Troubleshooting

#The bar isn't there

• Check Marionette Bar at the top of the viewport's View menu.
• Check the viewport's Show Gizmo switch, in its header. The bar hides with it.
• With Choreographer installed, Marionette's buttons are on Choreographer's bar.
• The bar shows when the scene has an armature, or, in a scene with none, its Add Character button.

#"Select the character to pose first"

Click your character's rig in the viewport, then Autopose.

#The pose isn't kept

With Auto Keying off, a pose stays only until the frame changes, as a pose made with G or R does. Press I to key it, or switch on Auto Keying on the bar.

#The editing tools aren't on the bar

The Smooth Brush, Lock in Place, Pick Up and the Motion Check appear once the character has animation. Key a pose first, or open a file with a take.

#An edit changes only one frame

• Check Reach in Settings: at 0, only the edited frame changes. Check Intensity too.
• A handle drag carries through the Reach when Auto Keying is on.
• On a control rig, a handle drag changes the frame you are on. Drag a point on the motion trail to carry an edit across frames.

#"No fingers found on this character's hands"

The hand presets and the fingertip handles need finger bones. A character with mitten hands has none to pose.

#"Too near the end of the motion to change its timing here"

Retiming needs a few frames on either side of the point. Retime a point further from the first or last frame.

#Lock in Place: "it needs two parent bones"

A lock holds a hand or foot through its arm or leg, so the joint needs an upper and a lower bone above it.

#A joint goes to the wrong place

Marionette finds each joint from the rig's shape. If a rig fools it, open Settings → Skeleton and set the joint's bone by hand.

#No update notice

Update checks need Blender's Allow Online Access (Preferences → System) and Check Once a Day in Marionette's preferences. Could not reach animatica.ai means the check didn't get an answer; try Check Now later. You can always download the newest version from Downloads in your Animatica account.

#Still stuck

Ask on our Discord: the team is there, and so are other animators using Marionette. Or write to support@animatica.ai.