Background feature

Report · May 14, 2022

Hello Dave and Devs,

I'm loving the new features of Character Animator Beta. Leader and follower feature is amazing and saved me a ton of time on my new character (making 10+ different arms can take some time.. I also love the background feature and i have some ideas to make it better.
1. Can you allow users to import custom backgrounds? I know we can import background as .puppets files but with big projects, it takes time to scroll through puppet files by name. Its so much easier going through pictures. I managed to get my custom backgrounds and colors to work by replacing the files in the "supported files" folder. It will only work when you rename your files with default file names. Warning to folks who want to try this: if you misspell any of the default files, you will get an error and none of the backgrounds will show up until you fix typos.

2. It would be awesome if you added more features to background such as being able to launch photoshop/AI to make quick edits, or transform the image. Maybe in the future this can become "Stage Manager" which would seperate character timeline from stage elements....This way users can import props, foreground, etc. withough having to incorporate the entire scene within a puppet.. I usually do all that in post but its so satisfying to construct a scene in realtime with all the triggers and behaviors.

3. Any news on when we will be able to create our own Puppet Maker templates? I signed up to try it out but wasnt chosen 😞

Sorry for the long post.

Report · May 20, 2022

Sorry the delayed reply — we had an internal conference this week.

Scene backgrounds: Right now the quick-background feature is designed for Starter mode, so it’s super-simple. It does work in Pro mode (so when you switch from Starter to Pro it looks the same), but it’s missing the type of customization you’re used to for Pro mode. We’ll consider it for the future though. Voting on https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911317-character-animator/suggestions/45114922-adding-my-ba... will help to prioritize.

Creating your own .maker files for Puppet Maker: we’re still hoping to open this up, but we’ve been busy with Starter mode and a few other things. I don’t see that exact request on UserVoice, but you can create one...