Reply To: Major problem ….

[Wayne Dixon]

Take a deep breath ohsnapholly.  Believe it or not, the bigger the mistakes you make, the more you learn.

This is all part of it.

Ok, so now you’ve taken a couple of breaths and you’re back to zen, let’s see if we can fix your issues.

Without seeing what you mean, it’s hard for me to know exactly what is going on (feel free to post a video or some screen shots).

But let me hazard a guess.

Is the original leg still working properly? If so, delete the problematic leg keyframes and try the process again (but go slow)

If the original leg is now broken – it is most likely that you pasted the keyframes ontop of the same leg, which isn’t a problem if you paste it over the same frame (it will stay the same) but if you paste it over a different frame, you will mess up your animation.

Here are some things to check.  

-Make sure both legs have keyframes on all the channels you are copy and pasting to (ie – LocRot on both legs so if you are using available it will work properly)

-make sure both legs are in IK mode – check the slider is at 1.0 on both legs.

Let me know how you go – but don’t worry if you messed up to the point where you need to backtrack and start again.

You are just learning.  I made heaps of these mistakes early on, and what I’m showing you here is a pro-tip.

Just take a deep breath, compose yourself and then tackle it again.  You will be faster and better the next time.

You can do it!