Solo Feature Selection Puppeteering
When you do not wish to use puppeteering presets, and you wish to record the expressions of a single facial feature, then you can use the Solo Feature Selection
pane for puppeteering.
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Using Solo Feature Selection Puppeteering
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Make sure the actor has been
applied with a voice with either
idle or
auto motion.
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The actor has applied with voice and auto motion
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Go to the time frame where you want to blend custom facial expressions to the existing motion.
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Click the Face Puppet
 button on the tool bar.
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Click the Clear Selection
button.
All the selected features will be deselected.
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Pick the desired facial features from the Solo Feature Selection
pane.
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Note:
Press the buttons (3D Movement 
and Rotate Head  )
of the Head Movement to puppet the head for rolling or tilting.
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You may need to preview the animations before the real recording. There are two methods to doing so:
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Standard Method:
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Click the Preview
 button.
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Move your mouse cursor to the center of your display so
that you can have enough space to move mouse up, down,
left and right for puppeteering.
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Press the Space Bar to start previewing.
A crosshair shows where the mouse cursor is, to indicate the
position of a neutral expression.
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Shortcut Method:
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Move your mouse cursor to the center of your display so
that you can have enough space to move mouse up, down,
left and right for puppeteering.
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Press the Space Bar to start previewing.
A crosshair shows where the mouse cursor is, to indicate the
position of a neutral expression.
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Move your mouse to puppet. The selected facial features will be triggered to move with the mouse cursor. Press the Space bar
again to stop previewing.
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If you are satisfied with the results in the preview mode, then you may start to record with two methods:
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Standard Method:
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Click the Record
 button.
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Move your mouse cursor to the center of your display so
that you can have enough space to move mouse up, down,
left and right for puppeteering.
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Press the Space Bar to start previewing (Press the Enter key to start the half-speed recording mode).
A crosshair shows where the mouse cursor is, to indicate the
position of a neutral expression.
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Shortcut Method:
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Move your mouse cursor to the center of your display so
that you can have enough space to move mouse up, down,
left and right for puppeteering.
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Press the Option ⌥ + Space Bar to start recording.
A crosshair shows where the mouse cursor is, to indicate the
position of a neutral expression.
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Move your mouse to puppet. The animations will be
recorded into a clip. Press the Space bar again to stop recording.
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Once the recording stops, a motion clip with the entire recorded expressions will
be stored in the Motion Track.
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