Solo Feature Selection Puppeteering
When you do not wish to use puppeteering presets, and you wish to record the expressions of a single facial feature, then you can use the Solo Feature Selection pane for puppeteering.
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Select a character and click the Puppet Editor button.
Morph-based face
Sprite-based face
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If the Body Puppet Editor panel shows,
then click the
Switch to Face Puppet button.
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Click the Clear Selection
button.
All the selected features will be deselected. -
Pick the desired facial features from the Solo Feature Selection
pane.
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Press the Space Bar to start previewing. (or click the Preview button and press the Space bar)
The mouse interactive area covers the entire screen. -
Move your mouse in order to puppet. The selected face will be triggered to move with the mouse cursor. Press the Space bar
again to stop previewing.
Mouse cursor moves to the top right
Mouse cursor moves to the bottom right
- Click the Record button and press the Space bar (Or press the Ctrl + Enter) to start recording the motion as puppeteered by your mouse.
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Once the recording stops, a clip with all the recorded expressions will
be stored in the Facial Clip Track of this character.
Note:
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Click the Play button on the play bar to view the puppeteering recording results.
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Click the Play button on the play bar to view the puppeteering recording results.
If you are using a hybrid head (Jib jab head for example), and you puppeteer to create expressions with the full face control, then facial muscles around the sprite-based facial features may cause strange visual artifacts to appear.
Distorted artifact. |
Deselect all the facial muscles around the sprite-based facial features (except the jaw in this case) and continue puppeteering.
Deselect the muscles around the sprite. |