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Animachristi
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February 21, 2017
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Head disconnects from Body at neck

  • February 21, 2017
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I'm not sure if this is something that is handled in Illustrator or in Character Animator. When I raise my puppet's right hand, her body disconnects from her head which stays in place smiling at me. It's a bit disconcerting. How does one make sure the two parts stay connected?

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    Correct answer oksamurai

    Thanks--I think this will take you to my puppet, such as she is. Thanks for any help you can give me, and I do think the problems are many.

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByrBe6GKFTn0eTJodXJyTmNnaFU


    Try this: https://adobe.ly/2meJoos

    2 main issues:

    • The layers weren't all named and organized exactly right, so that caused a lot of them not to work.
    • The arms and hands were separate instead of being in a group together, which is why they got disconnected.

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    Animachristi
    Known Participant
    February 22, 2017

    Still struggling. I appreciate the video but while I've followed every single step in the multitude of instructionals, the puppets still do not respond at all to the various tools. Here is an example of something that has a "draggable" handle: Body fall apart, head comes apart, no explanation above or in any of the videos will explain this.

    oksamurai
    Legend
    February 23, 2017

    Yeah this looks like a bunch of issues, probably from independence and tagging.

    Could you share here or DM me your .puppet file (File > Export > Puppet) via a shared link on Google Drive, Dropbox, or Creative Cloud to take a closer look?

    Animachristi
    Known Participant
    February 23, 2017

    Thanks--I think this will take you to my puppet, such as she is. Thanks for any help you can give me, and I do think the problems are many.

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByrBe6GKFTn0eTJodXJyTmNnaFU

    oksamurai
    Legend
    February 21, 2017

    Yes, usually this is because the Head has a + when it doesn't need one. See

    El Wombat
    Inspiring
    February 21, 2017

    Not possible to tell for sure, but you may want to get rid of "plusses".

    +PUPPETNAME

         HEAD (no "+")

         BODY    ( " )

    That might help. If not, please add screenshots and or more input on your puppet structure.