Rigging and Recording in Adobe Character Animator

Requirements

• A subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud
• A webcam for capturing facial motions
• A microphone for capturing mouth pose data

More specifically, in this course, you will learn how to :

• Layout a Photoshop character for Adobe Character Animator import
• Tag layers for lip syncing and facial behaviors
• Add special handles such as draggers to allow interactivity with the mouse
• Create triggers for hide-able layers
• Create Swap Sets for multi-phase layers
• Auto lip sync in the application
• Lip sync using external audio
• Edit recorded actions
• Work with backgrounds
• Work with multiple puppets
• Export animations through Adobe Media Encoder

Who this course is for :

• Beginners who are looking to rig and animate a character in Adobe Character Animator

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