Character Animator

I am making a cartoon for a 1st grade class based on a book they read.  Each student drew their character and recorded their lines.  They also drew backgrounds.  I am fairly inexperienced in both Character Animator Pro 2025 and After Effects which I haven't used in many years. I am wondering which application I should use for the main timelines. I can see how I could do it incharacter animator but I have a few characters that will not animate in a traditional fashion. For example there is a stapler which will move a giant mouth (being the base) up and down. Can someone give me a workflow of how I can use character animator to do the major characters and also do other animations such as the stapler? Also, I am trying to use some of the premade characters to steal their eyes and mouth.   When I bring them into Photoshop I can see all of the hierarchy of body parts. Elite sum and add my own as you can see in the attached picture. When I bring them back i

Hi When triggering a set to Cycle Layers, all my other layers disappear. Sometimes they end up cinvisible after the trigger and I can't make them reappear. Layer settings look normal on all the other layers so noit sure what's causing this.

Yesterday 9 Jan 2020 - I downloaded Character Animator for the first time. I have an older system (that cannot be upgraded any further) so downloaded the latest available version. This worked fine until I tried to import a commercial model and got the message saying it couldn't be imported, so I tried another, same messgae.Looking for a solution here, someone suggested reistalling the app. So I deinstalled it and when I went to the app downloader but now there is only the option for the current version (which is incompatible with my system).So something has happened in the last 24 hours that's suddenly made the app inopperable? Is there a way of getting an older version?

This system is not very stable.

Hi there !  Not much to say about this little bug I found. I have a character with some of her faces who have a "nose" layer, here in my video it's only the "Right Profile 2" layer that contains that nose layer, and it automatically creates a tag "nose". That problem happens when I go to the Record menu, it seems like the whole face behaves as if that point was fixed. (For clarifications, I move my head when I return to the Record menu in the video) I do not use any nose related feature, so it's not a bother for me to erase that tag, but it's a kind of funny behaviour only for a nose tag... Last thing to say about this problem : it's not related to the handle itself, when I remove the "Nose" tag, it works fine. Here if you have any question regarding my character and its rigging.

Hello,I recently tried to record some walking animations and for whatever reason it isn't recording.  I have the puppet selected in the timeline and the behavior is armed, but as soon as I hit record, the puppet freezes. I thought there must have been an error with my puppet and upload an example puppet, Evan, and it still isn't recording. Also on a side note when I hit the play button, the playhead does not move. Is there a bug with my program? Please advise.

I keep getting the same error. I'm about to give up on using Adobe Character. I updated the driver, but it didn’t work. I even formatted my computer, but that didn’t help either. None of the solutions I found online worked; the problem is with the Adobe Character program

Hi Everyone, I am trying to add expressions in my lemon puppet in CA. My workflow is:Import puppetImport .wave file for audioCompute lipsyncCompute head movmentThen add expressions during a record (and subsequent records).  Edit expressions in timeline I like to use icons in the control/perform panel, during record and then edit those in the timeline with the dropdown menu.  See attached screenshots.  I admit I might not even be using the right terms for this kind of thing so the right terms would help.  I'm having someone make me new expressions but they don't show up in that dropdown that activates when I click on an expression in the timeline so I can't change to the new available expressions.  I might need to connect these myself since there is a communications gap so any help would be much appreciated.   Links to tutorials, the right terms to use to help me communicate to the person making these expressions/behaviors/whatever they'

I am currently creating my first character puppet, and I'm trying to figure out some physics for its hair. It is current separated into two layers (one with the part infront of the head and one behind) but cant seem to figure out how to connect the two. Is it possible to have multiple anchor points on one layer or object

So I created this octopus puppet and I wanted it to spurt out ink when triggered by a key. It consists of 10 layers so I added the cycle layers in Character Animator but when I trigger it the head disappears. What can be done to avoid this? I want both the puppet and the ink to be seen.

I'm creating a puppet using the 'Blank' character in illustrator. It was auto saving the changes in Ch but then stopped ... how can I get it to auto save again? I make changes in illustrator but Ch isn't updating anymore.  

HELLO!have tried to make this dog talk and turn his head. We used the blank.psd template. PLEASE help us! have tried almost a year soon! it sometimes moves the mouth, and sometimes the eyes, but mostly is headturn and correct lipsync not working..

After updating to 25.0 the app now only installs in Korean.I'm on a Macbook Pro 2018 13" and MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1.After updating and opening the app I found it was all in Korean language and not in English as it has always been until now. I live in Korea, however I'm Swedish so my Creative Cloud/Adobe interafaces and OS language are in Swedish and I have my default app installation language set to English as it is the most convenient language to use as I frequently look up tutorials online. I have tried reinstalling the app twice after rebooting my computer but it still installs in Korean. I have no idea what the source of this problem is as all my other Adobe apps updated to the 2025 version just fine and are still installed in English. Something with the localization settings must have been messed up in the new update? I do speak Korean, but it still impacts my workflow quite a bit.

HelloI'm working on a storytelling presentation and would like to include animations. I'm introducing a character, George, who is a developer, and I want to bring him to life with some animation.Could you recommend the best or simplest solution to create animations that I can integrate into PowerPoint? I'm looking for something engaging but easy to implement.I have creative cloudThanks in advance for your help!

I'm getting an error saying "install Media Encoder" when I try to export from Character Animator to Media Encoder so I can use transparant backgrounds.  All of my apps are updated to the latest version and yes, I have Media Encoder on my Mac Computer.  I need a fix ASAP!! 

I set up my audio interface(UA Apollo twin) and it records audio just fine, but there is no mouth movement in realtime or on playback, but on playback I can see and hear the audio recorded track underneath, just no mouth movement on my character. Did I miss something?

There is a bug with the calibrate and activate body tracker functions.  If I press the body tracker camera icon I'm instructed to look at the panel and press calibrate.  When I do it turns off the camera.  I tried pressing calibrate first which turns on the camera, but it won't calibrate.  I tried Calibrate - camara/tracker - calibrate and its still turns off the camera.  I've already restarted my computer and this is the latest 2025 version confirmed.  Mac OS, latest version.  

i cant download the Character animator. I click the button to instal and nothing happens?

When I stream I want my character to do bouncing effects when I talk (kinda like a pngtuber avatar).  I tend to move quite a lot when streaming and don't want my character to be moving when I am moving but want some kind of movement (like a pngtuber bounce effect) when I am talking.  I have difficulty sitting still.  If that makes sense. Thank You

I see many aging articles on the internet, but nothing that explains how to use the rigging system, how to create the motion in between frames, or even how to hook this into a separate audio system besides the microphone. I wanted to expound upon my drawing ability, but this platform seems mighty but underdocumented. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a tutorial?

I'd appreciate any and all help in troubleshooting this issue that has been taking me days trying to fix. Basically, when I start recording, the playhead keeps stopping and going and recording choppingly. It is almost like it is being buffered, but that doesn't quiet make sense. I have the same problem with Adobe Audition. I did not have any issues until after I downloaded the 25th versions. Strangely, I have another computer on which I am running these same application versions and no problem there. Please help!

Are there any sites that will make puppets and rig them 

I have installed and uninstalled Ch and opened local files and I'm still getting the same errors as if I was opening Cloud files. The errors also occur when opening any example files from the Welcome Screen and my relocated local files. Errors below: 

I created a puppet from artwork in Illustrator and saved it as a .ai file. I am using Illustrator cc vs. 29.0 and Adobe Character cc vs 25.0 both updated 4 days ago.  When I try to import there are NO .ai files in my file, but if I open it in Explorer the .ai file is in Explorer. I am new to Character Animator, but not new to either animation or editing. This is the first puppet that I am trying to import. Where is the incompatibility between the two programs? I am not using the 2020 version and would hope that the bug would have been fixed by now. I am also using the pro version and no free versions of either program. I am quite frustrated right now, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have been very thorough in creating the puppet in Illustrator with all the layers and following the guide exactly. I am on Windows 11, as I said, I am using CC version 29.0 and CC 25.0 of Character Animator. I have tried File - import - chose file on a computer - and there are no AI

I’m trying to open Adobe Character Animator, but I’m getting an error like this. I’ve updated the drivers, but the result hasn’t changed. How can I solve this problem?