It is a difference when you attach a prop in Composer, as when you linking it in Stage . When you attach on Cherry , is your prop a part from Cherry not more a "stand alone" prop. The Hotspot is now relative to Cherry. So You must switsch in composer mode for placement. On the other hand, when you linking a prop in stage, then it is a stand alone prop and you can free placement it in stage mode.

I wish I could better in english write what I mean :hehe:

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Thanx!  Is that documented anywhere, because I have this problem with a lot of the props I either bring in as well as with some of the RL props...

[EDIT] - Found it...  http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/animator/help/animator/pro/05_Scene/Locating_the_Center.htm

I had thought the red pivot point was here it would rotate around, and thus be the center.  So I'm still a bit unclear how the "hotspot" would've been a different location than the pivot point...  So I guess the secret is to create all your props first, make sure everything is correct before attempting to use it in a scene.

Thanx Again!

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I can duplicate it over, and over, and over, and over...  This is not the original file because I'm using things that have DRM in them (PowerTools Bundle, Comic Faces, etc...)  But here is a re-creation of it with just a single character and the drumstick, attached to the hand in the character composer, with the pivot set correctly.

attached right on the hands ?... Sorry, I can't re build this issue, and it is easier to help with a orginal file.

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It is not the pivot point.  I really would've looked at something that obvious before asking.

Perhaps the pivot point setting is incorrect. Can you upload the orginal file for a look on this ?

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So I have a character, I brought in a prop, an image, saved it as a prop.  Then opened the character in Character composer, brought in the prop; scaled, rotated, positioned it as I wanted it then when I moved back out onto the stage the prop placement was totally screwed up.  Waaaay off the mark...

So Reallusion, what is the secret to prop placement?  In the attached screen shots, see it in the character composer, then see it on the stage.  One of the props (the one on screen right) is behind the character, and when I try to bring it forwards in the z-depth I have to keep scaling it down so it's correct, and eventually it just disappears altogether.  IfI go into the 3D view, I can't even find it...