i also just noticed in the front view when he leans in to the right at the end of the cycle it almost seems as if he pauses a frame.

I dont know if this is because when you made the loop you...

I would take a look at the curves for the knees and shoulders.
Each seems to slightly jump or pop from position to position. I would assume that these should be more of a fluid motion from front to...

For a simple walk cycle it looks fine to me.
I would really like to see it from a side profile as well

You could give him more character later by giving him some strutting and some personality. ...

I am sorry no one has responded yet to this issue. but it is a pretty complex issue. and I was waiting to see if anyone else had some suggestions for you before I threw in my two cents.

the best...

Moving the pivot points should work as you stated.

another way you could have done it was to make a controller for each of the objects (a circle if you like.) and parent each object to the circle...

as promised :D

Tut ConnectionEditor SlidingDoors - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhbdQP9e1Ak)

Demonstrates some simple and useful snapping tricks.

QT_UsefullSnappingTips.avi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bELdSmZi6RY&list=PLD785345C4C6175C6)

hey thanks for the tutorial. set driven keys seems to be useful. I liked how you were able to set your own max value to the key and the movement on the door was in dependent from that value.
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You could do all of that but may i suggest
1. deleting the four faces. that have the problem verts
2. select the boarder edge and fill hole.
3. then select the newly created face and poke face.
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could you possibly post some screen grabs of your issue?

i would also suggest reseting the settings for the duplicate special command.

are you duplicating across the -1 in your given scale?