Introducing the Face Puppet Panel

1

Open and Save Profile

Click these two buttons to load and save profiles.

2

Face Animation Profile

Select one of the built-in profiles from the list. Each profile contains various expressions.

3

Full Face Control

Select one of the expressions, with pre-defined weight settings, for varying facial features.

4

Preview
(Space bar)

Click this button and then press the Space bar to preview the expressions triggered by your input device (Mouse by default).

5

Record
(Windows: Ctrl + + Space bar)
(Mac: Option ⌥ + Space bar)

Click this button and then press Space bar to start recording a motion clip. Press the Enter key to start the half-speed recording mode. Keys will then be automatically inserted into the timeline when you move your mouse to drive motion expressions during recording.

6

Solo Feature Selection

Select to change any desired features. The changes will automatically be converted into keys during recording.

7

Clear Selection

Deselect any highlighted features.

8

Puppet Head

Select this to change the rotation/tilt of the head. The changes will automatically be converted into keys during recording.

9

Advance

Adjust the weight of a feature, in detail, with movements from your input device (Mouse by default).

10

Blend data on next recording

Activate this checkbox so that the new motions of the selected features are blended into existing keys after recording.