Questions

Hello, good afternoon!I created my character, I did the rigging, I did all the tutorials and even then the movement library doesn't work, this message appears:Motion library: lower limb body and IK behaviors must be on the same layerHow do I make library moves work on my character?

Get better lip sync with improved Adobe Sensei machine-learning technology. Use a transcript to produce a more accurate result.      Using a transcript to improve computed lip sync  Open Character Animator (Beta).   Create a scene from an example puppet on the Home screen (e.g., Chloe (Photoshop)) or open a scene containing one of your puppets.   Choose File > Import, then select the Toothsome Meme.wav audio file (from the Toothsome Meme.zip archive) to import it into the project.   With the audio selected in the Project panel, the Properties panel shows the Transcript text area where you can import or type in the text matching the spoken words and phrases in the audio. For this example, click Import in the Properties panel, then select the Toothsome Meme.txt text file (from the Toothsome Meme.zip ar

I was working on my animation and tried using the swap sets tool, then Adobe suddenly crashed. Now everything I worked on is gone!! The files all read 0 kB. where does Adobe character animator Beta version save its crash files? 

I imported some mouth parts to my character in photoshop but it does not respond in character animator when I talk......here in the link to the puppet in photoshop. Am I doing anything wrong? https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:badec11f-3e93-4397-9807-a0da7e527be7?view=published

Hi, we're getting a "libgit error -3" when trying to open a .chproj file. What can we do? Attaching screenshots.

Hello,I've imported a puppet (normal version of character animator to beta) and motion library isn't working for him. I've already rigged and he can walk left and right (w/ arrows). When I click on any action in the motion library he just stands still.

It's a mono mic, Shure SM7B running through a scarlet 212i I use a cloudlifter, but there are no options in Character Audio to remedy the issue of it only recording to one channel and playing back in the left ear. IDK what to do!

Hey, Can someone please point me in the direction of the Motion library? I'm running the latest version of AC and from what I can see in the tutorial it should just be there under the puppet behaviors column on the right of screen ... but it's not! Any ideas?

The exact same chproj file opened in beta gets 10fps instead of 18fps. I see no improvement with the gpu. Instead I see a massive drop in performance.  Also, please for the love of god... stop using profiles with walk cycles. They conflict with head turner behavior and when combined. Fps drops from 20 to 12 fps.  I have been playing the balance game of turning off features to get half decent performance.  You guys really need to stop designing in a vacuum. The puppets only work well when built exactly like your samples which in my opinion is low quality product. Try pushing the softwares limits and solving for the issues that arise. I find new roadblocks everyday with CA.  It should be bare minimum to have a puppet with proper head tilt, walk cycles, and head turner behaviors combined. We should not have to jump through fire hoops to achieve this. You don't have a sample puppet with that combo because you know it struggles. There are so

Create an illustrator artwork file with a layer, and another layer inside that layer.Create a box in the first layer, and another box inside the second layerimport this into Character Animatormove the boxes around in Character Animatormove the boxes around in Illustrator, saveafter updating the connection to illustrator the boxes will not be in their original location, or matching illustrator.  they also cannot be "reset" to their original location because their precise x and y location is trasnfered from illustrator and not specifically known to the user in any way.Reset layer does not work.  Deleting the layers in Character Animator DOES work but it then removes ALL the behaviors and handles etc. RESET LAYER in Character Animator should reset everything to as it was when it was first imported!

Character Animator (Beta) Version 23.1 builds (v23.1.0.16 and later) now have improved stability and performance when drawing content in the Scene and Puppet panels, and rendering to disk, by updating the GPU requirements from OpenGL to use Metal on macOS and DirectX 12 on Windows. Recent macOS systems should support Metal. Windows systems with older GPUs might require updated display drivers to support DirectX 12.   As you use Character Animator (Beta), please let us know if any errors or glitches appear while doing the following operations: Using the Scene or Puppet panels Rendering to disk (commands in the File > Export submenu)   Known issues and limitations No known issues at this time. Please let us know if you encounter any problems.   What we want to know  We want to hear about your experience using the Scene and Puppet panels:   Did you encounter any errors when launching Character Animator (Beta) or opening a scene or puppet? Are you seeing any visual gli

Hi Everyone!We would appreciate everyone (if you haven't already) use the beta and specifically the new GPU changes. You can read more about it here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/character-animator-beta-discussions/feature-focus-modernized-gpu-support/td-p/13220574If you have an existing Character Animator project that you think is slow to render, please try and render an MP4 file and confirm it looks correct. Please post your results, especially if you encounter any issues.    Character Animator (Beta) Version 23.1 builds (v23.1.0.16 and later) now have improved stability and performance when drawing content in the Scene and Puppet panels, and rendering to disk, by updating the GPU requirements from OpenGL to use Metal on macOS and DirectX 12 on Windows. Recent macOS systems should support Metal. Windows systems with older GPUs might require updated display drivers to support DirectX 12.Thanks! 

Hello. It seems that after I installed motion libray onto my puppet, the Limb IK behavior stopping the arms from stretching stopped working.  I am wondering if I could get help.  Right now, I don't have any walk behaviors and I only have different views for the head group.  I am just wondering if Motion library is affecting the dragger for arm stretchiness. 

Hi all... In case you haven't tried the latest Character Animator (Beta) build, we're testing a general change to the app that might affect how puppets appear in the Scene and Puppet panels, and scenes are rendered to disk. We'd like to make sure these changes are stable enough for release, and would like to have you try the latest Beta build, and let us know if you encounter anything that prevents you from using this build.   More info: Feature Focus: Modernized GPU support    Thanks! the Character Animator team

the updated version does not work for me it loads alright but it does not show the puppet or any image in the scene panel.  it just appear black

Introducing the Motion Library, a new Character Animator behavior. The Character Animator Motion Library (powered by Mixamo) is a library of 350+ full-body character animations, captured from professional motion actors. Dance moves ranging from ballet to hip hop can be applied with one quick selection. Sports moves from basketball to bowling are super simple. And a range of walking, running, and jumping are also available. Moves that were difficult to animate are now within everyone’s reach.   Tutorial Check out this tutorial from Okay Samurai:   Puppets to use with the Motion Library Use these example puppets.   Requirements Puppets must have Body, Motion Library, and Limb IK behaviors applied to the same layer. Full body puppets with typical human dimensions work the best. Body behavior must be picking up relevant body handles properly. Body behavior requires puppets with at least one arm (Head/Neck/Shoulder and Elbow/Wrist) to estimate the body scale.   Curren

Maybe I'm the only one this is happening to, but I usually find that the poses I've created do not usually show while scrubbing the timeline.  Instead, the puppet reverts to the default rigged pose.  It's only when I move the playhead or hit play that I can see the actual pose I've arranged.  Otherwise, it's just the default pose.  In other words, the whole idea of WYSIWYG is totally out the window after 30 years. I've been trying to be more positive with my posts lately, but I just can't help myself.  I mean, WTF, Adobe?  Really?  This is not the way an enterprise application is supposed to behave.  Get yourself together.  This should be embarrassing for you.  But I doubt it will even enter your radar.  Sorry again, for not being positive.  But I mean, COME ON.  Sometimes it's like you're not even trying.  You create this amazing technology but then you just drop it on the ground so the user experience is just

HelloI'm trying to use the new movement library as well as body tracking. But when I import my own puppet into a scene it's allways to big for the scene and when I try to reduce scale and move position to fit the puppet into the scene, the scene screen moves away from the center and becomes invisible (I have to reduce the zoom level to less than 5% to see it on the main screen as shown in my screen capture... It's doing that even with your puppets - simonthefox for instance in the screen capture, as soon as I put a puppet of mine in the scene, even after deleting it). Is there a special feature I don't know of, to recenter center screen ? Or is it a bug ?Thanks for your adviceIvan Screen capture : https://ibb.co/PYfzwmq 

Hi there!  I am making a Character Animator puppet and would like to know the best way for it to turn the head.  It will need to turn 180 degrees and I can't figure out how to do that.  The eyes will be static while the head turns, and it's meant to turn fast.  Any recommendations?  

I'm excited to try out the motion library - however, when I open my beta character animator app- motion library is not showing up either in the behaviors or in the panel. There is no update showing for my beta app. Maybe its not rolled to everyone yet?

CA (Beta) 22.6.0.53 (Video attached) I have a project that I've created with the fully rigged Armando puppet. It's been working great but I loaded up the project today and none of his arm triggers are animating properly and I'm not sure what happened, if I clicked something wrong or if it's a program error. I even created a new project, downloaded the Armando puppet fresh (no graphical changes) and imported him into the new project with the same results. All triggers appear to be trying to move the arm, but they all appear to be pinned at the wrist, though there are no fixed pins in the puppet arms. The only exception is the "Straight Forward" layer. The only difference between layers is that the Straight Forward is lacking an elbow to shoulder bone. I tried deleting that bone, just to check, but it didn't make a difference. Playing around in the poperties panel, in the Leader/Follower [Right Arm] if I change the "when" to "Off" it sort of fixes it, but now the defa

After using the beta version, it appears that the siphon client cannot be used for external output with the Mac version in the future. Do you know of an alternative means of projecting the puppet in OBS? It is possible to display via the NDI plugin, but I would like to know if there is another way.

Fun, fast, diverse character creation for everyone. No need to be an expert Photoshop or Illustrator user. And no need for rigging skills. Choose from a variety of character styles. Then with the simple interface start customizing the character by picking hair styles, skin tones, accessories, and much more, and seeing your character react to your movements and voice in real time.        Creating a custom puppet using Puppet Maker Open Character Animator (Beta).  Click the Puppet Maker tile or Make a puppet button on the Home screen or choose File > Open Puppet Maker.   In the Style section, select the puppet’s base style. Move the mouse pointer horizontally across the style’s thumbnail (i.e., hover scrub) to view some of the possible looks that you can create.   In the Customize section, choose different looks for the puppet,&nbs

Everyone can start animating now through live performance and triggerable poses and emotions.Introducing Starter mode, a streamlined interface that focuses on performing, recording, and exporting characters. No need to be an expert rigger. No need to have a Creative Cloud subscription to use. Upgrade to Pro mode when you are ready.  We’re also introducing Quick Export. Easily generate a movie file of your animation. Quick Export takes the frustration and guesswork out of exporting. Just click the Quick Export button in the header bar, then click Export. Quick Export is available in both Starter mode and Pro mode (the existing, fully featured experience of Character Animator).        Creating a free Adobe account and installing the Beta build  Starter mode for Character Animator (Beta) can be used even if you do not have a Creative Cloud subscription. You still need to have an Adobe account. Also, note the system requirements, which are similar to the non

Lately whenever I try to add a transcript to refine my lip-sync, I get an error that it failed, so I revert to "Compute Take from Scene Audio", but end up with many extra and not quite accurate visemes in the process.  I'm on Win10 with the 22.4 version of Character Animator.  Any suggestions?