Hand layer
The hands in the above screenshot are rendered with the hand layer.
What can I do with the hand layer?
With the hand layer you can render a virtual hand.
How do I add a hand layer?
Choose LAYER > Add layer > Add hand layer... to add a new hand layer.
The new hand layer can be selected from the layers dropdown to make it the active layer.
Hand layer style 1
Left hand
Renders a left hand.
Right hand
Renders a right hand.
Hand layer style 2
3 Fingers
Renders 3 fingers.
4 Fingers
Renders 4 fingers.
5 Fingers
Renders 5 fingers.
Hand layer style 3
Cartoon
Renders the hand in a round cartoon style.
Blocks
Renders the hand in a low poly blocky style.
Hand layer properties
Position
The position of the hand.
1st slider: horizontal (x) position
2nd slider: vertical (y) position
3rd slider: depth (z) position
Press <F2> to render the coordinate system.
Rotation
The rotation of the hand.
1st slider: heading
2nd slider: pitch
3rd slider: roll
Press <F2> to render the coordinate system.
Size
The size of the hand.
Colour
The skin colour of the hand
1st slider: red
2nd slider: green
3rd slider: blue
When you press <F3> and the mouse is inside the tool window, the standard Windows colour dialog is presented. When the mouse is outside the tool window, the colour of the current mouse position is copied: it's a colour picker!
Specular colour
The colour used for specular highlights.
1st slider: red
2nd slider: green
3rd slider: blue
When you press <F3> and the mouse is inside the tool window, the standard Windows colour dialog is presented. When the mouse is outside the tool window, the colour of the current mouse position is copied: it's a colour picker!
When this property is (0, 0, 0), the specular light colour is used.
Specularity
The size of the specular highlights.
Set the specular colour with the Specular colour property.
Transparency
The transparency of the hand
0 means fully opaque
1 means fully transparent (invisible)
Thumb
The rotation of the thumb.
Index finger
The rotation of the index finger.
Middle finger
The rotation of the middle finger.
Ring finger
The rotation of the ring finger.
Pinky
The rotation of the pinky.
Thickness
The thickness of the fingers.
Length
The length of the fingers.