The Limber Panel

The text, buttons and icons in the main Limber UI panel will change dynamically based on how you re-size it. If you drag it into a tall, thin bar, the button names disappear and you can minimize the amount of screen space it takes up.

⁖ Indicate

Circles

Generates 3 x Ellipse shape layers, for you to re-position, re-size and re-color, to indicate a new limb (especially a Taper or Circle limb)

Path

Generates a shape layer with a path that has three points, and a stroke. You can move the points around, add tangents to the middle point, and change the stroke properties, to indicate a new limb (especially a Path limb).

+ Create

New

Opens the New Limb panel. If you select layers before clicking, dropdowns will be pre-filled.

Limb Library

Opens the Limb Library panel to create a new limb.

☰ Manage

Duplicate

Duplicates a selected limb.

Rename

Allows you to rename all the layers associated with a selected limb.

Copy

Copies a selected limb

Paste

Pastes a copied limb into a selected limb.

Add Art

Allows you to add more artwork into an existing limb (art goes into the Lower section by default, Option / Alt+ click for the Upper section).

Reset

If you need to adjust the pivot points of a Precomp limb, this button updates the limb and any instances of it. Option / Alt + click this button to extend the duration of precomp limbs and their contents to meet the duration of the longest comp in which they are used.

The Reset button also has an extra function: if you hold Shift and click it, it will reset the limb's Upper Length and Lower Length values to whatever they were when art was first added to it (which may have been when it was created).

◔ Control

Hide/Show

Hides controllers and locators associated with a selected limb. Option / Alt + click to show them.

+/- Size

Makes controllers and locators associated with a selected limb larger. Option / Alt + click to make them smaller. Shift + click to reset the size, color and shape of all Limber controllers in the current comp.

+/- Locator

Add a Locator to a selected limb. Option / Alt + click to remove a locator.

+/- FreeK

Add a FreeK controller to a selected limb. Option / Alt + click to remove one.

+/- Auto-flop

Add Auto-flop to a selected limb. Option / Alt + click to remove Auto-flop from a limb.

Select

Selects all Limber layers associated with a selected layer.

∠ Match

Match a selected limb’s pose in one animation mode to the pose of another mode.