) and rewrites
+the action to hold just that window at frames 0..(end-start). Use to lift a sub-beat out
+of a longer take — e.g. keep only the dismount tail of a ladder clip so the descent loop
+owns the vertical travel and the trimmed clip is purely the step-off.
+
+Usage:
+  blender --background --python tools/trim_clip.py -- \
+    --src <in.glb> --out <out.glb> --name <NewClipName> --start <f> --end <f>
+"""
+import bpy, sys, argparse
+
+def parse():
+    argv = sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--")+1:] if "--" in sys.argv else []
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("--src", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--out", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--name", required=True, help="clip name baked into the output")
+    p.add_argument("--start", type=int, required=True, help="first source frame to keep")
+    p.add_argument("--end", type=int, required=True, help="last source frame to keep (inclusive)")
+    return p.parse_args(argv)
+
+def action_fcurves(a):
+    """All fcurves across Blender 5 slotted-action layers/strips (legacy fallback)."""
+    if hasattr(a, "fcurves") and getattr(a, "fcurves", None) is not None:
+        return list(a.fcurves)
+    fcs = []
+    for layer in getattr(a, "layers", []):
+        for strip in layer.strips:
+            for bag in strip.channelbags:
+                fcs.extend(bag.fcurves)
+    return fcs
+
+def main():
+    a = parse()
+    bpy.ops.wm.read_factory_settings(use_empty=True)
+    bpy.context.scene.render.fps = 30           # pipeline is 30fps (see reverse_clip.py)
+    bpy.ops.import_scene.gltf(filepath=a.src)
+    arm = next(o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == 'ARMATURE')
+    act = arm.animation_data.action
+    if getattr(act, "slots", None) and arm.animation_data.action_slot is None:
+        arm.animation_data.action_slot = act.slots[0]
+    s, e = a.start, a.end
+    n = e - s
+    if n <= 0:
+        raise SystemExit(f"[trim] bad window {s}..{e}")
+    print(f"[trim] src '{act.name}' keep frames {s}..{e} -> 0..{n}")
+
+    for fc in action_fcurves(act):
+        vals = [fc.evaluate(s + k) for k in range(n + 1)]
+        need = n + 1
+        have = len(fc.keyframe_points)
+        if have < need:
+            fc.keyframe_points.add(need - have)
+        elif have > need:
+            for _ in range(have - need):
+                fc.keyframe_points.remove(fc.keyframe_points[-1], fast=True)
+        for k in range(need):
+            kp = fc.keyframe_points[k]
+            kp.co = (k, vals[k])
+            kp.interpolation = 'LINEAR'
+        fc.update()
+
+    act.name = a.name
+
+    for t in list(arm.animation_data.nla_tracks):
+        arm.animation_data.nla_tracks.remove(t)
+    track = arm.animation_data.nla_tracks.new()
+    track.name = a.name
+    strip = track.strips.new(a.name, 0, act)
+    strip.name = a.name
+    arm.animation_data.action = None
+
+    for o in [o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == 'MESH']:
+        bpy.data.objects.remove(o, do_unlink=True)
+
+    bpy.context.scene.frame_start = 0
+    bpy.context.scene.frame_end = n
+    bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf(
+        filepath=a.out,
+        export_animation_mode="NLA_TRACKS",
+        export_force_sampling=True,
+        export_optimize_animation_size=False,
+    )
+    print(f"[trim] EXPORTED {a.out} clip '{a.name}' ({n+1} frames)")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()