Intro To Adobe Character Animator

Adobe Character Animator is a fun and accessible way to create performance capture animated characters. If you've never used it before, this is a great place to start. We'll begin by setting up your webcam and microphone and bringing in a basic character to control. Then we'll show a few different ways to control them, including your face, voice, mouse, and even your full body movements. We'll then run through a tour of some of the primary panels in the app, like the Project and Triggers panels. Next we'll record a short animation and learn how to edit multiple performances together or make tweaks to takes in the timeline. Finally, we'll export out a video and learn how to bring our creations into other video software like Premiere Pro and After Effects.

0:00 Intro
0:55 Basic Setup
3:18 Using Puppets
5:14 Controlling Your Puppet
7:09 Body Tracking
10:23 Workspaces
11:58 Project & History Panels
16:30 Triggers & Controls Panels
20:15 Timeline
22:42 Behaviors
27:33 Recording
37:26 Editing
41:54 Exporting A Video
43:07 Dynamic Link
46:26 Outro

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[AgileWaters]

WOW! Just...WOW!!! Thank you so much! I've been spending thousands (no joke) on having gig workers do this for me and I have Adobe sitting right here. THANKS!!!

[wednesdaydessauer]

I've been using Ch for years. I just watched this as part of my prep for a noob workshop I'll be hosting: Apparently I'm still learning too! Thank you for such a clear overview. This is probably the best video for anyone starting out in the app.

[SumacPath]

You’re the most amazingly awesome tutor in the multiverse. This is totally awesome. Thanks for your time and talent in walking through Character Animator. You’re truly a talented instructor. ✨💯👍🏽

[subpatch]

I've played with this software in the past and I've wanted to use it for a cartoon but I realized I had to just quit messing around and do some serious learning. I'm nearly in tears at how many features it has and I can't thank you enough for this tutorial! I can't wait to go through the rest of the playlist and starting making some new cartoons!

[Catchiemusic]

Arguably the best, most thought through tutorial and tutor I have listened to - excellent stuff!!

[jeffamcavoy]

I've watched almost all of your other videos and this just helped me put all the pieces together in the right places. Thank you!

[chaosloveBronson]

Omg this helped so much. The tutorials adobe had weren't that good for my learning style and I was super frustrated but now I understand it enough to play around

[silentmonksnft]

Much thanks from South Korea! I'm new to Ch and this is the best video to understand key features. Now I'm moving on to next video to make my own character! Thanks!!

[mibevan]

Now this is what I hoped you were going to do. Start fresh and give a new tutorial with updated details. What will you think of next

[pugflavatv]

This is so helpful thank you so much, I had no direction until I watched this video. It changed my world

[laviestes]

Thx to the Adobe Character Animator team, this app is awesome!

[Erikalyne]

I'm french and I don't understand all the words you said but your video is so complete and so good that I understand how to use Adobe character, thanks a lot🙏🤗☺️

[DaveTheTurd]

Honestly, I've been an Adobe Suite subscribed forever, and I never knew this app existed. I can't tell you how amazed I am, and excited to use this. I have a play I wanted to do a test animation of, and have been dreading the amount of time it was going to take... using this app, I can see not only is it going to take a tiny fraction of the time/effort I imagined, but looks like it will be incredibly fun. If it works well, I have so many old scripts in my archives that I can bring to life.... thank you immeasurably.

[peacefulsystem]

Awesome! This is the best intro video I have found. Thanks so much. I subscribed because of this one.

[jeekakrishna]

This software is my source of happiness. I wish Adobe offer this as a standalone subscription instead of entire Adobe CC

[YOLO]

Thank you so much. after installing it a while back, i just never could figure it out what it can do but thanks to you, You got me superb interested in Adobe Ch Animator for the first time !

[elvismutua]

i've been always been wanting to start an animated series but i had zero experience with blender and after effects but with this knowledge i can see my own youtube channel comming is a an awesome software

[Lilygrover]

What a timing; from today itself, I was going to start learning about the recording part as my puppet is almost complete and you posted this!

[babaganoosh]

Man glad you're doing well.. haven't seen you since the Atmosphir days

[zilliongadzillion]

I've enjoyed using this software since the first beta - but I'll watch this video carefully if only to enjoy the enthusiasm in your voice!