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philamon
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March 22, 2019
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Set Rest Pose Midi trigger

  • March 22, 2019
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Hi there,

i have built a puppet puppet and a number of backgrounds that I'm triggering via a midi keyboard.  I am using them during a live performance streaming the scene to a projector. Everything is working well but I can't figure out if I can use a midi trigger to "Set Rest Pose" as opposed to hitting "Command + P".

Can anyone tell me if this is possible? And if so, how to do it?

Many thanks in advance,

Phil

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    Correct answer DanTull

    Character doesn't currently include a way to do this. Now that you mention it, I could see where once you had all the triggers assigned to MIDI setting the rest pose would be handy to do there as well.

    The scripting APIs under the hood would make this fairly easy, it just isn't built in right now.

    I bet there's apps out there that would let you bind a MIDI key and route it to an app as though it were the keyboard shortcut which might be an ok workaround.

    DT

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    philamonAuthor
    Participant
    September 13, 2024

    Hey again, it's been a while since I posted this and I'm still keen to find a way without using external apps. To give context, I'm using CA for live performance and would love to be able to control everything from my MIDI keyboard. Up until now, the character's movements, cycle layers, swap sets, replays and backgrounds are all seamless with MIDI, but I still need to hit "command + P" on my laptop to set rest pose. Because it's live theatre the lighting states change a lot and so setting rest pose and clearing cache is a regular requirement. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance 🙂

    alank99101739
    alank99101739
    Legend
    March 26, 2019

    I think the question was more like can you assign MIMI triggers against keyboard shortcuts too. They want a MIDI key for Set Rest Pose, not a keyboard shortcut.

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    philamonAuthor
    Participant
    September 13, 2024

    Thanks Alan, this is what I was hoping for

    oksamurai
    Community Manager
    oksamuraiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 26, 2019

    Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. Search for Set Rest Pose, then set whatever shortcut key(s) you want!

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    philamonAuthor
    Participant
    March 26, 2019

    Thanks for the reply. I've seen that I can change the keyboard shortcut but was wanting to know if I can assign "Set Rest Pose" to a MIDI trigger. Thanks again.

    DanTull
    Adobe Employee
    DanTullCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    March 27, 2019

    Character doesn't currently include a way to do this. Now that you mention it, I could see where once you had all the triggers assigned to MIDI setting the rest pose would be handy to do there as well.

    The scripting APIs under the hood would make this fairly easy, it just isn't built in right now.

    I bet there's apps out there that would let you bind a MIDI key and route it to an app as though it were the keyboard shortcut which might be an ok workaround.

    DT

    alank99101739
    alank99101739
    Legend
    March 26, 2019

    oksamurai​ - is this for you perhaps? I don’t know the answer.

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