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	Once your armature is :doc:`skinned </rigging/skinning/index>` by the needed object(s), you can start to pose it.	Once your armature is :doc:`skinned </rigging/skinning/index>` by the needed object(s), you can start to pose it.
	Basically, by transforming its bones, you deform or transform the skin object(s).	Basically, by transforming its bones, you deform or transform the skin object(s).
	But you don't do that in Edit mode - remember that in this mode, you edit *the default, base,	But you don't do that in Edit mode - remember that in this mode, you edit *the default, base,
	"rest" position of your armature. You can't use the Object* mode either,	"rest" position of your armature. You can't use the Object mode* either,
	as here you can only transform whole objects...	as here you can only transform whole objects...

	So, armatures in Blender have a third mode, Pose, dedicated to this process.	So, armatures in Blender have a third mode, Pose, dedicated to this process.
	It's a sort of "object mode for bones". In rest position (as edited in Edit mode),	It's a sort of "object mode for bones". In rest position (as edited in Edit mode),
	each bone has its own position/rotation/scale to neutral values	each bone has its own position/rotation/scale to neutral values
	(i.e. ``0.0`` for position and rotation, and ``1.0`` for scale).	(i.e. ``0.0`` for position and rotation, and ``1.0`` for scale).
	Hence, when you edit a bone in Pose mode,	Hence, when you edit a bone in Pose mode,
	you create an offset in its transform properties, from its rest position -	you create an offset in its transform properties, from its rest position -
	this is quite similar to :doc:`meshes relative shape keys </animation/shape_keys>`, in fact.	this is quite similar to :doc:`meshes relative shape keys </animation/shape_keys>`, in fact.

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	In this section, we will see:	In this section, we will see:

	- The :doc:`visualization features </rigging/posing/visualization>` specific to Pose mode.	- The :doc:`visualization features </rigging/posing/visualization>` specific to Pose mode.
	- How to :doc:`select and edit bones </rigging/posing/editing>` in this mode.	- How to :doc:`select and edit bones </rigging/posing/editing>` in this mode.
	- How to :doc:`use pose library </rigging/posing/pose_library>`.	- How to :doc:`use pose library </rigging/posing/pose_library>`.
	- How to :doc:`use constraints </rigging/posing/constraints>` to control your bones' DoF (degrees of freedom).	- How to :doc:`use constraints </rigging/posing/constraints>` to control your bones' DoF (degrees of freedom).
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