User Guide > Cut-out Animation > Navigating the Hierarchy

Navigating the Hierarchy

If you created a layer hierarchy when you built your puppet, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to travel up and down the parent-child chain. You can also travel between the children in a layer.

To select the parent or child layer:

1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool.
2. In the Transform Tool Properties view, make sure the Peg Selection mode is deselected.
3. In the Camera or Timeline view, select a layer attached to a hierarchy.

4. Select Animation > Select Parent or press [B] to select the parent layer. Now select Animation > Select Child or press [Shift]+[B] to select the child layer. The keyboard shortcuts are [B] and [Shift] + [B].

To select the children layers:

1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool.
2. In the Camera or Timeline view, a layer attached to a parent layer with several children or not parented at all.

3. Select Animation > Select Previous Brother or press [/] to select the previous child layer and select Animation Select Next Brother or press [?] to select the next child layer. You can also select Animation > Select Children to select all child layers at once.

Related Topics 

Creating a Simple Cut-out Animation
Selecting Layers to Animate or Position
Animating Using the Transform Tool
Animating using Inverse Kinematics
Flipping through Poses
Flipping Parts
Ordering Layers Over Time
Resetting a Transformation
Adding Pegs
Offsetting Part of an Animation on page 1