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How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:50 pm
by PaperWaspNest
Hey everyone -

Here's a video tutorial I made that goes over some of the ways I use reference layers to keep complicated rigs easy to control.
Main topics include: How to control a mask + masked object all from the same layer, and how to combine reference layers with Hide Edge for interesting effects.




Let me know if it helps, or what else you'd like to see!

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:31 pm
by synthsin75
Nice layer layout. I might go one further and put all of the folders in one group, for all the non-control layers.

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:12 am
by ulrik
Great tutorial, thank you for sharing this! :)

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:15 am
by dueyftw
Thanks, this will be very helpful in a current project.

Dale

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:30 pm
by KeeCoyote
Have a question about bones and reference layers? do you put the origial in a bone layer for it to affect the reference level. or is it done another way?

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 2:06 am
by Little Yamori
Saturn and rings really a clever use of the reference,

Thanks

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:46 pm
by PaperWaspNest
I'm glad it was useful for people! :)

KeeCoyote: I do put the original AND the references in a bone layer, since I want both to be affected by the bone movement. I haven't noticed any issues with putting both in a bone layer. Once you have the original layer's vector points bound to the bone, the reference should follow it as well.

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:22 am
by lwaxana
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! :D

Re: How to use Reference Layers in fun, tricky ways (video)

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:43 am
by funksmaname
Very nice clear instruction! Thanks for the tutorial, it's really smart to simplify animation to a single vector control layer :)