Resetting a Transformation
If you made too many transformations and it's not going where you want it to go, or simply because you want to reset a pose you're reusing from another animation, you can reset your character's position. Once the layers are positioned in the Camera view, you can easily return them to their original position. There are three different ways to reset a transformation.
Using the Reset command, you can reset the value of the selected element to the initial value of the active tool. For example, if the Rotate tool is active, the transformation angle will be reset to 0 and if the Transform tool is active, all the transformation values will be reset.
The Reset All option resets all transformations on the current frame in a selected layer. Your keyframe will remain, but all the values will return to the default position. All transformations are reset regardless of the tool you're using.
The Reset All Except Z option resets all transformations on the current frame except the Z position. This is useful when doing cut-out animation. Cut-out puppets often have a particular Z ordering for the different views of a character. You might want to reset the transformation, but not necessarily the Z position.
In the Timeline view, you can also use the Clear All Values command to reset all transformation values on the selected layers. Right-click on the selected layers and select Layers > Clear All Values.
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool or any Advanced Animation tool.
- In the Timeline view or directly in the Camera view, select the drawing layer(s) to reset.
- From the top menu, select Animation > Reset or press Shift + R.
The selected layer(s) return to their original position.
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool or any Advanced Animation tool.
- In the Timeline view or directly in the Camera view, select the drawing layer(s) to reset.
- From the top menu, select Animation > Reset All or press Shift + R.
The selected layer(s) return to their original position.
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool or any Advanced Animation tool.
- In the Timeline view or directly in the Camera view, select the drawing layer(s) to reset.
- From the top menu, select Animation > Reset All Except Z.
The selected layer(s) return to their original position, except for the Z values.