Can't copy-paste keyframes from multiple layers while in a smart action

[Daxel]

Hi there!

So, yeah, today I was trying to convert an old 360º head rig I had, to the new 360º smartbone system introduced in Moho 14.4, just to see if I liked this new feature for heads. (By the way has someone tried that already? Is it worth it?)

So I marked all the animated layers to show in the timeline panel, and then tried to copy the keyframes of all of them at the same time. This usually works, you just need to be sure to have the parent layer selected. But in this case, inside the smart action, only the selected layer keyframes were being pasted, ignoring the other layers.

My questions are: Has this limitation always existed, or is it a regression in Moho 14.4? And if it has always existed, is there any reason for it?

Bonus: If anyone else has the same problem, the options are, of course, to copy and paste the keyframes of each layer every time, or to use the Animation → Copy Deep Frame system to copy the keyframes of all sublayers at once, but this is only useful if they are all on the same frame.

[sang820]

Select the bone layer (parent layer), then select all keyframes on the timeline, and try copying and pasting.

[Daxel]

Select the bone layer (parent layer), then select all keyframes on the timeline, and try copying and pasting.

Yes, that works on the main timeline, but it doesn't work for multiple layers at once when I'm inside a smart action here on my Moho 14.4. It pastes only the parent layer's keyframes but not the other layers' keyframes at the same time. Does it work for you inside a smart action?

[sang820]

Select the bone layer (parent layer), then select all keyframes on the timeline, and try copying and pasting.

Yes, that works on the main timeline, but it doesn't work for multiple layers at once when I'm inside a smart action here on my Moho 14.4. It pastes only the parent layer's keyframes but not the other layers' keyframes at the same time. Does it work for you inside a smart action?

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Yes, it is effective. But you must copy the keyframe layer within the parent layer.

[Daxel]

Yes, it is effective. But you must copy the keyframe layer within the parent layer.

Oh, I see! The difference is that you are copying the keyframes from the main timeline and pasting them into an action. But I am trying to copy the keyframes from a smart action and paste them into a different frame within the same smart action. That’s what is not working correctly. By the way that character looks amazing! c:

What you did gave me the idea of copying the smart action to the main timeline, then copying the keyframes from there and pasting them into a different frame of the same smart action. That works, so it seems that the issue is specifically with copying keyframes inside smart actions (or probably any kind of action), while the pasting process seems to work correctly.

I hope Moho devs can fix that limitation. I'm not really sure if that happens on previous versions but I guess it does.

[sang820]

Yes, it is effective. But you must copy the keyframe layer within the parent layer.

Oh, I see! The difference is that you are copying the keyframes from the main timeline and pasting them into an action. But I am trying to copy the keyframes from a smart action and paste them into a different frame within the same smart action. That’s what is not working correctly. By the way that character looks amazing! c:

What you did gave me the idea of copying the smart action to the main timeline, then copying the keyframes from there and pasting them into a different frame of the same smart action. That works, so it seems that the issue is specifically with copying keyframes inside smart actions (or probably any kind of action), while the pasting process seems to work correctly.

I hope Moho devs can fix that limitation. I'm not really sure if that happens on previous versions but I guess it does.

haha , Thank you, I hope you can achieve your wish. But all I can think about is optimizing the memory usage of Moho, so that I can use Moho to create more detailed models~emmmm