GlobalKrampus
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GlobalKrampus
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‎Oct 09, 2024
12:28 PM
I tried it with that additional line and it works now, thank you for your help!
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‎Oct 09, 2024
11:50 AM
I modified some code found online to faciliate exporting illustrator files to PSDs while retaining layers. I use the layers of illustrator like photoshop groups, and want each sub-layer to be its own separate layer once exported as a PSD. Unfortunately it seems the only way to ensure that works is to group each sub-layer by itself. I'm working with LaTeX equations and need each element to be separate, and depending on the complexity there can be many sub-layers, so manually grouping each one was tedious. You can find the illustrator test document and .jsx code here to show what I mean. When I drag the .jsx file onto the document, it works, grouping each sub-layer by itself and renaming them to their previous name, and if I put it in illustrators script folder (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2024\Presets\en_US\Scripts) it shows up after restarting illustrator and I can run it from the File>Scripts menu just fine. However, I wanted to make an action with a hotkey so I could just press F3 and have it execute that script. My understanding is that you make an action, and use Insert Menu Item to choose the script put in the Scripts directory, however I try executing the action and it doesn't give the same result, usually just renaming the topmost layer. Is there something about the code or actions I'm missing as to why it works everywhere else except as an action? Any help is appreciated, thanks! var doc = app.activeDocument;
doc.selection = null;
var thisLayer;
var layerName;
for(var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++){
thisLayer = doc.layers[i];
var thisPageItem;
for(var j = 0; j < thisLayer.pageItems.length; j++){
thisPageItem = thisLayer.pageItems[j];
if(thisPageItem.typename != "GroupItem"){
thisPageItem.selected = true;
layerName = thisPageItem.name;
app.executeMenuCommand("group");
thisPageItem.parent.name = layerName;
app.activeDocument.selection = null; //deselect
}
}
doc.selection = null;
} The illustrator test document and code file are here.
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‎Oct 08, 2019
12:17 PM
 Ok so after checking documentation I found the "Push parameter changes to source puppet" button which I couldn't see as my properties panel had been scrolled down, and I believe this is exactly what I was looking for. I can't seemingly delete the topic so I hope this post helps someone else who has a similar issue. Thanks anyway!
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‎Oct 08, 2019
12:03 PM
Hello Character Animator community, I've been working with Character Animator the better part of this year and I'm beginning to have fairly complex puppets and scene setups. One thing I noticed when I wanted to reuse a puppet was that things I thought I had set such as Transform values and Walk values would be changed if I made a new scene with that existing puppet. Now I'm 99% sure this is intended behavior, and that values you set in the rigging tab are the "base" values and those can be overwritten by adjusting behaviors in a scene. The issue I have is that after working to get a puppet performing well, I end up wanting to use the scene values when reusing the puppet. This happens a lot because tweaking things like Walk values is very dependent on having visual feedback on how they are working, so you end up setting those in a scene and then find the puppet does not walk like it was when you add it to a new scene. The only solution I can think of is to open every behavior and sceenshot their values and remake it in the rigging view, which is fairly cumbersome. Is this just how it is or is there a way to overwrite the base puppet values for the ones you end up having in a certain scene? Thanks!
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