Questions

Could I export characters after working with them in Character animator to finish the project in apple motion 5?

I am really eager to update from Beta to v.1, but I simply can't find the new app. I have tried logging out and back into the Adobe Cloud app, I've clicked on 'Check for App Updates" and I've scrolled through the whole list of apps, as I understand v.1 is not an update of the Beta and should be listed separately.  It's simply not there. Does the Cloud app look at my system and exclude applications that won't run on my OS? If so, what are the system requirements for CA v.1? I am on a PowerMac currently running OS 10.10.5.Martin

So I can guarantee this is a dumb question but I literally started using Animator yesterday so I could really use some help lol. I'm creating a scene where around 8 characters will be involved, they're all animated now and I'm trying to put them in the scene. When I drag them into the scene, they're all overlapped over each other and it would make sense that I should be able to drag them apart or something but I can't figure out how? Is there some kind of transform button?Also - I did plan on animating them all on this program but would it be easier to animate them all separately and then put it all together in After Effects?Thanks!

I would like to hold on the last frame of a trigger group (now called a swap set) while the key trigger is pressed and then play in reverse when released. I can't see any way of doing that in the new Trigger panel. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Hi annimatorsIs it possible to record a scene with starting no wind and then more wind.Because now, i can not keyframe the wind.Thanks

Hi AllI came from Denmark and would know:1: Where in the Character Animator can I change the program to show the program in Danish.2: And Lips Sync works fine to English, what about danish?Bo Copenhagen Deanmark

If Character Animator CC (Beta) is crashing on your macOS 10.13 machine when importing or using Illustrator artwork, please update to the latest version of Character Animator CC, which is no longer in Beta. Install the latest version named "Character Animator CC" from the Creative Cloud application. It will not be offered as an automatic update for the Beta version.If you are still encountering a crash after updating to the latest version, please post a message on our user forums. Thanks.

Just loving the new features of CA 2018!I have to say my favorite new feature is the use of clipping masks and what that can bring to the model. Amazing!So, I downloaded the Stan character from Dave's website (thanks for offering those examples!)I've watched the YouTube video showing off the new features. I'm able to release the mask and reattach it, but I still don't get how the ears work.I've looked at it in Photoshop and don't see anything there.I do see the face behavior added to the ears... but all the numbers within that behavior look pretty normal. What am I missing? How does that reverse effect get created?Many thanks in advance,

I can successfully map trigger keys to get my eyes to wink/blink independently, but if I simply close one eye on camera, either both or neither blink. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?Martin

Hi there. I am so excited about Character Animator! However, I just installed the 2018 version on my IMac - Sierra 10.12.6 and all of the rigging, handles, triggers etc are gone on my puppet file.I am guesssing part of if be because of the improvements in this new version, but my question is: do I need to start my rigging again from scrtch, or did I miss the way to import a file from Beta to the new version properly?Thanks,Natalie

So I am new to Character Animator I was wondering if my character was built facing the screen(facing me) how do I get him to turn and walk down the street? Would I have to make a side view of the character as well as a front view or will the program read it some how?

I just upgraded to the non-beta 1.1 version of Character Animator and whenever I try to open my .puppet file or my illustrator file in Character animator, I get the 'error opening Illustrator file' error.I then tried to open and old project and the same thing happens.I have opened the Illustrator artwork in Illustrator CC 2018 and it opens fine.I'm running Windows 7 Pro on a Dell Latitude E7470.Thanks

Hi. I have an older puppet that I created in illustrator. I decided to revisit this puppet for a project I am working on.I noticed that beside my lip sync in the record view...I now see a message in brackets (obsolete)Is there a way to fix my puppet?Anyone else with this?

I can't seem to get my puppet to produce the surprised mouth expression no matter how extreme I perform it. I easily get it to make a neutral expression, a smile and all of the phonemes, but no surprised. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Martin

In this tutorial we explain how to import a video feed to Adobe Character Animator. Now you will be able to take videos and use them instead of the live camera OR remotely control a digital puppet on another computer. So, if you have a customer who you have made a puppet for, you can host the puppet for them on your system if they want to do a live event. There are lots of great potentials for using this technique.This tutorial has been bought to you by www.digitalpuppets.co.ukEvery Tuesday at 9pm UK time, Scott and Antony from the Digital Puppets cartoon studio, are live as real time animations, where they do interviews with other animators and professionals in the animation industry, as well as sharing more tips and discussing cartoon news. The show now also features on Facebook at Digital Puppets - Home | Facebook at the same time. Subscribe or like to keep updated

I am sending you this message as i have the following problem with the 'character animator'. When i open ' character animator ' and try to import files in, the programme kicks me out. In addition, when trying to double click on a scene that it is already in the programme, it does the same thing.

My friend and I have spent the last year working on a UK based actual Simpsons/South Park/Rick & Morty type cartoon. We're finally releasing it too! Animation all done on Character Animator and moved to After Effects. This app is amazing. Here's a link to our trailer if you wanna see it:WE MADE A CARTOON! Official Trailer for I Want To Work In A Shop Ep. 1 - YouTube

Hi everyoneIm working on Head Turns for my Puppet and have some problems doing that. Everything is tagged correctly but somehow the Right Quarter view is defined as the Rest Pose so that I have to turn my head to the left to actually see the Front view. Can I adjust that somehow?Thank you in advance

Hello!I absolutely love Character Animator. You've been very helpful with videos and templates! Thank you!I'm currently having an issue with recording my arms. I've been very careful to follow every step, but I could be missing something simple.Here's an example: If I record the arm in a position where the hand is pointed outward/horizontally going away from the body, and the elbow is pointing towards the floor in a downward angle, sometimes when I play the recording back, the elbow is pointing upward toward the ceiling, the hand continues to point outward as originally directed. Every now and then, the original command that I intended plays back, but it's rare. It switches back and forth from original to inversed. I feel I may be missing something that could be confusing the program.I've toggled with the idea of simply creating an upper arm, and a forearm, and stapling them together, but in all of the tutorials I've seen on youtube the arms are independent, one layer each, and they ar

Hello, I was following the very first steps in creating a face, eyes etc on illustrator and how Ch should react to this.the eyes and pupils are working fine, but I couldn't get my character to blink.can u spot anything I did wrong there ?thank u

Hi, I know mixamo dont have the pack Feature anymore, but is it also true that u cant download anything, i trie to downlaod an Animation for a model, but it says unable to download this asset, is there a reason or cant we download stuff anymore ?

Hello,Using the available 'Maddy' puppet I have recorded a short sequence.- start on the right hand side of the screen- walking left for a few seconds- stop on the left hand side of the screenAfter the recording, when I click playback the screen refreshes and Maddy starts the walk from the centre of the screen; this means she walks off the left side of the screen.How do I get the puppet to start in the same place as when I made the recording?Thank you.Dan

Hello,So far, the compute lip sync from scene audio has been working perfectly until just now. All of a sudden when I import an audio file (MP3) and try to compute the lip sync, it processes and goes through the loading bar, but it doesn't create the Visemes necessary for the mouth movements. So far I have tried other CH projects to see if it would work in those, but it is still not working. I've restarted my computer and checked for updates, and still nothing is working. As you can see in the screenshot, the only thing that happens after clicking on compute lip sync, is that these grey bars appear on the timeline, but no Visemes are actually there 😕😕 Is this a bug? How can I fix it?!?!?! I'm at work and have this project due! HALLLPPP!!! 😧

Hi, Character Animator (Beta 6) randomly crashes whenever I import puppets (ai files). I am on macOS High Sierra right now, is there any way to fix this?

Hi Ch,I have made a very long recording of lipsync with head movements. Unfortunately, maybe due to low light the head jumps back an forth, scales in and out. Is it possible to isolate and suppress the head back and forth movement whilst still keeping the left to right tilts?Is it Head Scale Strength? I have tried adjusting value but recording still has the jerky in and out zooms.Thanks - Pete