New to Spine. Bones not moving character body part sprites.

Sears

Hi. I created a character in PS, used the photoshop to spine script and imported the data into spine. Drew out all the bones, and I can shift the whole character around using the root body bone, but none of the other bones move any of the characters body part sprites. I'm certain I'm missing something simple, but I can't seem to find any answer online. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Misaki

Sears Welcome to Spine!
To move an image using a bone, the slot containing the image must be parented to the bone. The following screenshots show the slots parented to the corresponding bones:

In the example above, there is a left foot slot under the left foot bone, and the left foot slot holds the image attachment for the character's left foot. This hierarchy allows the left foot image to be animated by moving the left foot bone.

If anything is unclear, please do not hesitate to ask additional questions.

Sears

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Sears

Thank you Misaki! That all makes sense. I guess I'm unclear on how/ or the process to parent the the image to the particular bone...?

Misaki

Sears Sorry I did not explain that point! You can set parent by clicking on a slot in the Tree view and dragging it on the bone name you want to bind the slot:

Or by pressing the Set Parent button that appears at the bottom of the Tree view when you select a slot or bone, and then selecting the target you want to bind it:

Set Parent mode can also be entered by pressing the hotkey P.

Sears

Awesome!

Thanks so much... appreciate you taking the time.

Nate

Note for next time there is a nice shortcut: when creating your bones you can move some of the attachments under the new bone by selecting them first. This has the advantage that the bone is named more intelligently, often saving you needing to name the bone manually. See Create workflow here:
https://esotericsoftware.com/spine-tools#Create-tool