@sbtamu: Thanks. I'm still on 1.2.6. I was just on their site the other day to get the link to post on my site. I thought I saw a new version, but didn't think twice about it.

I'll have to go grab it.

Your reflection in the water turned out really nice.

Keep it up.

I can't tell you how many people come to me with the same problem. You can't just dive in to drawing your characters and scenes. You need to consider your rigging long before you ever start drawing. Then, either rig the character for switch layers or for bones. And, determine how many bone layers yo...

Technically, you don't need a bone layer at all.

For my favorite rigs, I tend to have at least 5 bone layers for each view.

Just keep in mind that if you go over 1 bone layer per character, your physics won't work (version 7).

I just released an animation course with 50% affiliate payouts. You could tell people they could learn to animate with the same software you use (if you use AS), and place a link next to your video. If you want more details, check out my animation affiliate page: http://www.animationtrainer.com/affi...

You don't have to post your animated work, but I need to pick your brain for a chance to win some great characters and stuff for Anime Studio 6+. These Anime Studio characters are rigged for beginners, so even if you don't have much experience, you can get started animating ASAP. Enjoy... http://www...

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http://www.youtube.com/cartoonlearning

Check out GenderCompetition.com It will lead you right to the page with a video that's a battle of the sexes. The animation portion is done with Anime Studio 7, and the clocks are actually timed so the hands rotate with the physics engine. Be sure to tell me what you thought of the video. :D :D :D

I know it's been a while since the original post here, but by now it's time for some AS7 tutorials.

I hope these help some of the newbies.

http://www.cartoonlearning.com/cartoon- ... me-studio/

Vern,

Have I told you lately that you're awesome? I wanted to give away some older AS files, but I opened them in AS7 and saved them- ooops.

That plugin would be helpful for the community.

You're welcome, man. Thanks for the plug.

Thanks for your help, Vern. For now, I think I found a decent work-around for what I needed to do. In the meantime, do you know of a plugin that would allow me to control switch layers automatically when bones hit set angles? i.e. As a bone's angle changed from 10 degrees to 20, 30, 40, and 50, it w...

The arm was just an example. I don't know the programming side, but in my mind I can picture the ability to add a second "origin point" that's not related to shearing or layer translation. The switch layer could then be attached to the 2nd origin. (I use the word origin because it would be...

Does anyone have a plugin that will let me attach the origin of a switch layer folder to a point in another layer (not involving a bone)? For example: I'm rigging a character with the shoulder to wrist as one layer of a switch layer file with multiple stages of bending. I have switch layer hands to ...

Can you remove the link in your post? That file was never supposed to be public.