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Not only is Character Animator behaving strangely (character not responding to lip-sync track after invoking the control to sync, tapping the "play" control, to check lip sync in the Scene, makes the character freeze in position even as I am moving around to animate), but I see no controls in After Effects about importing, exporting, or anything regarding Character Animator.I have CC2018 updates for everything (Ps, Pr, Ae, Ch, Au,Ai, Mu ....).I'm also Windows 10 Pro ....No panic, as I have other work to catch up on in Ae and Ps, but I'll sleep better if this can be resolved sooner rather than later.Thanks for the help!  I know we'll get there!

I've built all my character scenes and props in After Effects CC2018, but cannot find a way to open Character Animator from inside AE.  When I do open Character Animator on its own, my characters' mouths don't seem to be associated with the Lip synched file in the project.  In fact,it looks as if the Lip Sync is not affecting the puppet at all.

... I have selected in timeline the scene of a puppet and wave audio. Each time I get the message below. I have to restart programme again to overcome problem. Is this a bug in A Ch 2017 october?Joop

The preferred method of using a Character Animator scene in an After Effects project is via Dynamic Link (i.e., drag a Character Animator scene from its Project panel in the the Project panel in After Effects, or import the .chproj file into After Effects and select the Character Animator scene to use).If you still use the PNG Sequence and WAV export functionality from Character Animator, the older script to import it into After Effects is no longer bundled with the latest versions of After Effects CC. However, you can still import it in the following ways:If you still have After Effects CC 2017 installed, from your current version of After Effects, choose File > Scripts > Run Script File, then navigate to the Scripts folder for After Effects CC 2017, and select the New Comp from Character Animator Recording.jsx script to run. If you don't have the older After Effects still installed, download the archive file containing the .jsx script file.Import the exported scene manually usi

Hey Dave and the Adobe Community,Wanted to see if you could take a look at this puppet?  I'm having issues with the walk cycle and I know it's because it's a cat that walks on all fours.  I tried the hack with added walk cycles to the front arms and tagging them as legs.  It does work walking to the right but when you walk to the left the front legs aren't moving correctly.  As well as it warps my character a bit and makes it walk upright a bit.  I understand that the walk cycle isn't optimized for four limbs like this but was wondering if there was any work around or hack to make it happen without having to record frame by frame.  Also for some reason my eyes stopped working.  The pupils don't follow me and they don't blink anymore.  It was working perfect until i added the walk sequence and made the left profile and right profile groups for making a more dynamic walk.  Really hope you can take a look at this.  Any sort of insight woul

Hello,I'm working on some tests animating a personified penny. Everything but the face and top of the head seem willing to walk at a moment's key press, in either direction, instead of altogether. Causes major warping eventually:PennyPincherTest20 2017 05 21 4KAE - YouTubeNoticed a Khain user may have had similar issues recently. I'm currently trying to link skeletally to the waist/hips at the base of the penny head. Considering there's no "body" beyond the legs/shoes, any ideas? Thanks for any suggestions!Sincerely,[personal info removed by moderator in accordance with forum rules]

I'm building a very complex puppet in Illustrator, and large number of layers need to be latched, or need to cycle, or need to hide other items as they play. I understand that I can apply these settings in the Rigging window, but as I make changes to parent layers in Illustrator those settings are erased. I would like to apply them as part of the layer title, if possible, so that as I continue to update my Illustrator file, the behaviors don't have to be reapplied.I'm using "+" to make layers operate independently, and I'm using "(X)" in the .ai layer names to apply key triggers. What other functions can be applied in this manner?

I've started using Character Animator almost every few days now. When the lip sync works well, it really nails it, but there are times that it really looks different from what should be coming out of my characters mouth. I there any way to help the program learn how you personally speak? Or updates where it will become adaptive and learn your voice?I'm using CA for YouTube videos, and it would cut out a lot of time if I didn't have to edit the mouth quite so much.

Hello, using the new CA CC2018, totally love the new improvements!Have a question though- I have tried to rename trigger/swap sets I have created (shown on the "trigger" panel), but can't seem to find a way to do it.For example, I want to rename one swap set for my puppet's right hand "right hand", but don't want the illustrator layer to be named "right hand" (less titles, words, easier to rig and know where parts are). I have tried double clicking the name in the trigger panel, as well as looked in the edit menu, but no luck so far... is this possibly a bug?

Hi colleagues,Please help to export video. Currently I can export only lots of png pictures and separate audio file and also something like json. What is it? How to export only video? Thanks!

Not my day for eyes...  When I use the keyboard arrow keys to control eye gaze, pressing right makes the pupil go left, left is right. Up is down and down is up. (this also happens when I use camera or mouse control, so I believe I have encounter an error in my rigging.) Another puppet seems to be missing a layer that should be visible. The pupil is toggled true in its visibility in rigging, tagged as a pupil, set within pupil range on a clipping mask, and is the neutral group setting in the swap set, but it still will not appear in the scene. What else could be causing visibility issues to this layer?

i have this problem when i launch installing of charachter animatorwhen i launch installing charachter animator this error show to meinstallation failed please refer to pdapp.log for more informationi use windows 10 and is this for bug of windows 10?[Moved from the non-technical Lounge Forum to the Program forum... Mod][Here is the list of all Adobe forums... https://forums.adobe.com/welcome]

Hi Team!Is it possible to incorporate 3 different characters into one live broadcast? Is there a suggested software or platform that allows this?

I am unsure how to troubleshoot this problem. I am trying to do a recording that involves lip syncing with pre-existing voiceover, but my character looks strangely stretched out when I begin.Attached are screenshots showing the before and after as well as my rigging set up. Any advice would be appreciated.

This is difficult to describe, not sure what it might be called as a post in the forum. I have been dealing with an issue where a single layer (arm) is passing over itself and does not know if the dragger handle should be above or below the layer order of the origin point. This has the effect (as you can see in the video) of the hand disappearing underneath the shoulder. Is there a fix/work around for this that does not wrap the arm unnecessarily? I know other people must be having this problem, how is everyone else addressing it?

Hi all, I've two questions:1.  I've masked some layers in Adobe Illustrator.  When the puppet with masking is brought into CA, none of the masks are working - all the areas that are masked show up.  How might I resolve this, either in Illustrator or in CA?2.  When I do playback on a puppet, on a new Surface Pro that's quite high spec'd, I'm regularly getting 6.5 fps rather than 24.  Is there any way to speed this up?Many thanks, Rob

So I made a scene in CA and I finished it. The original audio I imported was 6 minutes long, but I cut it down to what I needed and made my scene, but the problem is after it's done (1 minute), in my exported mp4 there is a black screen that plays from the 1 minute mark to the 6 minute mark, the original length of my audio. Even though everything in the timeline is finished after 1 minute, I noticed that the timeline is lit, and once it reaches the 6 minute mark it becomes dark from there on out. Is there anyway for me to fix this inside of CA instead of cropping out the 5 minutes of black screen through the use of iMovie, etc.?

Hello,Does anyone know how can I export from Character animator in .mov with background transparency?

It's Tuesday, which means another live cartoon show from the Digital Puppet studio. In previous episodes we have interviewed CH Dave Werner, Frederator and soon we are interviewing Aardman and talking to Dan Ramirez about the latest updates to Character Animator but tonight, hosts Scott and Ant, will be interviewing a fellow Adobe Character Animator operated presenter who goes by the name Mr Brown and who hosts the Youtube channels Sketchflix, Setsumei and Kaijukojo, where he entertains, informs and educates his fans. As always our show begins at 9pm UK time, and if you follow this link www.youtube.com/digitalpuppets/live you will be able to watch the show when it goes live and it will give you a countdown to start in your local time zone.Tonight we will also be discussing YOUTUBE Live Verses FACEBOOK LIVE. Which is better for your live cartoon show?As always, if you have any questions for our guest or for ourselves, please feel free to post the question below, for us to answer later,

I have a character wearing a ghost costume (sheet with eye holes), and I've triggered the puppet to do an arm/body cycle so that every time the character lifts one or both of their arms, the ghost sheet is lifted, revealing the character's shoes and part of their legs.I would like to make him walk, not left or right, but forward, as though toward a camera tracking backward. Visually, I imagine that the shoes might peek under the ghost sheet as he takes steps, and be fully visible if one of the arm cycles is triggered (lifting the sheet). Now, I'm sure that I could make additional layer cycles that could accomplish this... I think.Is there any easier way or combination of ways to accomplish this look of forward walking, as each leg moves toward away from the camera? What are my options?Thanks.

I'm using the 'Cntl E' keyboard method, but also tried through the App Menu to open the character in Photoshop .... but I'm getting this message:

I know that CA only offers the 14 mouth shapes. And I know Opt+clicking the shape in the timeline provides the full list and some suggestions for alternates—D is a good substitute for n, th and g, for example. Is there a more complete list of suggested alternates somewhere? For example, what would be the best alt for a k or hard c? I'm trying to improve the sync on my character, but I'm not always certain the best choice.But, man, is this toy fun,Martin

I get this error when I try to drag scenes from CH to AE. I was using the beta when I got this message so I downloaded the new CH2018 but I still get the same error. I have tried to create new files/scenes, same issue. Does anyone know a fix? Thanks.

Hi there,I have a Windows 10 x64 PC (workstation, kind of), that I use mainly for After Effects, Audition, Premiere Pro, and some Photoshop and Illustrator. I was very excited to see Character Animator out of beta for this latest update and installed it to give it a spin.I watched some "what's new" and tutorial videos and look forward to creating some masterpieces with this. However, the application is very unstable on my computer. It crashes in the following scenarios that I have ran into so far.1. If I try to create a new puppet from the start screen. It seems not to matter which of the templates (blank face, Chloe, ...) I choose. If I choose a Photoshop version, it always crashes. If I choose an Illustrator version, AND Illustrator is already open when I do, Character Animator survives. However, if I save any changes to the puppet and return to Character Animator, it crashes immediately.2. If instead of selecting a template I just go to Puppet -> New Empty Puppet, I am taken into

Hi there, I'm regularly getting 5.5 fps on projects that are set to 24 fps.It makes checking various movements very tough, as many, particular 'cycle with layers' come across as either glitching or not being active.I'm on a new Surface Pro with nothing else running.Any tips for helping me increase the frames per second would be hugely appreciated.  I'm currently working with a puppet that was created in Illustrator and has quite a lot of anchor points.  I'm not sure if this makes a difference.Many thanks, Rob