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thomasway
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I have no plans to to use the actor.

I suggest you try to follow my procedure. See what you can do.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Wow! You did in 20 minutes what I've been trying to do for weeks, and you even gave him a mouth! You went above and beyond.
Any chance I could get a download for it? Unless that's too pushy — there's no time limit, and I know there isn't any obligation or anything.
(You can use the actor as you see fit; you bothered to animate him and make him work, after all.)
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In order to fix your character I followed this procedure.
Downloaded your files
Imported the pngs into Photoshop via Scripts > Load Files Into Stack
Opened a PSD template file for G3 Elastic Folks male
Copied your parts into the Template file and put them in the correct corresponding folders
Cut up some of your parts that needed to be in separate layers (like the head)
Added rounded circles with same colors to the ends of body parts so the joints overlapped
Added some face parts from other characters
Aligned the bone indicators to the correct places
Imported the PSD file back into CA4
Took about 20 minutes while I watched the baseball playoffs. It was a personal test to see how fast I could do it.
Needs a lot more work but you get the idea.
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In order to fix your character I followed this procedure.
Downloaded your files
Imported the pngs into Photoshop via Scripts > Load Files Into Stack
Opened a PSD template file for G3 Elastic Folks male
Copied your parts into the Template file and put them in the correct corresponding folders
Cut up some of your parts that needed to be in separate layers (like the head)
Added rounded circles with same colors to the ends of body parts so the joints overlapped
Added some face parts from other characters
Aligned the bone indicators to the correct places
Imported the PSD file back into CA4
Took about 20 minutes while I watched the baseball playoffs. It was a personal test to see how fast I could do it.
Needs a lot more work but you get the idea.
NaturalGlitch
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A buddy of mine put together FLA files that contain all the actor's parts in (hopefully) in their proper spot; I hope this is what you meant. I sure hope so! (I added the files into the original post on top.)
I also hope your offer still stands.
(I'm still trying to make them G3 characters, but they come out as mutants. I am practicing using more G2 characters, and Reallusion had a great deal on G2 assets that I quickly took up.)
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I suggest you export the template character to your image editing program.
Study how the body parts are made.
Compare how it is assembled in the Composer Mode.

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/9331d0a4-6a4b-4e86-9f88-963f.jpg
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This is a silly reply, but do you know of some tutorial videos on the subject? I'm a visual learner you see.
I've looked around some on YouTube, but I'm not sure how to search for what I'm looking for.
Thanks for reading and your help!
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Yes. It is easy.



https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/9331d0a4-6a4b-4e86-9f88-963f.jpg
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You make it sound so easy! ...Probably because it is. 
I'll see what I can do, but last time I tried this myself, the character's legs looked like a pretzel monster. I keep messing up, but that won't stop me from trying!
Thanks for the tip!
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The body part should overlap the other to make it connect.
Place the bones in there to fix it onto the other body part.



https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/9331d0a4-6a4b-4e86-9f88-963f.jpg
YouTube Tutorials Here

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