2D pivot points made in Sprite Editor not working for some reason :/

Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to both Unity and animating.

Here's what I did:

I created a 2D character in Photoshop in pieces so i can animate him using the Animation editor in Unity. So my character is comprised of a Head, Body, Eyes, Left and Right Upper and Lower Arms and Legs and Hands and feet and even fingers, all separated within the same animation sheet, so about 30 pieces spread out on a PNG sheet. Using the Sprite Editor in Unity, I was able to separate each piece and set Pivot Points for every piece of the character.

Here's my problem:

When animating my character in the Animation menu, all of the pivot points I created using the Sprite Editor are seemingly ignored. I've Parented the pieces together in a hierarchy hoping doing so would make my workflow easier. Ex: My upper arm is parented to my lower arm which is parented to my hand and each individual finger so if i rotate my upper arm to make a punch motion, each pivot point would be stationed and locked to make my life less of a nightmare. But for some reason, the pivot place is set in the middle of the entire parented mess.

Is there a reason why the Pivot Points i made in the sprite editor are being ignored while they're parented?
Is there something i'm doing incorrectly?

To anybody who can help, thanks for your time!

 

I have the same issue...
Could you tell me how you fixed it? (if you were able to fix it)

 

check the button "pivot<->center" (left from Play button)

 

Thanks, it works! I thought it was a bug or something.