About the Puppeteering Panel

Select one of the built-in profiles with a different personality from the list. Each profile contains various expressions.

Select one of the expressions with pre-defined weight settings for various facial features.

Click this button and then press the Space bar to preview the expressions triggered by your input device (Mouse by default).

Click this button and then press Space bar to start recording a motion clip. The recording will be added into the Avatar/Expression Track in Timeline.

Use this drop-down list to determine the method for blinking while recording. This setting can be used to stop the interference of auto-blinking when you want to create custom blinks by puppeteering. This setting can also be found on the Modify panel.

Select this to change the rotation of the head.

Select this to change the tilting of the head.

Deselects any highlighted features.

Resets to the selected profile settings

Click this button to load profiles.

Click this button to save profiles

Select to highlight any desired features to change. The changes will be converted into Avatar/Expression Track in Timeline. See also: Solo Feature Selection

Adjust the weight of a feature in detail when your input device moves (Mouse by default). See also: Advance Puppet Settings.

• Create a New Clip: Choose this radio button so that the original clip will be replaced by the newly recorded facial expressions.
• Replace Animation on Existing Clip: Choose this radio button so that the new facial expressions of the selected features replace the facial expressions of the existing clip after recording.
• Blend Animation on Existing Clip: Choose this radio button so that the new motions of the selected features are blended into the existing clip after recording.

See also: Animation Mode.

Use this slider to determine the cursor movement strength for driving the facial expressions.

Choose the control area for puppeteering and set the size of the area by percentage of the screen area.