9 thoughts on “Duik Ángela Official Course – 03: It’s All about Bones”

1. I created a character with just noodles, like tutorial 8 above, but it shows up blank when I view the composition as a precomp in another comp. It’s also blank when I try to export the comp. I thought the tutorial above was showing us how to create a usable character with just noodles. If that’s the case, is there something I need to do to make it appear? Thanks.

   1. Bones are created as guide layers, you just have to switch them to standard layers. (That’s an option in AE, it’s not Duik)

2. i realized this morning that Duik makes guide layers and that’s why they’re not showing up. 🙂 So I just unchecked that on the noodle layers.

3. Hi, i’m trying to create a script for Duik Angela that will enable me to toggle Edit mode on and off by linking it to a keyboard shortcut in AE. Trouble is, i’m no coder!, so i’ve tyried to follow along with the well presented help on this site. My script looks like this:
   #include “DuAEF_Duik_api.jsxinc”
   DuAEF.init( “Edit mode”, “1.0.0”, “Nicho Homes” );
   DuAEF.enterRunTime();
   Duik.Bones.editMode();
   })();
   but when I run it in AE I get the following error message:
   “Unable to execute script at line 3. File or folder does not exist” – can anyone out there tell me where i’m going wrong, or suggest the correct script PLEASE?!
   By the way – I absolutely love Duik Angela, so, thank you!
   Nicho

   1. Hi!
      I’m very sorry to reply so late, I’ve been quite busy these days 😉
      The line to include the API has changed in a recent update and is now

      #include Duik_API.jsxinc

      We forgot to update the doc, sorry!
      I’m fixing it today 😉

4. Thank you for your reply, Duduf,
   I’ve edited the code in my script to include your change, so that it now reads like this:

   (function(){
   #include “Duik_API.jsxinc”
   DuAEF.init( “Edit mode”, “1.0.0”, “Nicho Homes” );
   DuAEF.enterRunTime();
   Duik.Bones.editMode();
   })();

   but now when I run it I get this in Ae:
   “Unable to execute script at line 1. File or folder does not exist”
   Do you have any more ideas of how to make this work, please, or did I cedit the change in the wrong way? I very much appreciate your time
   thank you again
   Nicho

   1. That should work;
      Either I’m mistaking, I’ll test on my side a bit later to be sure,
      Or some files are missing along with your script. You should have at least the file called Duik_API.jsxinc and a “libs” subfolder in the same location as your script for it to load everything correctly…

5. Thanks again – indeed I didn’t have the “libs” folder in my scripts folder, but I do now, and have run the same script again

   (function(){
   #include “Duik_API.jsxinc”
   DuAEF.init( “Edit mode”, “1.0.0”, “Nicho Homes” );
   DuAEF.enterRunTime();
   Duik.Bones.editMode();
   })();

   But now I get an error message saying:
   “Unable to execute the script at line 5. Syntax error”

6. Hi and thanks again DuDuf,
   I’m sending this again because I feel i’m so close (with your help) to being able to do this apparently simple thing!
   Please will you help with the above post?

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