Getting Started in Adobe Character Animator

This is a simple walkthrough of creating a basic character in Adobe Character Animator CC. After going through this tutorial, you should be able to create an animated character with head tracking, responsive eyes and eyebrows, realtime lip sync, and a body with draggable limbs.
0:00 Lesson 1: Learning the Basics
3:56 Lesson 2: Eyes and Eyebrows
8:12 Lesson 3: Mouths and Lip Sync
11:46 Lesson 4: Building a Body
Download Character Animator: www.adobe.com/products/charac...
Download free example projects and puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe pack) and okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppet pack)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations online with #CharacterAnimator!
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Twitter: / okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com

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Character animotor is a game changer, that's why I finally bought into creative suite. However I am having a problem getting my puppet to open in Photoshop at 2:21

[@okaysamurai]

If it doesn't open, that usually means Photoshop is not the default program to open up PSDs. Search for "set default app" for Mac or PC to see how to do this. Edit > Edit Original should also work.

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I think going down this page in order is the best: adobe.com/go/chtutorials

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What frame rate should animations be? 24fps or 30 fps? We are dumping the footage into a 30fps timeline. I wasn't sure if this would help with "choppiness". Any help or guidance is always appreciated. Your videos are fantastic.

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I usually do 24fps, but I've seen all types, from 12 for more stop motion style to 60 for extra fast motion. So there's not a right answer here I'd say - do whatever looks best to you!

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This is a great tutorial. Very clear. I have just downloaded Adobe Char Animator in my laptop.

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Can you make a tutorial about arms poses? I have seen so many Getmadz videos , they are so expresive but i don´t know how to make that transitions with arms poses

[@okaysamurai]

Yes I should. For now - check out the Replays tutorial at kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vMoHqFdtlriKc - that will show you the basics of setting replay arms up. Tull the Cat on the home screen is a good example of a character with a lot of expressive arm replays. I believe Madz is also using cycle layers arms a lot, which would means he's drawing each frame.

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THANK YOU OMG! THANK YOU OKAY SAMURAIII

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