Creating swap sets for hands
Triggers are binary, allowing for the layer assigned to be turned on or off. Swap sets allow us to switch or swap out different layers as we record. For this book’s project, we will set up a swap set to change our hand poses.
Since we grouped our hands when laying out the rig in Photoshop, we can set this up pretty easily:
- Make sure you’re on the Rig tab.
- Locate F Hands, found under F Arm.
- Right-click on F Hands and choose Create Swap Set.
Figure 7.13: Choosing Create Swap Set will automatically make the group layers swappable
The Triggers panel should now show F Hands with the three hand poses we organized below it.
Figure 7.14: A swap set lays out each asset in the group, allowing you to customize your keys
Don’t worry – the cup trigger is still present. We can access it again by clicking the coffee cup.png layer from the list. But for now, we...
