From the course: Using Character Animator in Production

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The importance of "Set Rest Pose"

The importance of "Set Rest Pose" - Character Animator Tutorial

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The importance of "Set Rest Pose"

- From the moment you sit in front of your computer, Character Animator starts to track your face. But, if you move into a different position to record, your character might skew to one side. (hiphop music) And this is why we have the Set Rest Pose button, or, really what it does is it puts your character into default position. So you see my character right now is pretty skewed 'cause it grabbed me when I was way off to the side. So if I click here under my video of Set Rest Pose, watch what happens. Now my character's in the perfect position. So before you start recording, make sure you click on that button to center your character. Now, you can also use this button to trick your system a little bit, 'cause obviously one of the things it does is it tracks your eyes, so, if you're looking off one side or the other, your character is likely to look that way, especially if you have the Head Turner behavior set. I like to have my scripts off to one side, so I might be looking this…

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