Questions

What are these things and what are they used for?  Handle toolDragger toolDangle tool Seems like they are all similars, but when should I use one or the other?  And how do I DELETE them if I have one too many on my screen by mistake?    

Hello all. My issue is I can't open downloaded PSD puppet files in photoshop. When i do i get an error, which I'll post a picture of below. However, the example puppets work just fine in opening in photoshop. I've tried some file converters for the puppets but even the online converters say it'snot a supported file format. I'm curious how to open these files in photoshop, thanks! This issue is on windows btw   I'm very new to the software and just trying to get started using a blank downloaded template. I eventually have a goal of drawing stuff, scanning it, and making some fun puppet stuff for youtube lol. Thanks for the help!          

I have trouble with exporting my scenes to premiere pro cc. It moves laggy and it freezes sometimes but the audio is perfect. When I did on the video in premiere pro CC sequence > render selection the video was like it was on character animator but it took like a half hour for a video from 5 minutes and if I need to do it on every scene it takes a long time. A few weeks ago I could be doing just by putting the scenes in premiere pro. I don't think the problem is by my puppets because it works perfectly in character animator and also if I did sequence > render selection in premiere.I hope somebody has a clue about which problem it is.-I tried restarting my computer-I closed everything else so that my CPU and all those things were clearThank you for helping me.

I'm still kinda guessing about layer structures, orders, and the dependent/independent status.In this example here, I already marked the Bottom parent layer (which inside is the pants and shoes) as independent, yet it moves when recording with face behavior. FYI, there are 2 face behaviors to this puppet: One is the default one, for the head. And an additional face behavior applied to the torso layer, which also tagged as head and NOT marked as independent (meaning it is part of the NJNS puppet).Therefore, all things not marked independent, like the arm, should be part of the NJNS puppet, and thus moves together with the torso layer. Right? Makes sense. And vice versa, the layers marked as independent in a same level as the torso layer should not be affected by that face behavior applied to the torso layer. Right? Well, not so fast. In this puppet the bottom layer is moving with the torso EVEN THOUGH it is marked as independent.I tried another part to be independent and see if it will

everytime i click the download button, it sends me to adobe creative clouds to buy the software.... 

Hihow can i export my project in ch?I was try to inport it to Ae but i have a problem on this post .So i tried to export it to Adobe.Media.Encoder, but i did not have it.when i try install it i have error code 4.. i was searshing to solve it but i can't found it at all.I was try to unstall adobe cretive cloud to reinstall but i have error code 72 I read the solve is updating the windows -i have Windows10 on my laptop just in case- I was updeted, but nothing solved.what can i do? 

I made some scenes with puppets in adobe Character Animator and now I tried to export it to premiere pro cc. But the video lags on premiere pro CC and I have no clue what the reason is. The audio is running smooth but the mouth and the movements from the puppets are lagging.

After I record my puppet, I change the puppet's eyebrow, eyes, clothes and posture to record another scene. However once I change it, it impacts on the past recording and the appearance of puppet in the past record looks the same as the puppet I just set up now. I lost all the replays and record settings in the past. Is there any way I can keep the past recording setting and make a new scenes? 

Hi, When I work with the character animator I can see the mesh, which tells me that some sort of depth map or 3D model is being generated. Is there a way for me to have it exported somewhere (e.g. depth map to photoshop)? I want to play with some depth effects in the After Effects, but it requires quite a lot of work if I go about it manually. I am fine with having something crude. Is that a thing that is possible? Failing to find some reasonable workflow

I have a cartoon with Front, Right, and Left walking profiles. How can I make the head move from left to right without the body moving? How can you set this up  as a trigger?Thanks

I have a 3 profile puppet built using the "Business guy" as a template. however when I try to add arm tags to my left profile.(having added them to frontal and right profile) it no longer works. when I remove the tags, the left profile appears again when pressing left arrow key again.

I realized that hands (built like example models of CA, dragger on hand piece)are actually able to be zoomed using 2fingersbut I don't know if it's a bug, it is not possible to zoom 2hands at the same time only 1hand can be zoomed(My tablet is multi point touch supported tablet and I am able to play piano with it)(Both hands are built in the same way, both hands are zoomable but not at the same timeI can zoom them one by one but not both) Also, hand which is zoomed in or zoomed out cannot be re-zoomed in or out again...The only way to reset the size of the hand is to use dragger option to make it to it's default position.(return to rest) Has anyone tried to rig hands using touch option ?Are you having same zoom in out issue like me ? (Can be zoomed just once, cant rig both hand)  

Can I use auto lip sync in Character Animator with my own cartoon jpeg or png? Most of the YouTube and Adobe tutorials focus on creating one's own puppet from scratch, or using the stock puppets. I want to use my own cartoon image and make him speak/talk! Is this possible?  I am a beginner to animating, so easy-to-use instructions would be much appreciated! 

I am drawing from Illustrator and would like to animate some drawings in Character animator.  What file format should I save from Illustrator to work on Character animator? 

I am trying to use character animator to animate objects.  In this case I want to animate a hydraulic cylinder.  (see attached picture below)  I can draw the cylinder in illustrator and send it to character animator.  As fluid comes in or out of either side of the cylinder, the rod end of the cylinder encircled en red moves in or out of the body of the cylinder.  Using Character Animator, what do you think is the best way to create a perfect straight line motion of the cylinder rod moving in or out of the cylinder body?  Next we can do 3 x stuff..  for those who already thinking about it...    

Hello,I'm using Midilink mini (& bass gutar )usb via Character Animator ver 3.3.1.There is recognition of the midi notes, and midi notes triggered played, BUTWhile I play the notes there is error , code: 829106661:284+12 . I hope it will be fixed soon, so basicly while I play my guitar the character will move live without error.

Hi, I'm trying to export an animated sequence from CA with a transparent background, but can't seem to get it to work. Ive tried exporting with Alpha but still my background is black.  I need the transparent background so I can place my character into an Articulate Storyline file.  Articulate allows the import of SWF, so am wondering if there is a way to export from CA to some other program that will then export to SWF.  Any help appreaciated. 

Is there a way to edit the blinks in a recording just like you can edit the individual visemes for mouth shapes?  How do you access the frames with the blink to be able to move them and extend or shrink their duration?

I have created a project at home on my macbook, and have transferred it through Google Drive to my work iMac. When I attempt to open the project file, I receive this error message:Internal error code: (1235019258:534+16) bad argument #2 ((*temporary)) to (null) (string expected, got nil)I have done this successfully before with a different project/puppet. Is there a reason and solution?

Hi all,I was wondering if there was ever a real answer for a good webcam for CA?Ive read quite a few posts, and most are based on Mac. I have a windows 10 -64bit pro OS.I saw a few mentions about workarounds, and not good focus, etc., so ive deffinitely done my homework. I even searched youtube (which made the question worse). So does anyone have any suggestions for a good webcam for CA is my basic question? But truthfully (to get something off my back). Why does selling botteled water from $1 to $2 a bottle get you a trip to the front of the line to a firing squad. for "gouging"? But selling a webcam that was $89 for $400 not get you the same condemnation? Thats the thought for the day.Anyway,Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

I`m still pretty new to all of the animating features. I took the blank puppet and edited to make characters I`d like to use. When I import the image it resizes and is too large to fit on the screen in Ch. I went back and scaled down in Ai however it`s uneffected in Ch.How do I fix this?

This happens to me on just about every project I do and I've never complained about it but PLEASE fix this bug. Dynamic link is already very difficult to use but when I use it I always get something like this that happens.... Watch less then 2 seconds in I have one frame (a goalie) take the place of my other CH character. This character isn't even in this scene its from a completely different CH scene and composition.https://go.onemob.com/v/YdSxryexYILD5V4iLhtnaQ This happens on almost every project I use dynamic link on. 😞

everything time I do a 2 frame take of me moving my character arm it records with the arm bending the oppsite way that i want please somebody help me 😫😫

For some reason, After running Media Encoder with my scene from CA. It shows the Video scene in Premiere in Project panel.. It plays the video with no sound. Yet I'm unable to place the video in the timeline. It shows I can bring the audio over.  It happens with the update and older version.