Animating in Adobe Character Animator 2018 Edition
What you’ll learn
Properly assemble rigs in Photoshop for Character Animator
Add tags for proper behavior tracking
Add handles for pin, draggable and physics effects
Refine rigs with customizable behaviors
Create Triggers for exposable props
Create Swap Sets for multi-phase items
Add dynamic motions with head turns and walk cycles
Record animation for export
Requirements
A subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud
A webcam for capturing facial motions
A microphone for capturing mouth pose data
Description
Note: The 2023 edition of this course is now available and features content not available in this course.Learn how to effectively rig and animate a puppet inside of Adobe Character Animator! With the use of your video camera, microphone and custom behaviors, you can create unique rigs that can be used for business presentations, entertainment and more! This tactile toolset can seem strange at first glance. But as you progress through the course, it’ll all be broken down in an easy to digest manner. Before you know it, you will be animating your own original creations!More specifically, in this course, you will learn how to:Layout a Photoshop character for Adobe Character Animator importTag layers for lip syncing and facial behaviorsAdd special handles such as draggers to allow interactivity with the mouseCreate triggers for hide-able layersCreate Swap Sets for multi-phase layersAuto lip sync in the applicationLip sync using external audioEdit recorded actionsWork with backgroundsWork with multiple puppetsExport animations through Adobe Media EncoderBy the time you’re done with this course you will have a stronger understanding of how to rig a character and animate using the Record tab in Adobe Character Animator.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 What You Will Learn in this Course
Lecture 2 System Requirements for Character Animator
Lecture 3 Setting a Rest Pose
Lecture 4 Playing with the Sample Files
Section 2: Character Animator Updates and New Features
Lecture 5 UI and Interface Updates (April 2019)
Lecture 6 Turning Yourself into a Cartoon with Characterizer
Section 3: Preparing Your Character
Lecture 7 Designing Your Character
Lecture 8 Combining and Streamlining Layers
Lecture 9 Creating Independent Groups
Lecture 10 Assembling the Eyes
Lecture 11 Assembling the Eyebrows
Section 4: Rigging a Puppet in Character Animator
Lecture 12 Overview of the Rig Tab
Lecture 13 Exploring the Record Tab
Lecture 14 Tagging the Head and Mouth
Lecture 15 Placing Pins
Lecture 16 Adding Dragger Handles
Lecture 17 Rotating Limbs for Different Bends
Lecture 18 Refining Limbs with the Stick Tool
Lecture 19 Adding Physics with Danglers
Section 5: Refining with Behaviors and Triggers
Lecture 20 Modifying Universal Behaviors
Lecture 21 Creating Layer Specific Behaviors
Lecture 22 Explanation of Meshes
Lecture 23 Creating Triggers
Lecture 24 Creating Swap Sets
Section 6: Other Rigging Tips
Lecture 25 Adding Eyelids
Lecture 26 Designing a Character for Head Turns
Lecture 27 Adding Breathe and Jaw Handles
Lecture 28 Creating a Walk Cycle
Lecture 29 Modifying a Walk Cycle
Section 7: Recording Your Animation
Lecture 30 Navigating the Timeline
Lecture 31 Auto Lip Syncing and Correcting
Lecture 32 Auto Lip Syncing with External Audio
Lecture 33 Working with Multiple Puppets and Scenes
Lecture 34 Importing Image Sequences
Section 8: Wrapping Up
Lecture 35 Exporting Animations
Lecture 36 Final Thoughts
Beginners who are looking to rig and animate a character in Adobe Character Animator
Course Information:
Udemy | English | 3h 9m | 1.44 GB
Created by: Chad Troftgruben
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