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Bone attaching to separate body parts

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:56 pm
by Animatore
I have picture of bodybuilder which I separate in Photoshop to several body parts. I have torso, upper left arm, lower left arm, upper right arm and lover right arm. In this way I will have better control and I it will be easier to animate. But I don't know how to attach all bones so that my bodybuilder have the same options in LAYERS menu as WINSOR (default AnimeStudio character) ?
Winsor had just one BONE LAYER and by pressing on it , Manipulate Bones option is activated and can be used to move each part of Winsor's body. But I don't know how to have all bones ( boned body parts ) in full control with Manipulate Bones tool ? Not just one body part but all, like Winsor has...

Thanks

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:25 pm
by heyvern
Did you do the bone tutorial or read the help? Are you saying you added the bones but the manipulate bones tool isn't working?

There is very little to go on for your question without just retyping the help file.

These are from an older version of the help that is online. You should read the one that came with the application as some of it has been updated to reflect the version you have (pro or standard).

http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/manual/i ... ayers.html

Scroll down and read the Manipulate Bone tool description
http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/manual/i ... tools.html

-vern

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:46 am
by Animatore
heyvern wrote:Did you do the bone tutorial or read the help? Are you saying you added the bones but the manipulate bones tool isn't working?

There is very little to go on for your question without just retyping the help file.

These are from an older version of the help that is online. You should read the one that came with the application as some of it has been updated to reflect the version you have (pro or standard).

http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/manual/i ... ayers.html

Scroll down and read the Manipulate Bone tool description
http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/manual/i ... tools.html

-vern
I read all tutorials I can find and my Manipulate Bones Tool works fine, but I want to build a figure like Winsor. When I start up my Anime Studio Pro 5, first thing in the workspace I can see is the figure of default character in Anime Studio, Winsor. I can choose option Manipulate Bones and pose Winsor however I want. If I press on his arm I can move his arm if I press on his leg just after I moved his arm, I can move his leg. There is no reason to go to Layers Menu and switch between the body parts. Wholle skeleton is available in that moment when I use Manipulate Bones tool.
How to achieve this ?Winsor has only one Bone Layer and all body parts of his are under that one Bone Layer. When I boned one arm of my character and then one leg and put them together in one Bone Layer I notise that when I move arm, the leg deforming as well. So I really don't know what to do. How to join separate layers (Images or Vectors) in one figure with one sceleton ? I hope you understand my question.

Thanks

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:01 am
by Genete