Very helpful tutorial, thanks. 

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If the motion file is long enough, looping might not matter. One thing I don't like about motion puppet is indeed the looping. I find myself slowing down the motion more than I'd like to avoid the loop.

Thank you kindly for this. I will implement some of my own motions post-haste.

Great tutorial, Rampa. It also helps if you make sure the new clip you want to insert in motion puppet is loopable. Otherwise, you might have a surprise. Also, make sure that you save your clip as an .iMotion file, not .rlMotion. The latter didn’t work for me.

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Also take advantage of the sliders in the preset tab in the Motion Puppet to adjust the overall pose.

There is also a way to add more motions to the Motion Puppet. Takes a little setup.

When actors are sitting and talking, often the only thing they need to do is shift a little or move their arms. Motion puppet, with masking, speed control and exaggeration control, is PERFECT for this, but comes sparsely populated.