I find it very frustrating when wanting to add more detail to arm motions for example that I can't see the previous position I'd recorded without un arming the puppet.

For example, if I want to create a simple wave motion and have set a basic position for the arm but then want to add some extra motion to it, I struggle to match the original position to then add the extra piece of motion.

The only way I can see the original position is to unarm the puppet - hold the position in my mind, arm the puppet, and try to match it with the extra piece of motion I want to add.

Is there no way that when working on a puppet, the dragger positions can remain visible without unarming the puppet?

This would really allow for finessing of dragger positions and consequently, the motion.

Hi Guys!

I think a feature "ZOrder Behavior" would improve Character Animator a lot!

For example, consider a character sitting behind a table - where both are separated puppets. As expected, puppet character should be BEHIND the table puppet - but the arms should be OVER the table. Today, it's a big problem when you are dealing with different puppets.

A Zorder feature would solve this problem at recording time. By adding this new behavior to the arm and changing a simple index value, the arm layer can OVERLAP another puppets. So, the character arms would appear OVER the table puppet, although the character by itself is BEHIND the table puppet.

It seems very easy to implement and would save a lot of time of animators when interacting with different puppets, avoiding hard workarounds to simulate this effect.

Thank you!
Andre Guedes

Using Physics and Magnets, when I go to do the performance, at the end of the performance, Character Animator stops and leaves the character in the final position. When I rewind, not all items are reset to neutral/default. Consequently, if you then play back again... everything is shifted starting from a new neutral.

Ideally there should be an option to either keyframe the "reset" OR a way to keyframe ALL items in the initial frame (or maybe frame (-1.0) )

Anything so we don't have to every time remember to click "reset"

Note - this is particularly bad when exporting to media encoder. A Playback should be identical and consistent between recordings if nothing has changed.

I'd like the ability to go into a replay I've previously created and make minor adjustments as needed. Currently if I spot a mistake or want to make a change, I have to create the replay over again from my recordings on the timeline (if I haven't removed them) or record a new replay using the trigger in question and edit in the timeline from there and create a new replay. I'd like to be able to click into a replay I've already created and make a change and have it update without doing any additional recording or creating a whole new replay.

I'd like the ability to go into a replay I've previously created and make minor adjustments as needed. Currently if I spot a mistake or want to make a change, I have to create the replay over again from my recordings on the timeline (if I haven't removed them) or record a new replay using the trigger in question and edit in the timeline from there and create a new replay. I'd like to be able to click into a replay I've already created and make a change and have it update without doing any additional recording or creating a whole new replay.