@Dr-Sassi I think one of the issues I'm realizing has been throwing me off is that is seems other things will be changed universally if I change them in a child take of the Main take.

For example, if I have an object in a certain position in the Main take, then I go to a child take and move that position, it is reflected in the Main take. That seems to be the case for everything besides animation.

Knowing that limitation has helped me work around it, but I think that is why I keep getting stuck on the animation issue.

@Dr-Sassi Hello again!
It seems to be random and I don't use the the Pen tool much. It typically occurs when I'm working with objects in Model mode. Then when I select a different object it switches to point mode suddenly.
I'm using 2024.2.0 (Build 2024_2_db1a05477b8f_1095604919) Win
Attached is a screenshot.

Hi all,

I've had this issue for a while where if I select a polygon mesh it auto switches from object mode to point mode. Is there a way to disable this automatic behavior?

@Dr-Sassi Thanks for your reply. That makes sense. I guess the issue for me is I want it to work differently than it does. I essentially want to use takes mainly for visibility, turning things on and off, and having the animation of things work independently of that. But, I think, now that you have explained things, I can achieve what I want by using overrides on the animations and just animating on the Takes I need to.

Thank you again for your time explaining this to me!

@Dr-Sassi Your file is working the way I wanted! I'm curios how you got the animations to be visible in the dope sheet timeline in take "New B". Did you just create an override on the properties you wanted to animate?

Also, I'm curious if there is a way to make the animation of an object available on the dope sheet timeline across all takes and not overridden by the take you are in. So, for example, I animate a cube up and down in the Z on the Main take. Then I create a new take and I want to edit the animation while in the new take, but have those changes be carried across all takes. Is that possible?

I appreciate your help on this. While I have looked at the documentation for Takes, it is a little hard for me to understand. So I appreciate your help and patience.

Keep in mind that this scene is a super simplified version to make it small and easy to work with.

@Dr-Sassi Thanks for your reply!
You could be right about the layers part. But I'd love to understand what is happening.

I've attached a file with a cube that is animated on the z position. If you go to the Main take you can edit the animation. But I'd love to be able to access the animation while in Take A, for example.

Hopefully this helps. Feel free to ask any additional questions. Thanks!

Takes Issue - 001.c4d

Hello all,

I've been struggling with something for years. And occasionally I search fruitlessly for the answer. So here I am again.

I love the takes system but I always run into issues when animating. So here is the typical scenario...

1. I animate some elements and set up some takes to show and hide certain things.
2. I need to adjust some animations so I go to the take (Take A) where the elements I want to work on are visible.
3. The animation is not editable or visible in the Timeline unless I go to the "Main" take.
4. I have to do a bunch of editing of the Main take to get it to essentially look like Take A so that I can work on the animation.
5. I then have to do the same thing, editing the Main take, to edit any other animation that is present in a different take, Take B for example.

This seems very clunky and I just feel like I'm missing something. I would much appreciate any perspective on this.

Thanks in advance!
Tim