When I added smooth head turns and multiple body views to my character, I run into the issue where I have to add certain behaviors, such as eye gaze, face, body and limb IK, to multiple layers in order for them to work.

On head, I have "smooth" head turn setup using the head views tag and the cycle layers behavior. Inside each head view layer, I have a 2-frame cycle consist of the main head drawing and an in-between head drawing that gets cycled during head turn. The issue I'm having is that if I just add the eye gaze and face bahavior to the root of the character, the behaviors only gets applied to my first drawings inside the head view layers. To solve this, I have to add the behaviors directly to my second drawings.

I have a similar problem with my swappable bodies. I have front, left and right bodies that can be swapped using triggers. Although I have to add body and limb IK behaviors directly to the three bodies in order for the IK and the body tracking to work.

As a result, I have so many duplicate behaviors to manage while recording. If behaviors can be applied only to the currently active layers, users can eliminate the redundancies.

Coming from an AE standpoint, I am really used to the Replace Footage option and Character Rigging can be quite fastidious if your characters' got all (or a lot of) the phonemes.

I tried to base my second character on my first one because I was expecting the option the Replace Footage to be there, layers are saved the same way, it's the exact resolution. That would have been saving a ton of work in pre-production.

Saddly, it's not there... yet?
Or maybe I am not looking at the good place?!

Either way, that option should be implemented, I think everybody making more than a single character in CA would be a big fan of this time saved NOT doing the same thing over again.

Thank you in advance! :)

Hi, I have been trying to shorten the rigging time by only having right three quarter folder layer in the PSD then used the Edit --> Duplicate command to make a duplicate of the folder layer to create its flipped side. The issue I run into is that when I open the source PSD in Photoshop then add a new layer to the original folder layer, the new layer only gets added to the original folder but not to the duplicate folders. It will be nice if the duplicated folders also receive the new layers added to the source PSD file.

There's an option to attach the feet to the ground, but it would be really helpful to have hand controls like that too (to a table, a desk, etc.) so it doesn't go all weebly-wobbly during animation.

Also, having a separate Handle/Behavior for hands would help to follow the movement capture in-cam and help sell the movements and not be only a floppy continuation of the arms.

I saw a lot of problems too with a 3/4 character, arms are suuuper hard to animate. I've change them from already bent to kinda bent and it kinda fixes things, but to get from a file for client approval to animation, it takes times to adjust them so the result is the same. If you can figure something magic out, great (if not, I am probably sure you're doing the best you can).

Thanks!

Physics between two separate objects:

There needs to be a feature under Physics where separate objects can SPECIFICALLY attach/detach/push/pull features. Ex: this would be great for strings being pulled or trigger on/off to detach whenever and go back to dangling as an example. Connecting two objects by certain points as marked in the rig panel (attach point pins) , where stretching or pulling strings/objects can be done in connection to other objects, all in relation to the weight of the objects themselves etc.

PLUS this should be a feature applicable between characters and objects to their limbs/hands/etc. Hope y'all read this!