Character Animator

Is there any way to add text to my scene or puppet in character animator? I know i can add it in AI and import it, but can i do it in CH?

I have my final render ready but i am getting worst quality of video (animated).How to fix it? (Also i scaled up my character animator files. Here are some screenshots. I made the source files 2000x2000 still not working. My video is very blurry and distorted in final reder.  

I have been slowly learning how to use this software for the past week. What is the best way to animate the eyebrows if you dont have a webcam? keyframing? triggers? dragger? Or is there something else im missing? Thanks for the input. Any links to blogs or videos on this topic is greatly appreciated. ThanksJacob

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I ceated a New Puppet, but forsome reason I can't get the Mouth to work.  Any help please.  Here is the puppet and the set up.     

hello, can i use lip sync on two or characters at same time in adobe character animator.second problem is that, how to create background in after effect like city view in the back of character. Is adobe give different background pack to use in your project.third is what software of adobe is best for creating characters — illustrator or photoshop or other.i am just want to make a  3 to 4 min video of characters that walking and talking and background also change after few second .what software you suggest me . someone suggest meillustrator is best for making 2d characters and character animator for facial expression and after effect for compose them all adding audio , make your character walking and change background also. what you suggest and also solve my problems .i will be very thankful to you.

Hi,  I need a help with this problem:My puppet raises its hand above head. In a middle of movement it swaps hand to point (attention). When I set hand to swap it back to default in the middle of movement down, it flips hand to default before I press the trigger. If I set flip layer end in timeline to whole movement end, it swaps at the beginning of movement down. I just cannot find the way, how to set it up and down alike and reverse. Thank you for your replies, Me2D

So I've built a couple puppets in Illustrator and imported them into Character Animator; the blue puppet is permanently in right profile, and at certain points in the animation, I've used Transform to rotate her head so she looks upward or downward - I found this just worked better for my purposes than using Head Turner behaviors.  You can see the Rotation keyframes in the screenshot (for the blue puppet.)     When I manually drag the current-time indicator over the keyframes, I can see her head rotates up and down nicely-- I've added dangle physics to her hair, and I can see that moves as well.  But when I actually hit play or record, her head doesn't move at all, like the keyframes aren't there.  At best, it rotates down slightly and just freezes there for the rest of the scene. It doesn't rotate in After Effects where I've linked the scene, either.  The frustrating part is, I've done the exact same thing with the purple puppet, and his he

Hello friends.Im new in creating puppets but i keep having problems with one eye I don't know what the problem is Im searching for a few days but nothing helped. The left pupil doesn't move and the character only can blink with 2 eyes at the same time. If somebody has any tips or want to see at my puppet.Thank you

Here is my puppet in IllustratorWhen I gring it into Character Animatorit looks like this: I've tried to correct it by closing down Ch and re-opening. I've taken the eyeball from the arm in Ch and the arm disappeared but "feathers" didn't. Somehow, the two got separated in their current incarnation. How can I make it work?

Hi Support. I am posting this for information purposes. If this is not the correct Forum location, please advise. Today I had a total locked up of CH and I had to use Task Manager and end the task to recover. I have been receiving errors on an infrequent basis. I have not been keeping tabs on them. Now I will. Here is the first one. I occured when I was working with the scene camera. I was attempting to set an X,Y and Zoom. When I clicked on the X's clock to set a position, the error occured. For what it is worth . . . Platty Puss

Hey guys, I'm having this issue with Character Animator where the two tracks which show audio waves are out of sync with each other. It ruins the entire recording and it only started after I updated from beta. It creates a sort of echo effect to the recording.  See attached image for visualization of the issue. Anyone else experiencing this?  https://i.imgur.com/KVIexoi.png

Hello there,the project that I am urgently working on right now won´t open anymore, and giving me the error "libgit2 error -3(9/object not found - no match for id (6c194..."I have read through the other forums posts and contacted support and have learned to not have my project folder synced via Nextcloud or other cloud services in the future, as this seems to be a common error. However I was wondering if there is someone out there who could help me recover my last project file.The output error when trying to open is the following: libgit2 error -3(9/object not found - no match for id (6c194...The log file recorded this: {"message":"libgit2 error -3(9/Object not found - no match for id (c0aeda448819395d725482247ada459bb4a9d9f6)) returned from git_revparse_single(&headP, repoP, specZ)","seconds":3747.4625493,"timestamp":"2020.06.16 17:09:57","oid_error":"libgit2 error -3(9/Object not found - no match for id (c0aeda448819395d725482247ada459bb4a9d9f6)) returned from git_revpa

Today, we're releasing Character Animator 3.3.1, a small update containing important bug fixes for version 3.3 and earlier. Version 3.3.1 is available for download from the Creative Cloud desktop application.The previous release, version 3.3, introduced a timeline search filter, markers via Dynamic Link, audio track volume control, and more. To learn more about the bug fixes, visit https://www.adobe.com/go/ch_changes   How do I update Character Animator?To update Character Animator, open the Creative Cloud desktop application and click Update.                       What should I do if I don't see the update in my Creative Cloud desktop application?Click Help > Check for Updates from the Creative Cloud desktop application to refresh it.

Hi, I created an illustration, then applied Effect Sketch (Torn Edges). However when I import this new created illustration in Character Animator I can see only the character without the applied styles. Just solid paths. Do you have any idea what I forgot? Thanks in advance!

Hi, relatively new to Character Animator and have not worked with custom puppets yet. I tried designing my own character on illustrator. But I seem to have issues in the walk cycle. The arms don't seem attached and the walk feels too jumpy and not a smooth movement. And the face warps in a weird way Please help me out. I have attached the puppet file for debugging. It would also be great if you could show me a screen capture of how the debugging was done so I don't have to disturb you again for something of much less significance. Thank you for your time and amazing efforts! I have also attached a video of how the walk looks right now  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C3svi5U7hjNd5HOzO_NJGY5uAKrz6dbE?usp=sharing ChProject Filehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1JEy5uEUyvumY6WvphbeRiHTGhUKQ1kW8/view?usp=sharing >puppet File 

 1. My main issue is with the hands of my characters rotating slowly. It is difficult to create pose to pose movement as I am waiting for the previous animation to "finish." See youtube link for example.  I have lots of different triggers/hand positions that I fear might be causing issues. However, I run into the same issue when I duplicate puppet and only use a couple of hand positions. Note: This is happening with all of my puppets.  See screenshots. I don't see any issues in mesh and believe I have rigged correctly. It's a large project but happy to upload if it helps de-bug. 2. I am also having issues with my body swap set. All of my dragger properties work fine in the frontal; view but do not move when the puppet is orientated left or right.     Any help is greatly appreciated! Chris

Hi there,I am pretty new to Character Animator, it is a great tool and I had a nice experience in this short time. However there is something I've not figured out yet. I created my character, set up the Photoshop file with correct naming and all and  imported it into Character Animator. The mouth shapes work quite well. But when I smile or make a surpised face at the webcam, my character does not react. For comparison I tried with some of the example puppets and there was no problem. I couldn't find any differences with the example puppet and my character. Are there special settings for these two mouthes? Is there an extra setting for face tracking, not just audio? Am I missing something?Thanks in advance for answers 🙂

Hi, due to Covid-19 we have a situation whereby we have to work with pre-recorded talking heads for Characterizer. I'm wondering whether it's possible to feed this footage into Characterizer so that it allows the software to extract the relevant frames as per this video: https://youtu.be/z02AcZhxSfs?t=265 (assuming of course that we got the speakers to film the relevant expressions). Also, is it possible to incorporate more visemes to allow for a more nuanced puppet? Many thanks.

Well ... I tried to use transform and scale it worked but then, when used transform on pupils my puppet refused to track my eyes anymore (mouse & keyboard & camera all didn't work) I removed transform and then my puppets track my eyes movement properly  Is there any way to change the size of pupil beside of using the transform behavior ?cuz when used on pupil, puppet's pupil doesn't track my eyes anymore Any help would be appreciated  !

I've been a user of Adobe products since 1985 starting with PS and AI and later Pagemaker, ID, and other programs. I lived and died on these platforms. But I want to focus on Character Animator. I was so hopeful this application would help me escape the horrible kluge that is Flash and Flash Animation only to find that once again Adobe has somehow managed to take a powerful engine and make it a living hell to learn. I want to animate. I have years of expertise and creative work experience in cartooning, illustration and even traditional cell animation. Yet somehow your development team has removed as much intuitive interface from this program, as possible. Actually, that goes for virtually all Adobe products. It's as though the purpose of the program is to master opaque and confusing interfaces and not create art. It is no surprise to me that Behance is filled with the work of illustrators who are working in traditional media like ink and watercolor ands then posting it

I know by making them in group (folder) can do the job but I want to join 2 objects in different group (folder) is it possible ?  what I am trying to do is simple ( but I don't know how to do it... )right arm & hands are attached to the body and is always visible  left arm & hands are hid by the body (but they are visible when I move them)I want to make my left hand to bypass the body at some specific time  so layer & folder order is like the following -----bypassed left hand (what I want to connect with the left arm !)right arm & hand (group) torso (group)left arm & hand (group) -----this is what I am trying to do any help would be really appreciated thanks in advance !  

Goodday their dear friends,I just started with adobe character animator but I got some issues with my puppet.-The left pupil doesn't want to move. (In photoshop it called +Left Pupil)-The head of my puppet is moving strangely and is going off the body by himself.And I just started but I am making puppets with 2 kinds of mouths. Open and closed but it is not quite right if somebody wants to take a look at it and wants to help me I would very much appreciate that.Here are some screenshots:  Thank you 

Hey guys!I hope you all doing okay during this pandemic:) So I made an animation with (heavily inspired) South Park style. I do not think it is a rip-off, though some characters are similiar, nor it is a fan animation/remake/spin-off/whatever you call it. Anyway, you may give feedbacks and comments on the Youtube comment section about the animation overall, or the story, or the design, or the voices, or anything. It is dubbed in Indonesian language, but no worry, I provide English subtitle for International Audience. Thank you!:) https://youtu.be/GNvJ2o-8x0A 

 While using the walk behavior my puppet's neck keeps moving up and down weirdly. As well, the feet are stuck to the ground and are not moving with the legs. My puppet over all is also not moving it is just "walking" in place.