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by dondo
Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: Bug Discussions
Topic: Moho 12.5 "crash now!" button: `accent grave`
Replies: 3
Views: 2841

Re: Moho 12.5 "crash now!" button: `accent grave`

I'm sure you know this, but you're awesome, Synthsin75. :)
by dondo
Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:04 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: moving an "eye mover" joystick bone with the rest of the rig
Replies: 15
Views: 1861

moving an "eye mover" joystick bone with the rest of the rig

So the technique described in this video for moving eyes seems really useful (in summary, use two bones to handle the horizontal and vertical translation, and then introduce a third pin-bone as target to move those two, making basically a "joystick" for moving the eyes): https://www.youtub...
by dondo
Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:25 pm
Forum: Bug Discussions
Topic: Moho 12.5 "crash now!" button: `accent grave`
Replies: 3
Views: 2841

Moho 12.5 "crash now!" button: `accent grave`

I've stumbled across a problem with the "accent grave" key (on the Mac, it's the key at the top left, under escape, with both ' and ~) in Moho 12. If I hit that key once, it hides all the tool panes (tools, style, actions, et al). However, after that, pretty much anything I do results in a...
by dondo
Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:52 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Adding smart layer hands to preexisting character
Replies: 5
Views: 1177

Re: Adding smart layer hands to preexisting character

Hey, I'm fairly new to this stuff too, but maybe I can help... but I'm not completely sure what you're asking, and the answer depends quite a lot on how you're doing it. Here's how I'm doing it: The characters I'm working with are all drawn in photoshop and then imported as images (really as .psd fi...
by dondo
Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:26 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline
Replies: 4
Views: 1037

Re: Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline

Ok, so this approach is almost perfect, but I'm still having one problem. There is an interaction between my "actions" and the "copy last keyframe" that I can't figure out how to fix. I have an action that injects a series of random mouth movements (I know, I know, I need to figu...
by dondo
Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:24 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline
Replies: 4
Views: 1037

Re: Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline

And today's "holy tomato this forum is awesome" prize goes to Víctor Paredes!

So just to give back, with that hint I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu1UROdGSqE

Once again, the "surely there must be an better way" quest is rewarded. Thanks, Victor!
by dondo
Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:16 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline
Replies: 4
Views: 1037

Smart Bone Dials, "auto-freeze keys," and the timeline

So most of the example rigs I see on the interwebs use Smart Bone Dials to select e.g. mouth positions in a switch layer. And it's pretty easy to understand why I need to make sure I'm using step interpolation when I use such bone dials, and e.g. smooth interpolation for the associated eye movements...
by dondo
Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:36 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Project organization
Replies: 10
Views: 1724

Re: Project organization

Thanks, Greenlaw. I have to say I'm really surprised. The typical answer here is to use relative paths. So when I import an asset, the relative path to that asset is stored in the destination moho file. Then when I in turn include that moho file somewhere else, the second destination keeps a relativ...
by dondo
Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:46 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Project organization
Replies: 10
Views: 1724

Re: Project organization

So my day job is a software engineer, and I've written lots of code to navigate folder hierarchies. Typically the language we use is "relative" and "absolute" paths. A relative path goes up (some number of levels) from the current folder to a parent that contains the folder we ca...
by dondo
Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:24 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Project organization
Replies: 10
Views: 1724

Project organization

So per my earlier post, I'm an amateur coming up to speed on Moho, fairly early in the learning curve. I'm working on a project with my wife to create animated illustrations for her children's book, which will result in a series of 10-15 minute animations for each chapter, with a collection of recur...
by dondo
Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:51 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: How do I set the start time for an audio track?
Replies: 12
Views: 1454

Re: How do I set the start time for an audio track?

I'm not sure what I'm more impressed by... how capable this application is, or how amazing you guys are. That's exactly what I was looking for!

THANK YOU (both)
by dondo
Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:43 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: How do I set the start time for an audio track?
Replies: 12
Views: 1454

Re: How do I set the start time for an audio track?

Yup! I just looked it up and now the workflow you described makes complete sense. For the next one I'll adopt that flow, seems much easier. Yay experts!
by dondo
Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:22 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: How do I set the start time for an audio track?
Replies: 12
Views: 1454

Re: How do I set the start time for an audio track?

Thanks so much. That was kinda what I figured. I am... uh, I am not a professional, not trying to dispute the experts. I'm going to have to go look up the difference between an "animatics" and an "animation." :) Like I said, I'm just trying to reduce the cognitive load as I come ...
by dondo
Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:14 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: How do I set the start time for an audio track?
Replies: 12
Views: 1454

Re: How do I set the start time for an audio track?

Wow, thanks for the quick response! That's what I originally thought, but it does the opposite of what I want - instead of moving the audio file back, it shifts it out so it starts later in the animation. If I could specify a negative value in the "frame" textbox that'd maybe work, but tha...
by dondo
Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:02 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: How do I set the start time for an audio track?
Replies: 12
Views: 1454

How do I set the start time for an audio track?

I'm a fairly new user of Moho, but I've been digging through the manuals and help text and I think I'm pretty far along the learning curve. Which means I understand probably 10% of what Moho offers! :) I've been pretty amazed at how capable this thing is. And it seems like every time I think, "...