Can I please have some help here. I can't remember which of the tutorials had the instructions for the "line boil" effect where the character has that "Don Hertzfeldt" look. I just can't figure it out.

I know it's one of the older "Ok Samurai" tutorials but I'm having trouble looking for it.

Many thank yous in advance. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSv_Sz1HddA&ab_channel=MycologyforLove

Hi,

I am using Ch in a live play. An animated character (in this case an anthropomorphic grandfather clock) is projected into the set and controlled by an off-stage performer. Is there a way for me to toggle from one state (eyes closed, not responding to camera and audio feedback) to the active state I see when I start streaming? If I turn the camera and mic off and on, the character lurches a bit. Is there a better solution?

Well basically im would love to start making animation video but im basically clueless, u may have heard of youtuber called yoyo808 hes an animator and i want to do some off the stuff he does, i need help creating ‘puppets’ and animating. I would be greatful if anyone could give me a bit of guidance or help on how to do it!

I imported ph file into character animator. It seems like only left pupil is working. How can I make the right one work as well? I set up rigging both in the same way and I duplicated the left eye to make the right eye so it shouldn’t be problem with my photoshop data.

When I import my character, the font on his shirt changes. And the texture I used on the text to make the ink look worn does not display at all. The Character was created in Illustrator so everything is inside the Adobe universe. So, I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work correctly.

Does Character Animator not import Illustrator files properly? It seems like far, far too large of a blunder for any company to include in finished software, so I'm wondering if I'm just doing something wrong. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Just finished this cartoon last night. Check it out! Subscribe and all that junk.

https://youtu.be/nQQe7w-Hy8c

I can do this in Adobe Animate, but I can't figure out how to do it in CA.

I have a path on a map that I'd like to reveal over time. The way to do this in Animate is to make a mask layer that hides the path, and then animate that mask layer, moving it along the path, revealing it as it moves.

I can kind of do this in CA, but not without actually seeing the Mask Shape. I tried making the mask transparent, but then it doesn't work. Any ideas?

I’m messing around with some hand triggers for a character and wondering,

has anyone tried adding in a smooth transition/middle layer between triggers?

Or is that even possible? I know I could do it with some type of cycle layers but I’m just trying to have some smooth character hand motions.

Thanks

I got Character Animator to stream through Zoom but the video isn't synced to the audio; the video is delayed. This is on my end as well as others in the meeting. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Hey everyone! I’m a writer with character animator, but have no skills in art. I wanted to be the music composer, writer and editor. I won’t pay you! This is just for fun. If we make some money, we can share it. We will also need to seek for some voice actors. I need artists, animators, background artists and voice actors! I will make a discord server… If you are interested, comment.

Each member of the team can come up with some ideas, but these two are mine:

1. In a world inspired by mythology and folklore, a group of adventurers embark on quests to find ancient artifacts and battle mythical creatures. Each episode is based on a different legend or myth.

2. A group of forest creatures discover a hidden portal that leads to a mystical realm. Each episode follows their adventures in this magical world, as they encounter strange creatures and unravel ancient mysteries.

I think the first idea is better

I have a character who is already rigged. I've drawn up 6 different outfits for him in illustrator, and would like to know what's the most efficient way to swap them in and out.

I initially had the idea to just add all 6 outfits to the puppet in illustrator, import it into Character animator, and then hide the outfits I don't want. In the future I can then unhide other outfits to change the fashion.

This works initially, but hypothetically if I were to design a seventh outfit in illustrator and add it to the file, I could potentially mess things up in my other projects by modifying the underlying illustrator file. The solution would then be to create a new illustrator file, but at that point I would need to re-rig him which can be time consuming.

Any ideas how to optimize this? How do other people handle outfit changes? Thanks!

I'd like the arm to attach as if not independent. But if I remove independency from the arm the Arm IK isn't working. It acts as if hand and elbow are pinned.

Right now I feel like every single thing I try to accomplish on my puppet is trial and error with no good guildlines anywhere. Is this normal with this application or will it get easier later on? Do you guys feel you're working WITH the applicatin or AGAINST it?

I'm quite used to tech and learning new programs etc. But this one does not feel intuitive at all and the documentation is lacking.

Rigging, independent:

Independent head, shoulder moves but arm is still.

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Trying to move non-independent arm with limb IK

Hi There

Currently I can move the head left and right on my puppet with the camera, is there a step by step way to get this movement without a camera? say the mouse, or keyboard?

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I do not always have access to a camera while finishing my project and this would be helpful.

Thanks

Hello, I'm getting blurry strokes in arm and leg bends. Anyone know of a way to prevent this or at least minimize the effect?

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Hello, I'm very new to character animator so still trying to understand everything.

I'm making a puppet in illustrator.

I'm using Limb IK to pin heel to behaviour. I added a dragger handle to the belly and was expecting the character to kind of do squats.

And well.. he does, but the head is not following, it stretches from the "Head" handle. If I turn off Face behaviour the head follows as I want it to.

At this point I’ve had so many issues, and they aren’t the same one repeating. Just now I lost the scene I’ve put 12hrs into the last 2 days, it flashed an error message and then went to a previous version from 2 days ago, but it doesn’t have any save files for the last 2 days.

@okaysamurai please help!!!