Character Animator Puppet not body tracking legs

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October 17, 2023
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Hey fellow creators,

I have a puppet that responds to body tracking for my upper body but, for some reason, will not react to my lower body at all. Not even waist and hip movement is fluid enough. I am able to drag the legs, and I have successfully added a walking animation via arrow key triggers. However, when I calibrate and attempt to lift my legs, the puppet does not respond. I have deleted and re-added so many bones and handles. I ensured hip, heel, toe, and ankle tags were indeed tagged. I have changed gravity settings, pin settings, and introduced limb IK and nothing seems to solve the issue. Attached are screenshots of the puppet rig and the Photoshop layers.

I am so close to closing out this project, if anyone has any ideas other than restarting with a different puppet template, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you all for taking the time to read and help.

Have a wonderful day,

Autumnatic Media

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TheOriginalGC

Community Expert

I see a head layer, but no body layer.

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ArtGawd

Participating Frequently

Is there any reason this puppet or any puppet would not be compatible with lower body tracing?

In other words, is it possible that it's impossible to give this puppet lower body tracing ability?

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j-saito

Adobe Employee

Your mileage may vary, but in the end, any puppets can be made body-trackable with proper rigging. Whether the animation looks good or not is a different story.

kglad

Community Expert

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.