Character Animator

Hi, I'm new to Character Animator. I have a problem with body tracking, whenever I move any limbs around, it's painfully slow and choppy (Video below).My specs are:CPU: I7-12650HRAM: 8GB DDR5GPU: RTX 4050 6GB Is this normal? If not, is there a fix to this? Thank you.Tri

i wanna record my puppet in character animator but it extremely slow even that i'm not adjust anything in the toolbar, rate record still 1s-1s. i'm delete it and install again , it back to nomal but in a short time and back again. I know that it happen because it want to record frame by frame. but i don't want that. i wnat to record it like nomal in realtime. And the bitter than is i cannot find where to adjust that mode. Character animator has potential to be a great software but it's incomplete and missing a lot of basic modes like all the basic options of setting video and in my experiene it doesn't has auto animations like wagging tail . we can do very much thing with this animation.

i wanna record my puppet in character animator but it extremely slow even that i'm not adjust anything in the toolbar, rate record still 1s-1s. i'm delete it and install again , it back to nomal but in a short time and back again. I know that it happen because it want to record frame by frame. but i don't want that. i wnat to record it like nomal in realtime. And the bitter than is i cannot find where to adjust that mode. Character animator has potential to be a great software but it's incomplete and missing a lot of basic modes like all the basic options of setting video and in my experiene it doesn't has auto animations like wagging tail . we can do very much thing with this animation.

Hi! I wanted to use Terry in the Puppet maker feature. It was working last night. Unfortunately, today it isn't. I tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. I also redownloaded Terry in the puppet maker but it still would not load. Please help! The other puppets in the maker does load but I need to use terry.

I don't know why but when i am moving my puppe head why does the eyes looks like this?Please help me.

Dears, for my character, as soon as I start camera recording, the arms are lifted up (as in the attachement). Even though I have done proper calibration. As soon as recording starts, arms are up immediately!. Can someone help please.

Specifically, the goal I'm trying to achieve is to have the characters' torsos obscured by the ledge of the pool, but allow their hands to reach on top and write on the paper. I was thinking of making a copy of just the ledge in Photoshop and importing that as a new layer, but can't figure out how to do this. Any help? 

Hi guys, I drew a similar balloon puppet on Character animator's homepage in Adobe Illustrator, I made the same rigs as in CH, but something ridiculous happened, I'd be glad if anyone has a chance to take a look.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fHgT3LiI4It3hNuKf1RYPY8d7KxVnIZ5/view?usp=share_link 

In illustrator, when I draw inside a shape, that shape is still visible. When I import it to Character Animator, the shape is invisible. How can I fix this? I've attached a screen recording showcasing my issue. I am using the latest version with MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1

Hello, I want some advices. I created a puppet and i'm trying to reproduce this effect  https://tenor.com/ryUsIyoRKfg.gif i can't share my puppet for NDA reasons.So i create a file for the lid with the eyelid top that have mutiple layers and the behavior Picker Layer with the camere input for the eyelid openning and for the pupil i did something pretty similaire to, with the lights with some dangles, i like it pretty much but it's not smooth at all, we clearly see the differents layers. I want to know if i can smooth the mouvement ?I try with more layers, it's not working. Maybe i think i have some problem to understand clearly how works the index and the percentage.  Is it possible to have something similar but with a transformation behavior directly ?

This problem has been bothering me since version 23.0, the video is version 23.6.When I imported the mp3 and used the Compute head movement from speeche function, the character moved like this.and adjusting the face's Pose-to-Pose Movement parameter doesn't smooth out the movement.How to set it to smooth the movement?

Error 1: When trying to import a PSD file for a new puppet I'm working on, I get this file operation failure.  Error 2: When opening another project that already has this puppet imported I get this error: Incorporating external edits failed for "E:\Desktop, Downloads - ASUS Laptop Migration Data\Jewels Front.psd. Auto-Sync with Artwork will be disabled.The Photoshop file operation failed. Reason: (-128) The puppet in question opens fine in photoshop. I've tried duplicate the file, moving the file to another location, etc. I don't think this is a storage capacity issue. I have enough disk space (hundreds of gigs).  Thank you

I would be very grateful if you could help me with the following problem, in Character Animator & Photoshop not connecting 🙁..... I have downloaded a PS face template from the official Adobe site, I try to load it in CH and it does not detect it, it is like if the file did not exist, I tried to drag the file to the CH program and nothing happens, help please 🙁

new project wont open it just shows loading sign but does not open after it stops

I'm encountering a problem with my puppet in Adobe Character Animator where the mesh is behaving oddly. I edited one of the Puppet from charactor animator, layer by layer replacing the existing oines by the ones of my character. After importing my PSD file, the mesh outline appears disconnected from the character, and dragging the puppet causes strange distortions. I've tried adjusting the mesh settings, deleting and reassigning handles, and checking for any overlapping layers, but the issue persists. The puppet has multiple layers that need to stay intact, and I can't find a way to regenerate the mesh or reset the rigging effectively. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!  Windows 11 latest version of CA. 

Hi,I downloaded additional puppets from the adobe website. They downloaded as .puppet files.  When I double clicked on them they would import and open up in Puppet Maker where I could use them to make various puppets. I imported 10 or so new puppets into Puppet Maker that way. I then downloaded some additional .puppet files and now when I double click on them instead of loading the puppets into Puppet Maker they simply open up in they open up in Character Anmimator Record window on a timeline and do not get saved within Puppet Maker anymore. I want to edit the puppets in Puppet Maker just like I did with the first ten I loaded but its not saving them there anymore. I am using Adobe Character Animator 2024, version 24.6, Pro Mode. I am on Windows 11 desktop. Attached are 3 screenshots. One shows all the puppets I imported into Puppet Maker by clicking on downloaded .puppet files. The next shows a new batch of .puppet files and my double clicking the drumbot.puppet.&n

hello, please I ma not able to import a puppet into starter mode. and I downloaded them in adobe character animator, what did I do wrong? thank you

I've been using "Characterizer" in v22.0 of Adobe Character Annimator.Can you please help me to reinstall that version of the software.My old laptop has died and I rely on that feature.It's no longer available in the 'Earlier Versions' option. Thank you

Hi, Newbie here,I've imported an original puppet into PS and made a slight change with the paintbrush but I am unsure how to export it back into CA .I did export as .png but the character is no longer adjustable.Any help is appreciated please 

Hello! Would updating the puppet in Photoshop/Illustrator lose all the settings you made in Character Animator? I tried updating the puppet by adding another layer, and immediately, all my bones, points, behaviors, and other edits in the Rig window, were gone. I had to reapply them all. Is there a way you can simply update a specific part, or import only a few layers into Character Animator? Is there a way to update the existing layers in Photoshop/Illustrator without affecting any of the progress you made so far?

No change after updating AMD chipsets, display drivers, etc. has fixed this. It's just keep crashing repeatedly recently. Ideas? 

Hello,I've set up a 3 view character who walks both ways and looks pretty good. Is there a way to save all the rigging and just change the hair/clothes/facial features? When I make a copy and  edit the puppet in illustrator it loses some or all of the body part rigging. Please help 🙂 I would love to have a set of characters I can easily edit.  

Hi guys, I've been using Character Animator for four years without any issues, but lately, I've been experiencing a real problem. When I try to record puppet movements, the software lags terribly.Here are my specs:- Asus ProArt Studiobook- Windows 11 version 22H2- 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13980HX 2.20 GHz- 64GB RAM- NVIDIA RTX 3000 version 551.52 graphics card- Character Animator version 24.2During recording, it feels like the software is frozen, with movements capturing only once every five seconds. This lag only affects puppet and audios, not camera movements.Oddly, when I'm not recording, everything runs smoothly. I've tried these fixes:- Reinstalling the graphics card driver- Restarting my computer multiple times- Compressing files- Changing file locations- Clearing the computer cache- Reinstalling Character Animator- Restarting project (with only puppet and audios)None of these have worked. Even when I shared the project with a colleague, he faced the same issue.Is this a

Hello, I'm trying to create and animate a very simple 2D character icon puppet scene in the style of the attached mockups. I'd like to animate arms and legs a bit so they can walk into frame, move their eyes, have a few simple cartoon-like mouth expressons (no lip-sync), and wave their hands. If animating walking is too cumbersom, they can just slide in. I'm an advanced Premiere Pro user, and intermediate 2D A/E user so I can use either to keyframe the animated puppets over a 2D Shutterstock background and time to VO. I can color fill each character. Can anyone help with this? Maybe point me to a rigged puppet character like I've described for purchase or creation? Need both generic male and female bodies.Thanks very much for ideas and solutions!