in the past i've used a similar trick: both eyes close in unison, but open slightly out of sync.

don't misunderstand me, temujin: I agree that if i weren't trying to convey a certain visual aesthetic then using animation instead of live action would be pretty pointless. I think catching the average person's attention has more to do with color and line and overall composition, and less with a su...

thanks for the script, i'm gonna give it a try. I am aware that blinking can be used to convey emotioion and expression, but if quality were job #1, i'd prolly be doing frame-by-frame instead of bone-based. Basically, what i'm going for with this project is more Williams Street than Don Bluth. I'm p...

hey i was wondering if there's a trick to make a switch layer just switch randomly... reason being i dont want to go to the trouble of having to remember to make my characters eyelids blink all the time when it really (for the most part) doesn't have to be in sync with anything. i have enough troubl...