Streamlining and renaming layers

Now is the time to look at our first character rig, Chaz the TV Host. Another artist designed this character, so we will need to go in and make sure the overall layer structure will work for our purposes.

You may find it easier to follow along with body_part_guide_ch3.pdf, which is included in the chapter’s exercise files. This PDF is a screenshot of the character fully assembled for this chapter.

Open the Chaz_Host_v1.psd file so we can begin looking over this character design. Again, we will use Photoshop for this process.

Figure 3.2: Chaz is a TV show host who knows how to captivate an audience

Chaz is not only incredibly handsome but he also has a pretty complex layer list. This is how the artist originally laid out the file.

Figure 3.3: A preview of Chaz’s layers

When using some other animation apps, the layout would work just fine, but here, we’re going to need...