Character Animator

Are there any options for windows yet? I've been using OBS and the chrome key filter but it doesn't look great (green outline, and I have some green in my character)

Hi, I am currently using version Character Animator 25.0 and I uses the "Compute Head Movement From Speech" features a lot since 2-3 years ago, I've noticed that since some version updated around last year, the comput head movement from speech feature would stop working for longer videos. In some scenes it works until around 6:30, in some scenes it works until around 2:00, its quite random, maybe it depends on the speech track? So any solution to this? or is that a real bug that needs look into, thanks!

Hi,I have been reading numerous threads for hours now but can't find a proper fix so I would really appreciate it if someone could chime in. My problem is that Character Animator doesn't recognise my webcam directly or through OBS virtual cam but it picks it up using ManyCam for some reason (would prefer not to rely on additional third-party software that just adds bloat to my system though).I'm using a mirrorless camera connected via HDMI to an internal capture card which works fine for all other programs except Adobe. Running Windows 10 without any anti-virus that could be causing a conflict and checked that the system settings weren't blocking any permissions either.Tried using different wires, input ports, and reinstalling CA, the camera drivers, and OBS, but nothing seems to resolve it. I would be very grateful for any help.

When is there going to be an update?  You all havent updated or posted anything since 2024 and those were just some bug fixes.  There been alot of people that have invested a great amount of time and money into this software.  Please let us know if this software will be discontinued or will we have a major update.

Hallo zusammen, ich habe einen seitlichen Charakter mit einem Schnabel, wobei sich der untere Schnabel während der Sprache rotieren soll statt sich auf und ab zu bewegen für die Mundbewegung. Ist das möglich?  Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße in die Runde!

Dear members,I am a new user of the Character Animator and I tried to create an own puppet. I used a puppet of Character Animator as a template for the different layers. The problem is, that the eyes of this puppet are unnormal moving and "flipping" when I use it in Ch.. I will try to upload this puppet here. Also if I load this puppet in the Ch the whole puppet is moving. I attached my waterdrop puppet to this post. I have German Ch. I know this is an English forum, but I hope to find help. Thank you very much. Kind regards,Martina

When I create a puppet that walks with three profiles (front, right, and left) using separate swap sets for views that control the blink, I can get the correct blink for the first two views. However, when I switch to the mirrored view (left), the blink is not correct, and I keep seeing the blink from the first two profiles. "PS: I created separate swap sets for each profile."

How do I get out of the "purchase pro" loop?I've installed and uninstalled program several times, confirmed I have signed into the account the receipt is attached to, installed and uninstalled several times. But it always opens to "starter mode." Then asks me to purchase again. I was so excited for the new character, I can't get to them. 😞

I have an Adobe Illustrator character that has eyes and face stretching in a weird way when I move. I have it rigged the same way as other characters that don't have this issue. Any thoughts?  

Hi there,when i try to open an older project, i get this error:libgit2 error -3(6/path is not a repository: /Users/.../Ch Data/repo.noindex) returned from git_repository_open_bare(&raw-RepoP, (const char*)fullPathP) [null] best,patrick

Hi everybod, dr nick here. When I open this session it pops up this msg-libgit2 error -3(6/Could not find repository from...(and then it gives the path to the ch data folder of said session)This is the second session this has happened to for me. Looking forward to playing w puppets, any help is much appreciated

Bonjour à tous,Je rencontre un problème avec Adobe Character Animator 2025 (version française) et le Body Tracker.Quand j’active le Body Tracker sur ma marionnette, celle-ci adopte une posture bizarre : les bras ne sont pas le long du corps mais écartés comme un singe, même si je veux qu’ils restent détendus le long du torse.Même en utilisant la fonction "Etalonner" cela n'arrange rien du tout.Ma question :Comment faire pour que ma marionnette parte toujours de la pose neutre avec les bras le long du corps quand j’active le Body Tracker ? Merci d’avance pour votre aide !

 Hi! I downloaded the official Mouth template, placed it inside the Head group in Photoshop, and made sure all visemes are named correctly. But Character Animator still doesn’t recognize the mouth after refresh. Am I missing something?

Can I create an insect with 6 limbs in Adobe Character Animator?   

HiI am creating my character in Illustrator. What size artboard should I be using? Thanks

i opened an error file or something. and now when i open Ch, it always saying [ internal error code: (405861230:37 = 36) attempt to index a nil value ] and other two warning messages about error file, and CH keep closing after these messages.i thought it will solved if i open new or other normal project, but even if i click my other ch files, Ch always opening my first error file first and keep closing. i already solved this problem doing re-download CH,but i wonder there is other way to solved this problem. like deleting cache, or opening new project or home first regardless of what I did before.actually the function that previous work always opens first when i open CH is a little inconvenient for me because of the loading time. Sorry if my Eng is wrong or awkward. and thank you for reading.   

Why is character animator adding silence at the end of each sound track!! This wasnt happening before!

I am rigging a custom puppet in Adobe Character Animator.My setup:The Body group contains Torso, Left Arm, Right Arm, Head, Left Legs, and Right Legs.The limb groups (Left Arm, Right Arm, Left Legs, Right Legs) are set as Independent and set to Attach To Body with Attach Style Weld.Hip and Shoulder handles are placed at the seams.Thigh layers attach to the Hip handles. Upper Arm layers attach to the Shoulder handles.The left leg attaches correctly to the torso.The right leg and both arms stay detached with a visible gap, even though the settings and handle placement match the left leg.Questions:What could cause one side to weld correctly while the other side does not?Could mesh islands, origin placement, or the “Connect Each Island To” setting cause this problem?Should Shoulder and Hip handles be placed on the child layers (Upper Arm or Thigh) or on the group layers?Environment:Adobe Character Animator 2025 (24.5)macOS SonomaPuppet built from PSDSteps to reproduce:Import PSD with the s

I can freely choose between all the characters and scroll, but when it comes to backgrounds, the scroll feature has disappeared. I can only view the top 4 backgrounds. This has been occuring for over a week now, and nothing seems to fix it. Only seems a problem on windows laptop, not on my phone. 

I am looking for someone to help iron out the glitches & bugs with my puppets. I would like for them to walk properly and I'm close...but its not perfect yet. 

I am extremely excited about the new Apple improvements coming to my iPad with iOS26.  I have been hoping such improvements would lead to my being able to use Character Animator exclusively instead of having to use my desktop for parts of the process.  Please tell us what to expect.

I'm looking to hire someone to rig a 2D illustrated character, I have, so that I can easily use it on starter mode, What would be a fair cost and what medium should I use, hire through a freelance work web?  Thanks,

During youtube scrolling I came across this video and found it very interesting.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXf48-wIWU&t=4sWhile it was clear the characters looked very much AI created, I couldn't figure out if this was just some quick AI creation.  Does anyone has any idea as to how it's made? WHich softwares used. If at all taken help from some AI, which one exactly etc. 

Hi community! I'm having issues creating new projects.I am receiving an error that tells me the program can't create a folder to save the projects:"The directory '\\Z95CFVS004\Home Folder\A-C' could not becreated. Please check the validity of the directory path orparent directory protection or permission rights." We are using work computers and my documents exists mirrored on a homefolder so I assume my account does not have permission to create a directory for new projects to save. The folders in Appdata Roaming and Appdata Local had no issues creating Character Animator folders. Is there a way to bypass this? Maybe change where the projects are saved by default?I tried to specify that the Character Animator program be installed on a drive I have full access on but it still insist creation projects under my linked documents folder. Any ideas and thoughts are very much welcome.

So I ran out of disk space while exporting a puppet and it caused Character animator to crash. Now it geve this error and won't reopen. I spent three days on it. Is there anyway to recover it? Are there any previous versions that I can recover?