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carlanguero
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January 18, 2017
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unable to see previous takes while recording

  • January 18, 2017
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Hi there, I'm trying to record several behaviours in various takes, i.e. two draggers, one for each arm and I've already recorded the first take (left arm). The problem is when I try to record the second take, for the right arm, Ch doesn't play what I have already recorded, instead, the puppet goes to the rest pose. I did this with previous versions of Ch and never had this issue, is there something I'm missing?

Please advise!
Many thanks!

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    Correct answer oksamurai

    Yeah, the reason for this is because if Dragger is armed, it's always looking for new data, so it starts in the default rest position. See 40:34 here for a little more info: Making Your First Character (Adobe Character Animator Tutorial) - YouTube

    The way around this would be to add a second Dragger behavior to your character, and then arm just one per limb. So Dragger 1 is for left hand, Dragger 2 for right hand - then you can see your Dragger 1 (left hand) recording if you disarm it while recording Dragger 2 (right hand).

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    oksamurai
    oksamuraiCorrect answer
    Legend
    January 18, 2017

    Yeah, the reason for this is because if Dragger is armed, it's always looking for new data, so it starts in the default rest position. See 40:34 here for a little more info: Making Your First Character (Adobe Character Animator Tutorial) - YouTube

    The way around this would be to add a second Dragger behavior to your character, and then arm just one per limb. So Dragger 1 is for left hand, Dragger 2 for right hand - then you can see your Dragger 1 (left hand) recording if you disarm it while recording Dragger 2 (right hand).

    carlanguero
    Participant
    January 18, 2017

    Thanks a lot, it's working now!