Character Animator (Beta)

Hey so im trying to create scene by myself with multiple puppet... how do i go about that? Im new to the program and there isn't much on youtube about this! Any help or tips would greatly appreciated! 

Hi,I imported from CH to AE with Dynamic Link and the body animation isn't working, the head and lipsync is all fine though, is this a Beta issue? ThanksDavid System info    Application: Character Animator (Beta) v22.0.0.11    OS: macOS v11.3.1, RAM: 32.00 GB, CPUs (logical): 24

Hi again,I'm trying to devellop a workflow with a character to go live in different settings and media. I've experimented a lot with the body control in Beta version. A great feature, but for my purpose it's (still) a bit too unresponsive and unpredictable. So now I'm experimenting with a 24" touch screen to control movements and actions with triggers and control buttons on screen.  The problem I'm struggling with now is that the trigger control buttons work fine, but suddenly they grey out after a while, and I can't get them back to work in 'perform' modus. I must be doing something wrong, I just can't figure out what it is 🙂 

Bonjour,Le mouvement des bras et jambes ne fonctionnent pas,  Je me sert de la marionnette hopscotch (la grenouille). Vous avez des infos? merci beaucoup 

I notice that the eye gazes are npot aligned in this character and when I set it to keyboard input, it is even worse. 

I need a direct downloadable link to CH beta because every time I download it installs the stable version with no puppet maker extension or tool

Our team is working hard on a version of Character Animator that runs natively on Mac systems with Apple silicon (M1). The first public Beta is available today and we invite you to test it out! Your feedback is welcome. We will be updating the Beta frequently. Please see the notes below.   The Beta process The first public Beta includes all the functionality in Character Animator, except for the issues listed in the "Known issues" section. Please check back on this forum thread for updates as we add more functionality and as other apps gain native Apple silicon support.    Running current Intel version in Rosetta 2 emulation mode While we complete the native Apple silicon version of Character Animator, you can install and run the current release version of Character Animator using Rosetta 2 emulation with Apple M1 systems and macOS Big Sur (version 11).    Please note that third-party i

When I set the Walk behavior to Left & Right Arrow keys, there is no rest pose.  The stage is blank.  If I adjust the Start/Stop easing, the rest pose only appears briefly as I hit an arrow key.  This isn't good.  Show me the rest pose first so I can see what I'm transitioning from when I go into the walk cycle. 

Character Animator Beta Arm tracking worked 2 updates ago, but since new updates the arm tracking doesn't work. Everything else works fine. Suggestions?

Epoccam is listed in the camera settings but won't activate for use. I'm using Epoccam Pro and Epoccam. Neither one works over wifi nor USB. Please fix. 

Hi there, So when I open my rig the skeleton is tracking itself to the body but it is not moving my puppet. Also the facial markings are not tracking at all instead I have to turn on the audio and it follows those phenomes.

I'm working on a character with arm tracking movement.  All seems to work fine, all the rigging is done correctly (I presume...)  and dragging the arms manually with the mouse seems to be working fine.  When I try to set the rest pose (standing in an 'A-shape' with my arms straight), the character's arms lift up and bend in a sort of 'hands on hips'-position with the elbows in a 90 degrees angle.  The arm tracking now works well, but it's impossible to let the arms hang in a basic position without the elbows bend.   I've tried already to manipulate so many parameters without results yet. Any idea what could be the issue?Thanks!

When I link my recorded puppet to Premier, all of the recordings are available, except for the Body Tracker movements.  Is this feature available via the dynamic link in Premier?  Thanks!!

Does not receive MIDI signals Beta 4.4 (build9) is not recognized.Beta 4.3 (build39) was fine.4.2  was fine. macOS Big Sur 11.4macbook Air M1

Hi all,I am just importing  Hopscotch_Body Tracking puppet into Character Animator. I get this warning. it said it have problem about Adobe.body.js.  Anyone can help? Thanks Another question, I cannot the "body tracker icon" on the " Screen capture menu" How can i show the "body tracker icon" on the menu. Thanks. Please help. john

So in the Beta, I noticed that I have to turn on body tracking in the Rig mode each time I want to use it. Body tracking should be in Record mode automatically (just like Dragger, Eye Gaze, Face, etc.). If it is in record mode, a user can easily turn the red record button on or off.

I clicked on the body icon, then clicked on the set rest pose.  I rushed back to do the A frame pose before it quit beeping, but the frog body doesn't move when I move my arms or legs.  Only the head moves.

Im hoping someone can help. I have downloaded the Beta version, gave permissions for the camera, mic etc.. but still being presented with this error. If anyone has any advice that would be great. 

Camera doesn't connect and message says "waiting for camera" I tested the cam in the regular CH and it worked just fine.

For project tracking purposes, I would like to see ChA export frames like AE does with this template:  fileName_.[#####].fileType  where the frame number string [#####] is set by the user.  If there is a way to do this already, please let me know. Scott

Hello Animators! The Character Animator team would like to get your feedback on Compute Head Movement from Speech. Please take this quick survey. Even if you haven't used the feature, we would like to know that too. The estimated time to complete the survey is 2-5 minutes. Thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChComputeHead

Keep getting " Error 4.0x31) Boundbehavior: illgeal attempt to read key sedisclosed" when I add a behavor like a walk cycle or cycle layers.

I can't click on "fit to screen" option on the viewer (it allows me to type a percentage but it will not let me simply click on the "fit" to get the fit.. Thank you0OIther than that I like this program- it does have an issue at times as well syncing the audio to the character after 3/4 scenes with the character.. (it forces me to make another scene which isn't fun because I have certain things in place for a quicker turnaround.

Arm IK is now called Limb IK and can control the bend directions and stretching of legs, as well as arms. For example, pin a hand in place while moving the rest of the body or make a character's feet stick to the ground as its squats in a more realistic way.   Check out the following walkthrough video for Limb IK:     Try out Limb IK using the following example puppets! DraggerDude.puppet Chloe Full Limb IK.puppet LimbIKBot.puppet   Note: Limb IK and Walk behaviors on the same puppet might cause issues because both want to control the same handles. If you do have both behaviors applied, consider turning off Limb IK when animating walk cycles, and turning off Walk when doing general body animation. Limb IK should work fine in side and 3/4 views.     (Use this Beta forum thread to discuss this feature and share your feedback with the Character Animator team and other Beta users. If you encounter a bug while using this feature, let us know by posting a rep

Jeff's Dec. 17 tutorial, 5 Advanced Character Tips, was very helpful and included a tip of putting a Face behavior on a Body part.  This got me thinking about weighting the major meshes in terms of movement and stretching.  There could be a default setting of giving the body the most flexibility; and then change the weighting by keframing so that an arm could have the most flexibility and priority. So the character could be talking normally, and then someone pulls on his arm which stretches the arm and then the rest of the meshes snap to follow the character to the side or off screen. Also, one mesh could be set to follow another mesh in terms of priority, and that could also be animated by percentage.