Character Animator

Hi all I'm new to adbode and find the quantity of apps quite confusing! On youtube I have dsicovered the Character Animator which looks great.  I'm after creating a 2D cartoon.  To do this is it only the Characater Animator I need? Also which app is it avaible in, as when I have gone to sign up in the one app pricing, character animator isn't there. Is it a feature rather than an app in a different app then?  thanksMaria 

Hey there, silly question I'm sure, but I have a puppet in a 3/4 view that faces to the left. How do I mirror/flip the puppet so everything faces to the right?  Do I have to do a whole new puppet?  Thanks for any help! 

Hi everyone! Character animator is an amazing tool.I tested it a bit, and have written down some suggestions that could help improving it even further.Here are the suggestions: - Allow user to break the Head Position Strength from the camera Input into Horizontal and Vertical StrengthThis would let the user fully customize and improve advanced headturns (made through stacking multiple Face Behaviors).------------------------------------------------------- Add Head Position Strength to the Layer PickerWith that, the user could customize detailed Head Turns, or animate headphones/glasses to his character for example.------------------------------------------------------ Automaticaly release the Trigger from a Child Group of layers before releasing The trigger from a Parent Group.For example, the user has a group of layers nested inside each other, like:. Idle_LayerCycle. Jumping_LayerCycle. Sitting_LayerCycle -> Sitting_And_Waving_GoodbyeIf the user wants to go from "Sitting_And_

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I'm using a Template for Character Animator that I downloaded from Adobe, and I'm trying to simply create my own artwork for each layer and sublayer of the template. I started by creating a simple eliptical shape and I was able to click on the square and drag it to the face background layer, though when I try to create simple shapes for the eyeballs, I am not able to drag them to the right layer. It creates a new <elipse> sublayer, take a look at +Left Eye layer on the second screenshot. How would I replace the Left Eyeball artwork with my own? Thanks!  

Whenever I import my character from AI, it takes a long time to import and process commands when clicking something (e.g. selecting a body part during the rigging process takes somewhere between 3-5mins for the loading wheel to stop spinning). And just selecting the record section ends up crashing the app so I have to force quit it.Using the templates work fine, which are around 400kb. However, my character file is 10.1mb so I'm not sure if the file size is the problem. If the size is the problem, how can I reduce the size?What could be the reason behind the large file size? – Would it be the amount of paths or layers in my file? Or would it be resolution settings?And what is the max size file that will function well in Character Animator? My Mac is up to date (OS 10.15) and my Adobe apps are up to date (AI: 23.1.1 - CA: 2.1.1 - AE: 16.1.3) Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated 🙂 

Hi There. I am creating a character builder which lets me cycle through various bodies, beards, hair, glasses, wrinkles, etc to create a range of different characters. I have built the character in Photoshop, Imported and Rigged and all is well. EXCEPT...My Cycle Layers are not working properly. Both my Hat Cycle Layers and Glasses Cycle layers work perfectly. The Noses, Beards, Facial Features, Hair and Bodies all do not detect the 'Cycle Pause' layers. I have renamed and renumbered the layers multiple times. Re-imported the puppet. Restarted my machine. I cannot figure out why the Pause-Layers is decting as 0 instead of the correct number. Thanks in advance.  

Talking to the guys over at SNS right now, but figured I also ask for help here. I have a Character project on my NAS system (EVO) and for some reason, I cannot open the project. I get the following error - Error (2.1.1x7)   Anybody have any suggestions?  

I have created a character in PS using paths and imported it into CH. I use it in an AE file where it is placed by dynamic link. The problem is, if I try to zoom in even just a little it gets blurry, because I created the character with too small a resolution. When I increase the size in PS it's sharp of course since it's all paths but when I save it and it gets updated in CH All the rigging and triggers are all over the place.1. Is there anyway to scale a character while keeping all triggers and rigging in place?2.  What resolution / dimensions whould my PS file have if I would like the freedom to zoom in on any parts of the character? Illustrator is not really an option as I hate it with a passion (it has the worst usability ever).Hope this makes any sense and some wise person here can help me.

Hi!A new problem suddenly occured today while recording my puppet, for some reason there is no sound while I'm recording, which makes it next to impossible to animate when I don't know what's being said. When I play it back after the recording the sound is there. What's going on? It wasn't like this yesterday, and I can't think of what I've done to make it so... Any suggestions?

Hey! I am trying to make a frog jumping in my video and having problems to execute the jumping. I made a 'Jump' layer with 3 sublayers ('Phase 1-2-3').  I assigned letter 'J' as a trigger to 'Jump' layer along with 'Cycle layers' Behaviour. It seems to work, so the frog jumps, but the original sitting state of the frog is still visible. That is, both the sitting and the jumping appears on the scene simultaneously. Can you help me to tickle this problem, please?  

Is it possible to change the opacity / color of a layer instead of the position?  So say an eyebrow control fades instead of moves?  Thanks.  M 

Talking to the guys over at SNS right now, but figured I also ask for help here. I have a Character project on my NAS system (EVO) and for some reason, I cannot open the project. I get the following error - Error (2.1.1x7) Anybody have any suggestions?  

I'm following the tutorial here:https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/how-to/create-walk-cycles.htmlMaddy appears in the Rig panel but won't appear in any scene I create. Any troubleshooting advice is welcome.

 I wear glasses and have trouble with various eye movements etc. Any advice on how best to light my face for the webcam? Also, I have a Beard and Long Hair, these all give me problems. Suggestions? 

Hello CH lovers ! Seekeing for a clever tiemsaving workflow ! Watch this !  

Since I don't have a camera with me, I really need that auto-blink function and I already tried setting it up.Somehow it didn't work, so I really need your help!

I've created several puppets but they all only have frontal view. When I try to put their Body and Head into a Frontal folder, all the images disappear in the Rig panel. Is there an easier way to update or copy the rigging without recreating it all for the Left Profile and Right Profile?

Hi! I am designing a character with different face expressions based on triggers. I am using a camera that is picking up my blinks. I have built swap sets for different face expressions, but the problem is, when I'm in a triggered state on one of my expressions, Character Animator is still adding a blink - right over top of the eyes. I have a default state (neutral expression) but if I add the blinks to that trigger the blink is always on. I'm not sure where to put my right/left blink. I'd either like to not see the blink at all when using my expressions or have the blink replace the eyes. Confusing? haha. Any answers will help:)

I had a major problem when I upgraded to Catalina - had to reinstall Mohave and rebuild my contents "Fortunately" my CA projects were in on iCloud so I can still see them and some load perfectly - BUT the most important ones produce a libgit2 error as per the attached - any guidancce would be appreciated as I don't have much hair to pull out!! 

Hey guys,Recently, I got an assignment related to 2d animation, just wanted to ask if you if character animator puppets can work in Adobe animate? Also was wanting to know if work done in character animator can be exported to Adobe animate? Thanks guys,  

When I set the streaming on to a monitor it works fine, as long as Character Animator is the latest active window.  However, if I select anything else, such as OBS, Chrome, or a game, then the live streaming of the puppet stops and won't work again until I have CA selected.  I need to be able to keep CA running while I use other programs.  It worked just fine on my old PC and now since I got a new one it just doesn't work the same any more.  Anyone else have this problem and find a solution?

Qual a webcam indicada (requisitos mínimos) para compra sem problemas. minha prioridade pra ela é o adobe Character animator.Tenho um Pc com placa de video Nvidia GTX 1050Ti.processador intel Core I7 3770 CPU-Ram 8GB-

I swear I just can't get through a project without this program giving me fits. I'll I did was start a new project...load two new characters and of course AFTER I rig them completely I try to save them and this is what I get...can't do anything now.