Character Animator

Hello, did I dream this or did I hear or read that it is possible to control two draggers at the same time with a tablet pc? For, say, moving the arms around intuitively while talking…? I can't seem to find s.th. about it in the online-manual.Or is that s.th. that'll come up in a future version? Thank you, Stefan

I would like to pay someone to help me create my puppet fro use in ACA CC.I have most of the parts made, just can't get around to bringing it all together inside ACA.Please let me know if you can help.

I have a character with a frying pan as an extension of his arm. I have him shaking the pan, but need the food in the pan to shift around and then get flung into the air and caught back in the pan. I am trying to figure out if there is a way I can drag individual particles (different pieces of food) while recording to make this action. Any pointers would be so very appreciated!

Using a "Making Your First Character" tutorial (by Okay Samurai) as a guide, I rigorously followed the instructions for rigging the eyebrows and pupils for a simple test character, then tested the character several times.  The eyebrows and pupils won't respond, even with the parts labelled and assigned correctly (I think) in the puppet panel;  and even with facial recognition having no problem in the camera window.  Can someone please tell me why these parts don't respond?  I am attaching a screenshot of the setup in the puppet panel.  Yes, this is how I dress at 11:44 am when I'm working on Adobe projects.  And, yes, I will still have my robe on until 3 p.m.Also, as a test, I opened the Wilk character provided as a download in the tutorial, and the eyebrows and pupils worked fine in that setup.

I haven't been able to find any hardware specs required for Character Animator. Are there any details posted yet? If not, is there a minimum required resolution, camera's or camera features to look for or avoid?I'm also not finding any hardware specs. I realize this is a beta so maybe not available but would appreciate some recommendations. I'm finding my 3 year old system is a bit slow, especially for preview and rendering, and trying to determine if small upgrades or hardware replacement are needed.Currently usingWindows 8.1i7 3.6 Pentium8GB Ram720 Nvida 1GB DDR3 Ram VideoI've already have 8GB RAM on order, and considering a swapping in a 740 GT SC with 4GB DDR3 if I can find one used ( most video I think I can manage in this without adding cooling and more power supply. Hoping too that the cuda cores and extra DDR3 will give this machine  enough performance to run this and AE better.Thanks in advance?Message was edited by: Johnathan Ross Added other hardware specs/ related que

Hello,I have a problem regarding eye movement control (Independent Mouse Control). As long as my character stays motionless (or slight movements) there is no problem, but as soon as the movement of my character becomes more dynamic it is impossible to control the eyes. Sadly they adapt to the movement in a wrong way.To be more specific. For example: I want my character to look at a object (a TV) the whole time. First I record the camera movement without the eyes. Afterwards I record the eyes with the mouse. But if the movements of the character are to dynamic the eyes adapt to them and I am not able to focus the object.Is there a way to focus an object with the eyes regardless of the movement of the character?The eyes should move independently from the body movement and should not lose their position because of the current character position.I show you an example. In the video you can see that I am not able to focus the tv properly.Szene – Tvshow hintergrund.mp4 - Google Drive

We are looking for an experienced puppet rigger to join our show. DM me directly with your experience. Thanks.

So.I finally Upgraded Video apps to 2017.Everything works but Character Animator.AE is fine.But CA ICON bounces in dock a couple times then vanishes when trying to open.No other versions of CA or AE on computer.1. Tried rebooting computer (multiple times)2. Tried holding shift. (mt)3. Tried signing in/out of CC.  (mt)4. Uninstalled and installed CC.5. Uninstalled and installed CA.  (mt)6. Tried opening from Applications  (mt)6. Tried opening from CC Window  (mt)6. Tried opening from AE  (mt)This is nuts.Now what?iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)3.2 GHz Intel Core i532 GB MemoryNVDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB

Does anybody know about Character Animator? I installed AE already and tried to crack the license error of Character Animator, but I cannot open it properly. Always says OpenGL... screen seems like blank. Blahblah blah....How to fix it?How to install Character Animator properly?

Next Wednesday, Red Monster will be live answering your questions on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBUOKI22hzIThey don't have to be Character Animator related (just keep it clean and fun).You can also tweet questions ahead of time using the hashtag #redmonsterlive.Hope to see you there!

Hi guysI recorded my puppet with the scene set to:     304 sec duration, at 24 fps, with a width and height of 1000px x1300 px.my finished recording stops at frame 1707 and the time is 00:01:11:03.so I changed the W X H to 500 x 650 and reduced the duration to 71 sec ( which i'm calculating as the actual length of my movie)  and I left the duration he same at 24 fps.I then export the scene to Media Encorder, left it at the default setting but my mp4 when it plays is black and you only see the puppet every few seconds.I'm looked through all the tutorials to see if I can find where I made my mistake but can't figure it out. I did it a couple of times but no difference.Any ideas??!!thanksDenise

Hello. All the tutorials operate with standing characters. May someone advice me how the chain of independence/attaching/draging handles have to look like to sit down the character on the chair for example? I was playing enough with standing or walking figure but stuck with realistic sitting movement.Like if I'd want to put the blue monster from the welcome window on a chair which points and where I have to put on his body? And what the "paranting" order has to be in it? Maybe someone faced such a task and can help me out.Thank you a lot in advance.

Hey Guys,Just a quick one to see if anyone else has encountered this whilst using character animator. I was having a few problems with making my hands being dragable, so I attempted to toggle on "show mesh" just to see how the character was working together. As soon as i did this though my computer displayed an error message as follows: Internal Error Code: (1682591070:2292+11) attempt to index a nil valuethe message continued to pop up every time i attempted to do anything after this and wouldn't allow me to continue until i restarted the programme.Anybody encountered this before or have a quick fix ? RegardsHumberstone83

Please help! Animator crashed on me and now when I open my scene my puppet is a group of colored blocks (in both the puppet panel and scene panel)with the words background, left arm etc.. I've tried restarting a few times and also refreshing the scene but no change.Anyone any ideas ?I have a lot of trouble with the app crashing on my laptop (which is pretty new).Denise

i want to use my puppet on twitch but the cpu usage of character animator is between 20% and 45%. is this normal?maybe the camera is using too much cpu? there is a way to disable the camera preview and still use the face capture?there is a plan to make an app for use the finished puppet so i dont have to have the editor open so i can save cpu usage?.because obs+game+ch animator i will get 100% cpu and thats not good.

Hi,I just bought a Logitech C270 HD webcam. It works fine with Skype and all other software only with Character Animator it does not. I tried "switch to next camera". The panel becomes dark ... .Thanks for any Help

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Hi there.I've got a problem with getting the draggable handles working properly.After experimenting with the default puppets, I eventually made a puppet from scratch in Ps. I couldn't get the draggables working, so rebuilt it but that was no good so eventually copied the parts across into the working puppet, Max. However, the problem persisted. It's same issue I've seen documented elsewhere - that is, the dragging the arms pulls the body with it. I've read all the relevant forum queries and viewed the relevant videos in detail. I've tried all manner of combinations with no success. You name it. I've done it. As I said, I finally copied the Ps parts into a working puppet thinking that would fix things, but not so. I've spent too many hours on this.Can any one help?Cheers,Matthew.Photoshop CC (2017)After Effects CC (2017)Chacter Animator CC (Beta)Windows 7 SP1, 64 bitASUS G73Jh, i7 1.60 GHz

Hello!When I move Ca recording to Premier Pro, a blurry film seems to overlay the recording when it plays. Any ideas for getting rid of the blurry "overlay"? Thanks!

Good afternoon,I would like to be able to control my puppets eyes with my mouse for a recording pass instead of with a camera. When I set this up, my mouse controls only one eye pupil. Is there a way to do both (without camera input)? Thanks!Ryan

I defo don't have the time to make my own puppets? There should be a stock lib of puppets in this program for sure.

Hello, I've been experimenting with Character Animator and creating puppets and backgrounds for my animation shorts. I'm proficient with Photoshop and Illustrator, and I'm getting better and better with CA.The majority of the tutorials I see use CA as a base for creating/recording animations/puppets, and After Effects as the finishing app. I don't have any experience with AE, and I'd like to know where should I look for tutorials to help me learn some if the basics. I find lots of tutorials for the many abilities of AE, but I'm speciafically interested in something to help with creating animations, incorparating backgrounds, etc.Any suggestions? Thank you!

I'm working on this puppet, and when I close my eyes or lower my eyelids, the head and the hair scale down in "y", unlike the eyeballs, which remain the same. I would actually to get the opposite behaviour.Please advise, thanks!

I'm finally investing time in Ch again, and can finally build a somewhat respectable puppet.My latest is a "Rasta Man", who is sporting twelve dread-locks, all anchored and dangling nicely in my scene.  All other movements are smooth too.But the mouth, which I've used before with a different puppet, looks like someone suffering a stroke in my scene. Is it VRAM maybe?