Character Animator

Hi We've created a corporate character Eddie Enigma for video presentations and employee training videos. But also want to make him more 3D (like the characters that can be created with Blender) is this possibe with Adobe Animator or do we need another Adobe application - see character here scroll down  https://www.enigma-is.com/health-and-safety-qshe/

I'm stuck: I created a new cycle layer viseme for my "M" sound (+ b, p...) When my puppet gets a "mmmm" sound, the first mouth shape appears for 1 frame, then the second mouth shape for 1 frame, and then the mouth disappears altogether for as long as the sound lasts. Is there a way for the first mouthshape to take up the majority of the sound duration, and then the second mouth shape to trigger at the end for a frame? At worst, at least not have a blank mouth for the majority of the duration?Am I using this wrong and 1 frame per mouth shape is the unalterable default and I have to insert more frames?

Hi there everyone. I was having an issue with my adobe character animator project for an assignment. Actually, I have a whole 6-minute length clip that includes multiple puppets(3 to be exact). The problem that I am facing is that after every time I do a small edit such as adding a recording of behavior or engaging/disengaging a behavior, the whole scene goes back to the beginning of the whole scene. To be more specific, it stays at that time period though all the characters return to their original positions with the audio still going on their actions are being done in that reset position. This is highly inefficient for me as I have to do recordings, and edits for the whole 6 minutes, and going back to the start and watching the whole thing repeatedly until I reach my position is highly time-wasting. Please if you know how to solve this issue, kindly do let me know. It will be a great help. 

Hi, i am making a live class by using photoshop and charater animator and i am having some difficulties trying ti figure out something.As you can see in the pictures i attached when i select the scene called emotions i change it by using a swap set trigger which is 2 but when a select finn the fish the emotion trigger returns to it default swap set i tried seperating them by using normal triggers for the emotions but when i select finn they disappear.I know i can set the background(emotions) as sepearte psd files but i want them to be in one psd file beacuse im going the extend it and i dont want to have to many psd files .I tried my best to explain the situation i hope you understand what im trying to say thank you

My artwork keeps getting distorted by walk, motion library, etc.Everything rigged according to Okay Samurai tutorials.Frontal view has two fixed points for feet on the ground (also distrorting artwork even when standing still), and I made two quarterside views for walking and dancing.I have not used anything more than Limb IK, Head&Body Turner and Walk. All points also tagged according to Okay Samurai.Layers are distributed in the following order:Character:    -Head:          >Frontal          >Quarterside Left          >Quarterside Right   -Body:          >Frontal          >Quarterside Left          >Quarterside Right 

Hi, I have tried exporting the clips from Character Animator via Alpha and also PNG sequence. When I import to AE or Premier Pro with 1920 x 1080 setting, the clip is not blurry and not sharp as in Character Animator. Does anybody know the workaround and guide for this issue?

Please check the puppet and help me resolving the issue. Thank you in advance!https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GZoWlWSaDKG7-dFq7j4EFxPHF4tZb6My/view?usp=sharing

Aloha All,I am rigging a character and am having issues with the mouth tags. I've created a mouth group and all work except for the "W-Oo" tagged layer. The behaviours work fine for all the other mouth layers but I can't get the "W-Oo" to be recognized by the behaviours. I've tagged it properly and checked everything I can think of to check. Can anyone advise me on what to check or identify the problem?Mahalo!

I've looked at the Character Animator tutorial titled: Building a puppet from scratch.  It begins by importing a Puppet- Blank Face Template.  Where can I find this template?  Is there a blank body template also?  I want to create my own character but need help starting the process.  Thank you for your assistance.

I watched the Getting Started in Adobe Character Animator CC video but the blank face in the video is not in one of the choices for edit. Is it still there or was it taken out?

I finally deleted an old version of media encoder to free up space. I have the updated version. When I attempt to export a puppet to encoder, character animator suggests that media encoder is not installed. The quick export option would be a work around but I need the alpha layer transparent in order to take the puppet into after effects to interact with the background. Please help!

Hello, I'm trying to figure how to stop the clipping issues when the a limb goes over another limb. Also, the character seems to want to squat down even though I have sticks in the legs. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks ESO

I was wondering if you could change your pre-recorded audio lip-synch once it's already been sent out to a customer who doesn't have the Adobe creative cloud? Like can they change the audio on their end to provide their own words or do they need to be a subscriber in adobe as well? Thanks for all your help

I have created a few character puppets, and their bodies all are three-quarters views facing to the right. If I want two of the puppets to "face" each other, how can I make one of the two puppets turn around... I want the puppet body to "reverse" or "mirror" itself, the opposite way of the way I originally created it? In this way the two puppets' bodies will face each other...

So I finished my first scene and for whatever reason it starts correct then I lose characters and then finally an all black screen. And on top of that I dont have any audio to go along with my edit. Whats going on here ? By 10 sec all my artwork  is gone so I don't know what the problem is HELP!!

I am currently working on a puppet project. I have imported the puppet into CA and have tried to rig the limbs and others. I for some reason cannot figure out why the arms and hands are at a stand still even after adding handles for elbow, wrist and shoulder. I've also added them to be draggable. This is very frustrating considering I've troubleshot most of the problems I have encountered but I am somewhat stumped... any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated. also, I cannot seem to make the right side "properties" tab pop back up. I accidentally double clicked on it and cannot figure out how to make it pop back up... 

I got a character with left and right head poses, this works fine, but when i add parallax only the right side works, when i turn my head to the left side, the face will snap to the center, layers all are the same on the left and right head turn in PS. been trying to fix this for a day now and i cant find the problem.

Hello everyone ! New users here, I am trying to import a VO from GarageBand in Character Animator but cannot figure it out. I tried converting the file over to iTunes first and that did not seem to work either. What is the simplest way to get an audio file uploaded into Character ANimator? Is there a more optimal recording software? ThanksEric

Hi, I am very close to completeing my puppet after numorous issues, however I have a mesh issue. I think I have corrected the independance, but nothing has changed. Can somone please have a look? I am beyond frustrated on a Friday afternoon and I have stopped drinking alcohol, so I am about to lose my mind.  

Since Cameras can be set up with replays and takes like typical puppets. I'm wondering if it's possible to export these cameras with their replays to be used in other projects. For example, if I create a couple of dynamic zooms for close up, medium shots, and wide shots. Can I export these cameras with their various dynamic zooms? 

hidoes anyone know why I cant edit the character of character animator in Photoshop or Illustrator? The programs just don't open up when I select "edit orginal"

Hello,I have added the motion library behavior to one of my puppets in a scene where I used a walking recorded motion so the character walks into the scene. However, when the recorded piece is placed at the start of the scene, both puppets eyes are squinting or almost closed during the motion. When I move the the motion to later in the scene, this issue does not happen. I'm pretty green at using Character Animator and not sure what I may be doing wrong. I've attached a snippet of the issue I am experiencing (note: the sound is muted intentionally). Any advice would be helpful.

Hi! I am a total noob. I'm having a bit of an issue following the OKSamurai tutorial. I've got my Illustrator puppet set up exactly like his, but when I import my character into CA, the arms won't attach no matter what I do. On his video, the arms are automatically part of the body as soon as it's importing. I am attaching a screenshot of what my layers look like in AI and the issue in CA. I haven't made it to the official rigging part of the tutorial yet because my puppet isn't behaving as it should. This is driving me nuts! I have tried creating larger tabs at the shoulders to make sure the arms are intersecting, but no dice. Any ideas? I sure would appreciate it!

So, I recently updated my master puppet file and all of my rigging and triggers were deleted. I just spent a period of time re-rigging everything and accidentally hit a previous version of the character and undid everything. Undo does not bring me back. I'm losing my mind. Can I go back or did I really just delete all of my work?

Hallo,Ich brauche dringend Hilfe! Wie bekomme ich es hin, dass meine Marionetten weichere Bewegungen machen?  Hi, I need help, How Can I do, that the Puppet Deos smoother movements? Dankeschön / Many thanksPetra