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Tim27898261hm38
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February 7, 2023
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How do I make layers independent?

  • February 7, 2023
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I was watching a video on Character Animator, where the speaker was talking about how to set up moving limbs on a puppet. He said open the puppet image in Photoshop, and under Layers, there should be a "+" sign beside the left arm group name, and a "+" beside the right arm group name, which indicates that the limbs are independent.

I tried renaming the group and put a "+" in front of the group name, but that doesn't work.

I don't see anything under the drop-down Layers menu that would do what I want.

How do I make the arm groups independent?

Thanks!

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Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

This page shows you the layer structure for Photoshop and Illustrator.

Some groups get the + while in others the sublayers get + in the name.

https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/using/prepare-artwork.html

 

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 7, 2023

This page shows you the layer structure for Photoshop and Illustrator.

Some groups get the + while in others the sublayers get + in the name.

https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/using/prepare-artwork.html

 

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    Tim27898261hm38Author
    Inspiring
    February 7, 2023

    Thanks Kevin! For some reason it started working.

      Conrad_C
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      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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      February 7, 2023

      Which video were you watching? The video I saw shows that you not only have to rename the layer with a + in Photoshop, but over in Character Animator you also have to enable Warp Independently for that same layer. Were both done?

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        Tim27898261hm38Author
        Inspiring
        February 7, 2023

        Thanks for the quick response!

        I opened Dr. Applegate in Character Animator, then right-clicked and selected Edit Original.

        Dr. Applegate opened in Photoshop.

        I can click the View icon to the left of each arm group and make each arm group visible/invisible. So I know they are separate layers. But the arms still did not move in Character Animator (it updates automatically from changes in PS).

        That said, I just went back into CA, and now the arms are, in fact, movable. 

        Sorry, I don't know what happened.

        Thanks again!

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