Thanks again for your help SlowTiger and DR! Much appreciated :) DR : I found another post where you posted some great information on how you approach lip-syncing and I think I'll just follow that! Like you, I've always hand-keyed lip sync animation but I'm always interested in finding ways to speed...

Thanks so much for the quick response, @SlowTiger. It is greatly appreciated! So the only variable Rhubarb uses is layer order ? Layer order And it should be layered from the least closed [bottom layer] to the most open [top layer]. Layer Naming : And the layer name doesn't matter at all? Numbers, n...

Hey Gang! I have a mouth chart question for you all: I was reading a response by @VíctorParedes in a different thread https://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33768 - and it had some great info on how to set up the Mouth shapes that can be Auto Lip Synced [Rhubarb] but I am still a bit uncle...

Thank you very much for the clarification, DR! That is a big help!

Frame 0 for the win!!
Ugh!!! My apologies guys, that was a pretty dumb mistake. Thanks for your great suggestions as well as your patience

Alternatives: And thank so much for your alternative suggestions too! There is some great ideas there that I'm going to take time to explore. THANKS!!!

Thanks so much for the explanation, Greenlaw! And thanks for the shortcuts too! Very much appreciated. This leads to a second question though. When I use the Manipulate Bones [Z] tool , it just offsets the bone from the geometry and leaves the geometry [pupil] behind even though it is bound to that ...

Hey again gang! I am rigging eyes and I ran into a problem with the pin bones. They don't move. Ugh! Pupils: to control the pupil position, I am using Pin Bones. I created a pin bone and then bound the pupil mesh to it [Bind Layer > Pin Bone] The problem is that I cannot transform the pin bones- onl...

Thanks for that suggestion SlowTiger! Another great tip

Thanks so much for all the great solutions, DR! There are many good options to choose from. I appreciate that you listed out all the possibilities, that is a great help! And thanks for the kind note on the character design. I completed all the turnaround, mouthcharts, expression, etc so now onto the...

Hey Gang! I am setting up an eye rig and I want the starting frame [Fr.01] to be invisible. See below for a better understanding. It seems I cannot animate the Smart Bone to control visibility from 0% to 100%- or is this possible? I may be simply unaware of how to do this too. Option 2 : Switching t...

It was ...insert drumroll... " Roll camera " for the win!!! It was off by -2.9° Thanks so much for the help @neeters_guy @Greenlaw and @Daxel I figured it was something simple and felt bad for asking such a basic question but I appreciate your generous input. I guess I might have hit the [...

Hi, sorry in advance for the Noob question but my artwork, skelton and/or stage is crooked [see attached]. How do I make this straight again??

That is a very good suggestion, Wes. Thanks!
I went and checked all the layers based on your suggestion and that doesn't appear to be the issue though. But it opens up another line of thinking.

Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion, SlowTiger. That is what I thought too- but I went through all the layer properties and that isn't the issue.

The center of the eyes render weird. It looks like a film on top of them.
I checked the layer properties and everything looks correct.
Any suggestions??
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