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From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:21:49 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] 2d character/puppet/Duik animation question
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what about precomping, making it a 3d layer and flipping it on the y-axis?
You could also time-reverse keyframes on a 2d layer, then scale the
object(s) / precomp to a negative Y-value to flip it

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:15 PM, scott.aelist <scott.aelist@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm doing some simple cut-out style character animation with the Duik rig
> script. I'm running into situations where the character is changing his
> orientation to the camera.. facing left... then front, then turning and
> walking right. How do people do these transitions? Do you just swap out
> Right facing rig with Left facing rig? Or do you have all your body parts
> as precomps and then time-remap them to switch between these perspectives?
> I'm finding the rigging setup very time-consuming so i'm trying to find the
> most efficient way to do this..
> thanks
>



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Animator & Editor
www.teddygage.com
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what about precomping, making it a 3d layer and flipping it on the y-axis? =
You could also time-reverse keyframes on a 2d layer, then scale the object(=
s) / precomp to a negative Y-value to flip it<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:15 PM, scott.aelist <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:scott.aelist@gmail.com">scott.aelist@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wr=
ote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border=
-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

I&#39;m doing some simple cut-out style character animation with the Duik r=
ig script. I&#39;m running into situations where the character is changing =
his orientation to the camera.. facing left... then front, then turning and=
 walking right. How do people do these transitions? Do you just swap out Ri=
ght facing rig with Left facing rig? Or do you have all your body parts as =
precomps and then time-remap them to switch between these perspectives? I&#=
39;m finding the rigging setup very time-consuming so i&#39;m trying to fin=
d the most efficient way to do this..<br>




thanks<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><span style=3D"color:rg=
b(0,0,0)">Animator &amp; Editor</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span =
style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_=
blank">www.teddygage.com</a></span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">

<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Brooklyn</span><br><br>

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