I gave up on interpolating the switch layer for the eye, because it caused the eyes to deform at the bottom, as I saw in you example file, Your idea worked great. Your example file with the pupils shows the pupils being masked by the switch layer, my highlights are set up the same, Only with the add...

I did follow your directions to a tee, I have a test file for it. I just made changes to it because the eyes wouldn't behave the way I wanted them to. For example, I the switch layer for blinks has both the eye shape and lashes while another group has the eyelids and highlights masked to the switch ...

Two people helped me with this their ideas work, but I'm still having trouble with getting things to work the way I want. Below is an example of what I'm looking for. For the eyelid shapes the make up the expressions on the eyes not to cover the eyelashes as if the eyelid shapes are masked to the ey...

Yes ctrl F on windows or command F on macs. You have to do it BEFORE you make the next post, otherwise you have to manually tweak it in the motion graph. I have 11.2 so far I havent experienced any major bugs if at all. 11.2 has frame by frame animation now so maybe consider upgrading if you can. Fo...

I'm going to post up the most recent file. I had to make a few changes, because the eyes weren't behaving how I wanted, your idea works. I'll upload it so you can check it out and see if you can do anything to make it more streamlined. Right now I have lashes, lids and, eye shapes on separate groups...

There's a freeze pose, but that's probably not what youre looking for, you're looking for a shortcut key to add a single keyframe. When you move anything that isnt in frame zero, it automatically creates a keyframe.

I'm guessing you want control over adding and removing keyframes?

What if I wanted to have the eyelashes to not be masked like the way I have the face set up, it doesn't go outside the bounds of the characters outline.

Probably won't even need to do it but it's nice to know.

Thanks for the answers you two.

I saw your post in the animators forum, thanks I'll check it out tomorrow, but what about eyelashes, is it the same concept? Cuz they tend to go all wobbly like in the image I posted.

So can I keep the switch layer for blinking and copy the original to make actions for expressions?

I probably need to clear out everything concerning the eyes and start from scratch. I tested your idea about switch morphs on a blank document, it works fine but when I go to put it into smart dial it just switches instantly and doesn't tween. Update: Just found out switch interpolation doesn't work...

I tried it but it transitioned weird, I have all the same points and the shapes are all the same.

Do you happen to have a file or something I can visually take in? I'm an artist and even though I can understand what you wrote I understand it better when I see it otherwise I'll get confused and won't know what to do.

I like the switch morph idea.

There's a plugin for Anime Studio by Yang Shi called Dragon Matrix, it looks really cool, looks like it my head movement easier. But does anyone know exactly how it works and how to set it up for a newly built character? I really want to use the plugin as it makes things easier. I've watched Yang Sh...

The smart dials aren't bind to anything, I used point binding for the skeleton, I didn't bind anything to the smart dials.

Also the strength on all bones are set to zero

Without seeing your rig, I can only guess but It sounds like you may have part of your blink animation or otherwise the points in eyelid layer keyframed inside the turn Smart Bone action. If you see such keyframes for that element in the Action, you may want to delete them. To re-position the eyeli...

Can someone explain how this plugin works and how to set it up to use for a character? Seems pretty cool and I want to use it but I don't know how to set it up to use on a character.