Making your own puppet
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Hey there
I would like to make my own Dinosour Puppet and i have noticed that the stock puppets dont have this type of character available. therefore I would like to know I could install a photo (perhaps from photoshop) and able to break features of a dinosour down in order to make it move (legs, eyes, arms Mouth etc) within adobe Character Animation. I would LOVE any guidance to making anything like this possible please. Thank you for your time.
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This video from @oksamurai is a good place to start. (68) Creating a Photoshop Puppet (Adobe Character Animator Tutorial) - YouTube
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He's got a lot of great videos and the FAQ on his website is a good place to go when you get stuck. Adobe Character Animator Video FAQ (okaysamurai.com)
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Hello,
Yes. You can certainly do that. I started out in CA's File Tab -> Puppet Maker. You'll get a screen that looks like the image below. I then used Puppet Maker to generate a Template Puppet which I then modified / Painted over in Photoshop to create my own Puppet (see Screenshot from Photoshop Below). As you can see, my final Puppet looks very different. I've also linked to a Post where there's a Video of it doing a Walk Cycle.
To learn more, you can watch YouTube videos by OkaySamurai: https://www.youtube.com/user/okaysamurai.
Regards,
Rajnesh
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Puppet Maker Screenshot:
My Final Puppet in Photoshop:
 
Video of my Puppet doing a Walk Cycle (Behavior) is attached in this CA thread where I had asked a Question earlier: https://community.adobe.com/t5/character-animator-discussions/head-and-neck-of-puppet-get-stretched-...

