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GOTGALLOWS
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June 13, 2025
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Flip a character horizontally and preserve rigging, replays, and poses

  • June 13, 2025
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I created a character in Puppet Maker and it has some great poses and replays. The character is a Left Quarter view and I would also like to create a Right Quarter view. I know I can just duplicate and flip it horizontally in Photoshop to create the look, but the rigging, replays, and poses are lost. Is there an easy way to flip the character and preserve these elements?

 

If I also create a Frontal view, is there a way to apply poses and replays from the Left Quarter view to the Frontal view?

Correct answer TheOriginalGC

What you can do is apply a negative value to the Transform ScaleX property to quickly flip the puppet in the scene.

 

Otherwise, you would have to create new rigging and replays for the new views. If you do decide to do that, don't forget to add the head/body turn behavior to the puppet.

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TheOriginalGC
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TheOriginalGCCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 14, 2025

What you can do is apply a negative value to the Transform ScaleX property to quickly flip the puppet in the scene.

 

Otherwise, you would have to create new rigging and replays for the new views. If you do decide to do that, don't forget to add the head/body turn behavior to the puppet.

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    GOTGALLOWSAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 14, 2025

    That's a great tip. Thanks! The puppet does have an asymmetrical hairstyle, so I think I can create a swap set just for that and use it in combination with the negative X flip to maintain continuity.

     

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