thanks vern.... but no luck! i tried changing the location of the wav file and it still couln't find it - still had the ''could not find image handler'' error.. so i made a new file based on the local area of my machine where i have no moved everything.... imported a local wav and saved it.... then ...

After completing the lip syncing for a few projects...and during creating a new one, i saved, closed down and then re-openede only to find no data there what so ever, just an error message saying " couldnt not find image handler'' or something like that....all my typing of words, layout and wav...

hi there... i have just made a character in anime arms legs etc..changed a few colours and now i find that my arms (which are green with a black outline) have a thin white outline where i have hidden some edges.. how can i get rid of this?? i can see it when i render... many thanks again anime heros!!

[img]hi there... i have just made a character in anime arms legs etc..changed a few colours and now i find that my arms (which are green with a black outline) have a thin white outline where i have hidden some edges.. how can i get rid of this?? its hard to see until i render and then its obvious.. ...

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Hi there... I need to go back to the begining of my animation and change some things (need to make a character stand up instead of staying sat down) (client changes!!! arg!!!) But it looks like i'm going to have to delete all the animation (keyframes) that takes place after this movement because the...

thanks slow tiger!! I finally understand!!...I bind my switch layer (hand shapes) to the hand bone (bind layer tool) and it moves with it...and i can display anyone of the child vectors inside too...........thanks for all your help guys!!! eyes are done, eye brows too...now for the next character 1/...

thank you for your reply Genete! So I was under the impression that when you create a character you can make all the body parts ( as layers ) and then different mouth shapes (put inside a switch folder) and different hand/eyebrow/eye shapes (put inside a switch folder etc) AND THEN create a bone lay...

think i may have messed something up... when i look at the mouths switch layer..when its selected, all options under the bones menu at the top are greyed out, but when i select my new hand shapes switch layer, the options for flexi bind and relase are available... which means its different to my mou...

oh no.......

now when i try to select different hand shapes in the switch layer to be displayed in the animation...its not showing any, just the original hand shape....its not showing any of the other new shapes ive made!!



more fiddleing me thinks....any thoughts?

I fiddled around with the bind layer tool...something i did seemed to work...just gotta try it again now to be sure!

Hi there... i created a character, with arms, legs, body, head, hands, etc... then i added a skeleton and bones, they work fine. Then I realised i may need more hand shapes so i created 4 different hand shapes, then made a switch layer and dropped them in...then suddenly when i click the 'offset bon...

thanks for your responses guys, appreciated! I was just looking at all the menus options etc and whilst I had the mouth sitch layer selected inside the skeleton, I went to Bone>Flexi-bind Layer and hey presto...it worked. So now if i want to put the mouths inside a 'group' (folder) I would have to u...

Hi there... I have an extremely short deadline to meet and things arent going as planned!! please help I have a character with arms face legs etc all different layers.. also mouths in a switch folder for lypsyncing set up too... when i make a skeleton, everything works and is binded together as a wo...

thanks for the replies!! Genete, the idea of a switch is what I'm after, is there anymore details on the net about how to use the switch?? Think thats the way to go. thanks heyvern, thanks alot for the help but I'm not looking for a shape morph between stages of turning, just looking for the concept...