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Bockus1983
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Dec 31, 2017 3:05 AM UTC
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Weird deformation since new update

I've noticed my characters deform weirdly since the new update. I am doing test scenes, I changed nothing in my puppet but whenever I move my head it creates the effect below.

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oksamurai
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Legend
Jan 2, 2018 7:01 PM UTC
  • Is the mesh shape (right properties) set to auto, rectangle or contour? Contour should give the best results most of the time.
  • Is anything tagged fixed? Does removing those help at all?
  • For independent parts, are they set to attach as "auto" and are their origins overlapping other artwork?
  • Is the character set up correctly as a +Character group with Head and Body groups inside it?

If none of these help, could you please File > Export > Puppet and share it as a link (Creative Cloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) so we could take a closer look?

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oksamurai
oksamuraiCorrect answer
Legend
Jan 2, 2018 7:01 PM UTC
  • Is the mesh shape (right properties) set to auto, rectangle or contour? Contour should give the best results most of the time.
  • Is anything tagged fixed? Does removing those help at all?
  • For independent parts, are they set to attach as "auto" and are their origins overlapping other artwork?
  • Is the character set up correctly as a +Character group with Head and Body groups inside it?

If none of these help, could you please File > Export > Puppet and share it as a link (Creative Cloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) so we could take a closer look?

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Bockus1983Author
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Jan 3, 2018 1:50 AM UTC

I ended up importing the puppet into another project and it isn't doing it anymore. I will keep these settings in mind next time, however.

I do seem to have an issue with another puppet. For some reason, the swap sets work for on mouth (smile) but not for the other (sad)

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oksamurai
oksamurai
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Jan 3, 2018 11:42 PM UTC

Neutral and Smile are canonical tag names, Sad is not - I'm guessing that's it. I'd recommend setting up a normal mouth and then a separate alternative folder as seen in Almasol in http://okaysamurai.com/puppets/.

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