Scaling a Animated character

[danielcea]

I have a fully animated character that I want to import into a currect scene I have already created. The problem is when I get the character into the scene he is to big for the scene. He is about twice the size. When I select just the joints and scale them down the character crumples into a ball. When I sellect the joints and the geomatry he gets dragged backwards and is no longer aligned with his skin. Just shrinking the skin does not work either. I am doing all this with the scaling tool. Does anybody know what I should do to scale this character down? Thanks.

[nonquad]

Ordinarily, if you want your character to be able to scale, it's good form to prepare for that in advance... but it should be possible to fix it up.

Unfortunately it's very difficult to generalize the solution. There are as many potential solutions as there are ways to create the problem in the first place; which is to say, possibly an infinite variety. And we can't guide you towards the right solution(s) without a more specific understanding of your current situation. Try to give us specific details on how your character is rigged.
Is it smooth or rigid? If rigid, are there flexors? How about lattices? Blends? IK solvers? Are you animating on control objects, or raw joints? Or both?
If we can identify the situation specifically, then it will be a lot easier to approach the solution.

Also, don't forget that if it's a simple scene, you could just scale the scene =)

[joojaa]

usualy the easiest way is to group the scale dependent things and then scale the group... but becarefull so that no double transform occurs!

[danielcea]

Well I'm new at this so I will try and fully explain it to you. I combined Skin binds. For the legs and body I have rigid and for the arms I have smooth. I am using IK handles to control the character with the exception of the foot, I use the channel box to Roll the foot. That is a reverse foot controlled by the connection editor. I have a lattice around the knee to help it bend easier. The only part of the body I control by the actual joints is the hand. I know without seeing it first hand it is hard to tell me what to do exactly but a push in the right direction is appreciated.