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May 1, 2023
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Layer Parenting Objects Separating

  • May 1, 2023
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My students are working on their Walk Cycle projects. Many students are experiencing a breaking child-parent connections when creating keyframes. This issue is random and I cannot find any reason for it occurring, or a solution.

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n. tilcheff
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May 1, 2023

Smart Magnet Rigs are a viable and mature alternative.

 

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
Participant
May 10, 2023

thank you. looks great. but unfortunately we do not have permission to download and install third party software.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 10, 2023

@John23909691vlxs 

 

contact your it administrator.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 1, 2023

copy and paste here a screenshot of a timeline displaying the problem.

Participant
May 1, 2023

While sending this message, the current student having this issue had to repair the issue frame by frame. So I won't be able to add the screenshots until it happens again (with her or someone else)

 

But essentially, she has her character, all parts saved as graphic symbols, and the layer-parenting correctly done. She can create a keyfram and move the character, but when scrubbing back to a previous keyframe, random parts of the body would greatly change position, although still maintaining the child-parent link. There were times where the entire body would 'explode'.

 

Out of 20 students, this has happened to approximately a third of them.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 1, 2023

can someone duplicate the steps needed to display the problem?