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Character Animator: Bring Your Designs to Life #NCCE2021

Explore how easy it is to bring animations to life using Character Animator. This relatively new app from Adobe uses a webcam, a mouse and keyboard shortcuts to quickly record a performance. We will modify a simple puppet, record a performance and then bring it into After Effects to complete the scene.

What is Character Animator?

Adobe Character Animator is an Emmy-award-winning desktop application software product that combines live motion-capture with a multi-track recording system to control layered 2D puppets drawn in Photoshop or Illustrator.

How do I get it?

Character Animator is one of the apps included with the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.

How do I get started?

  • You will need a computer with a webcam and microphone!
  • Launch Character Animator and watch the Tutorials on the "Start" page (seriously, the built in lessons are fantastic!)
  • Free BrainBuffet Adobe Character Animator Course (sample files, lesson, quiz)
  • Additional Lessons

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