Cartoon Animator 5 is what we all wish Adobe CA was

Report · Oct 31, 2022

Dear Adobe CA team,

Please take a look at Cartoon Animator 5. It has mocap just like CA, but also has real animator tools. I'm finding it very hard to justify using CA after seeing that video. It's like AE and CA combined and also tailored to animators. They obviously paid more attention to what pro animators needed out of their software.

I highly advise you review their software and adopt some of the features... or better yet... do like you did with Figma and accept that you can't compete and just buy the company.

Motion libraries are for hobbyists. Give us real tools please.

Report · Mar 05, 2023

I'm actually trying to understand the key differences between these two, so, if you don't mind helping me,

Honest question: Doesn't full body mocap in Cartoon Animator 5 need some gimmicks by rokoko or something (while in Adobe CA you can use your webcam for some decent results)?
Another honest question: Adobe CA offers you the whole deal if you pay the subscription, right? Meanwhile, each key feature and its libraries in Cartoon Animator 5 has to be purchased separately.

I'm not defending Adobe by any means, but I'm curious about these questions and you seem to be more experienced than I am. Hope you can help. Thanks in advance.

Report · Mar 06, 2023

Pricing aside.. as we're discussing quality...

Adobe character animator lacks manual rigging features that cause it to be inferior. For mocap, it does a decent job but lacks heavily in everything else. The only thing I think CA has the market cornered on is the mocap, but lately i just wish i had that feature in almost any other animation software. It would be great in animate, after effects, or the above mentioned software where you can do alot more complex rigging and interaction.

Report · Dec 08, 2023

CARTOON ANIMATOR is the WORST program I have ever purchased!! Not only are the tutorials long winded and arduous but, half the functions dont work. I really thought it looked good and easy butis not! The customer service is amazingly stupid and they amswer questions that were never asked! Mostly because they don't even know how the thing works.

It has been a nightmare.

I don't care what the learning curve is with Adobe, at least it works and I don't have to constantly patch up a leaky boat like CA5.

AVOID Cartoon Animator at all cost!!