Replacing images after animation is done

ofir corcos

Hi guys!
I’m new with Spine, and I wanted to ask:
I’ve already made a walk cycle animation, but now after it’s done I’m not very satisfied with how the foot turns out (I’ve tried to pose the foot with meshes instead of break it into two pieces in photoshop), now I want to change it and make two different png’s and bones for the foot - one for the ankle and one for the fingers. Is it possible doing it without doing the animation all over again? if so, how??

Thanks in advance!

Erika

Hello ofir corcos!
Normally having a foot made with meshes should be fine or easily fixable.
If you want to replace an image with two different images, and not redo the animations, you might be able to do it depending on how the old image and the two new ones were made.
If you make sure that the pivot of the tip of the toes matches well with the bone pivot point, meaning it can turn to a good degree, then you should be fine.

By the way, here is a little tip about rigging shoes you might find useful: https://twitter.com/Er1k4r1/status/1039602751351783424
Note how the bones were placed and the shape of the mesh.

You'll probably still need to do fixes, but hopefully, they'll only be minor things if the images are similar enough in the way they bend and their placing.

ofir corcos

Thank you Erikari!

Just one question, how technically can I replace the one image of the foot to two different ones? do I need to export it from photoshop with the script and then just put it under the foot bone?

Thank you again🙂

Erika

IF it's just two images, you could potentially edit them manually, or yes use the Photoshop exporter.
the Photoshop to Spine script is great if you remembered to match the ruler origin to Spine origin, and you can do it again so the foot is in exactly the right spot, otherwise it's not so crucial.

What you need to do it place the two images in your project images folder, then in setup mode expand the images node, find the two images, and drag them in the viewport, or alternatively, import the two images with the json created by the Photoshop to Spine script.
Once the images are in, find the correct bones, and parent the slots to those bones. Parent the foot slot to the upper foot bone, (you can do so by selecting the image, then pressing P and selecting the correct bone) and the tip of the foot image slot to the tip of the foot bone. You can find an example of such setup in the Spineboy example project.

ofir corcos

Thank you so much! that's really helpful