Thank you. Before seeing this reply, I could get the text to be visible when I right clicked on the layer and chose convert to vector. This shows the text but doesn't give the other options in the text layer dialogue box. But when I tried a new text layer, it worked correctly. So maybe something was...

Same problem. Using Anime Studio Pro 11. I have tried changing colors both fill and stroke. Watched tutorial on YouTube and copied it without success. I can put a word balloon in the layer but cannot get any text to show inside. I notice that when selecting a font, it doesn't show in the search box....

I am trying to understand spacewoman rig. I note that the right thigh bone B20 isn't parented (with an arrow) to the torso like the left one (B25). But, when the torso bone is manipulated B20 moves just like B25, as if it is parented. Most rigs I see would have both these bones parented to the torso...

Got the file. Thank you. What does the curved arrow/mask icon mean in the layer list? Is there a tutorial about this technique?

ASP 11

Could not open the file. Got "bad file header" error.

Hayasidist found it. Looking at it again, there is a little glitch where the white stripes darken or lighten as they move into or out of the the shadows. Still, pretty cool.

Thank you, Greenlaw, for your example. Yes, this is the effect. I will look at this more closely. Thank you for the file.

Interesting!, But the toroids were smooth and evenly striped. Sort of like a zebra. Rather than being composed of a series of balls, they were like two doughnuts interlocked and turning as your example shows. Two striped doughnuts.

Your example is cool. Is there a tutorial about this?

I saw, but could not find again, an anime studio/moho animation which shows two striped toroids, interlocked and turning. Does anyone know the link to this animation?

How was it done? Animated masks? Any similar tutorials?

Thank you. Didn't think to unhide all bones while puzzling over this.

I have AS 11 PRO. Trying to understand Gorilla rigging. What do the small left and right eye bones do? I can't move them or dial them. When I undo the constraints and dial them, nothing happens. What is the purpose of these bones. How can I see how they work in the rig?

When designing a smart bone or action, how does one determine, on the secondary timeline, duration (how many frames) to make a smart bone or action? Are there general guidelines? In on line tutorials, the duration on the secondary timeline is chose anywhere from a couple of frames to 100 frames with...

Thank you. I have satisfactory results with my revision as mentioned above. I will experiment with a few more mouth shapes in the switch layer and the interpolation of the sub layers as you have suggested.

Yes, but when lip syncing speech, how can you hold key frames for that long? I did get some improvement by being careful about how much mouth shapes differed. For example, I narrowed one mouth shape so that it more closely matched the width of another mouth shape. So when the mouth layers changes, t...

I can't say it's truly blending. In 00:18 to 00:42 of this AS tutorial I see an example of what is bothering me. The mouth shapes don't seem to be completely discrete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbBUwxOytQ The mouth movements are very rapid, that's why a I though an optical illusion was one po...