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scotte57842618
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Dec 30, 2016 4:44 PM UTC
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Character Rigging and Lip sync test video

This is one of many new characters I am currently working on. Here is a video I made today to test out the rigging lip sync and blinks

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    scotte57842618
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    Mar 26, 2017 8:57 PM UTC

    This is a 3D character Ant completed just last week

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    scotte57842618
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    Mar 6, 2017 7:03 PM UTC

    This is another screen test for a character we were working on last week for www.earth-sanctuary.com.au We also created a group of Rangers too but I havent gotten around yet to putting together a sample of those characters

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    scotte57842618
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    Mar 8, 2017 10:15 AM UTC

    Here we are testing out more triggers for our Twitch customer. The props have two rounds of triggers. The first button makes the prop appear and then the second button activates them, so below we see the wooden and stun gun appear, and then when the second trigger button is pressed, they begin to work

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    oksamurai
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    Mar 8, 2017 2:23 PM UTC

    Nice, have seen this guy posting on Twitter a lot as well, seems really happy with your work. I also love how all the streamers still want to have chairs in their cartoons.

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    scotte57842618
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    Feb 24, 2017 12:37 PM UTC

    Here is a video showing some new expressions we've been adding to a Twitch gamers cartoon digital puppet

    We've been asked to make quite a lot of custom puppets recently but very soon we will be opening a store where we will be selling parts and props for people to use on their own puppets, such as blink cycle layers, lip syncs, hands, facial elements, effects, props like the game controller animation and so go. Whereas our custom built puppets may be more than some want to pay for, our store will sell these parts for as low as £5, and I dont mean, 'some' will be £5, but then you find most are a lot more, no, we are aiming to make all the individual elements really cheap. The store isn't live just yet, we have a page ready Character Animator Digital Puppet & Asset Store - Affordable animation creation  but it will be about a month until it is stocked up. We have elements ready and we will be making more, adding to the store continuously. If there are any props, elements or animations you would like to see added, please do let us know.

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    oksamurai
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    Feb 24, 2017 5:16 PM UTC

    Excellent! Given the number of requests we see for stock puppets, that store is going to be a great resource.

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    scotte57842618
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    Feb 13, 2017 9:44 PM UTC

    Because you are right, virtual avatars are going to take off big time I think

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    oksamurai
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    Feb 13, 2017 9:57 PM UTC

    We've talked about that in the past, yes - a simpler front end in some form or another. We will be having something in the next release that we hope will make this process a little easier for people within the app, but I don't think it's far fetched to imagine more applications to interact with puppets in the future.

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    scotte57842618
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    Feb 13, 2017 10:08 PM UTC

    Im visiting a theatre next week that want to discuss use of a puppet on stage, and its customers like him, and most non designer youtubers, who would appreciate a parred down version to use. No one I have spoken to have grumbled about the price, its more that it can overwhelm them if they arent use to designer software. Of course we can talk them through it quick enough but a nice user friendly version for non designers would be very good indeed.

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    scotte57842618
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    Feb 13, 2017 9:41 PM UTC

    Yep, I'm making another one Wednesday, Ant just finished another today. I'm doodling a concept for a big youtuber right now. What would be good if Character Animator had a front end app, so customers who just want to use the puppets have access to the program, just to control the puppet, as they wont want to use the rigging side of things. A version where they literally upload the puppet and its ready to go.

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    scotte57842618
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    Feb 13, 2017 3:06 AM UTC

    We've been working on lots of new characters lately, many of them for customers. Here is one I completed this evening for a Twitch gamer from the US.

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    oksamurai
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    Feb 13, 2017 9:33 PM UTC

    Nice! Super fluid animations as usual. I've seen several Twitch streamers start to use CH now - I suspect you'll be seeing more requests keep coming in!

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 13, 2017 6:03 PM UTC

    Seems like the ideal use for digital puppets

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 6, 2017 3:03 PM UTC

    Ant and I will be doing a LIVE test today on Facebook at 4.30 (UK time, I think thats 11.30am on US East coast, 8.30am US West coast, and 11.30 pm AUS Perth, and around 5.30 mainland Europe) You can view the test if you follow our LOOK 3D page at https://www.facebook.com/look3dstudio

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 8, 2017 2:12 AM UTC

    Here is screen record of the Facebook live test. The audio is pretty pants because our main mic literally broke on the day, as luck would have it (its been on a stand for over a year, I take it down to reposition and bang, its dead) so we ended up with the built in webcam mic which aint great and isn't a shotgun mic, so it picks up a lot of noise from nearby cpu. Anyway, the main thing was to test if we could broadcast to Facebook live, and yes we can.

    Digital Puppets Facebook live test - YouTube

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 13, 2017 11:06 AM UTC

    Here's a character Ants been working on. We want to create a few characters to make into Youtube channels. We've already made Wizzy and Mr Chippy. This is Ants BOOKIE and I still have my cartoon learning character I want to make, How?e. We have a lot planned, though we've been held up a little as we've been working on our www.digitalpuppets.co.uk page and facebook page www.facebook.com/digitalpuppetstudio

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 5, 2017 6:39 PM UTC

    Setting up a page for the service http://digitalpuppets.co.uk/

    Digital Puppets - Look Creative Studios bringing charcters to life!

    Still adding new videos to it. Later this evening we are working on a demo video to showcase how easy it is to use, for consumers, not animators. Has Adobe ever thought about creating a front end package, so if we wanted to sell puppets to customers, they can just use a simpler program with the motion capture and not all the backend programming?

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    oksamurai
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    Jan 6, 2017 12:12 AM UTC

    Yes. That's definitely a realistic possibility down the road.

    Awesome about FB Live and Skype. You'll have to teach me how to do it on Skype, haven't seen that before...

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    antonye44650623
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    Jan 6, 2017 2:47 PM UTC

    Hi I'm Scotts brother Ant and been working with him on the designs, love Character Animator think its has massive potential.

    We managed to get skype working using OBS and its pretty simple to set up, just display capture a portion of one screen for the CA character then overlay that onto a window capture of Skype. We then are able to use OBS to live stream direct to facebook and show the character and person on skype live that can then interact with any facebook comments :)  

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    scotte57842618
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    Jan 5, 2017 6:36 PM UTC

    Thanks We've also made big headway using OBS. My brother has it working on Facebook live perfectly now too and in Skype. Earlier we even managed to overlay the puppet from his office across down, to my video feed, using Skype. OBS and FB live. My internet is too slow, so the lag ruined it, but anyone with half decent web network, it would work perfectly

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