Intro to Rigging (Adobe Character Animator)

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[@RideTheTeacups]

I love it; thank you so much!!! A year later, this is still super helpful. I've rigged my character in this video using your tutorial. Still got some fine tuning to finish, but it's SO MUCH BETTER than my previous ones!

[@MegaLuz10]

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[@sirron2929]

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[@will_sketch]

30 mins in and I gotta say, this tutorial is fantastic. Everything is clear and concise, easy to follow and actually fun. I cannot tell you how many tutorials will put me to sleep 10 mins in. Okay Samurai is the best, arigato sensei.

[@Piraja]

Thanks! Hopefully I can finish my first animation by the end of the year.

[@jessiehenson2030]

it was impossible for me to get started with animation but after watching your videos I am so confident and able to make my own animation, thank you very much.

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[@iremsunar8315]

This is perfect! Thanks for explaining all the key bits so thoroughly. Your teaching style is very easy to follow👏

[@dzjamesofficial]

How do you structure Hands triggers using Photoshop with the layers?

[@okaysamurai]

Check out sample characters in the app like Chloe. Typically you add a hand group inside your arm group with a bunch of different states and make a triggered swap set to move between them.

[@dzjamesofficial]

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[@spazure]

I love your teaching style. Others have gone too fast and I wasn't able to retain much of anything. Thanks for sharing this!

[@madartzgraphics2019]

Damn, knowing Adobe Illustrator since day 1 saved me a lot of time. All I need to master are the process on how to transfer these into Animate smoothly and rig it! Thank you so much.

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[@MrStampersClass]

All of your tutorial videos have helped me with a goal of making classical Aesop's Fables come to life with animation. Animals have been tricky to animate but your videos have been instrumental in learning the program. Thank you Dave for all that you do and keep the awesome videos coming!

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[@ChuckNoise]

This turtorial is so perfect that i cried when it ended!

[@CuriousBorg]

Excellent tutorial. Easy to follow and easy to back paddle and correct if you go wrong in the process. You're a great teacher, thank you so much.

[@Dammy1998]

OMG this is the best tutorial of tutorial i have ever seen. So easy to follow through

[@robmartin7235]

I never comment on KZbin videos but I have to say your tutorials are extremely well done. I have to go rig up a collection of characters now thanks for help!

[@judgeworks3687]

This is an amazing overview. Love that you also shared all those types of puppets at the end.

[@franciscojosepavoncarrillo9143]

Lo estoy viendo... No he podido encontrar un tutorial más completo que este de adobe animate, es extenso y a la vez breve para todo el conenido que abarca...Increible. Gracias!!!

[@RavenHouseMusic]

Rigigng a character is pure pain.... This relieved me of so much of it haha. Thanks Okay Samurai really appreciate this turorial!

[@igantiusfaraday5149]

Another great tutorial. A very engaging nature and a clear, concise yet natural approach . Thank you.

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THIS IS THE GREATEST TUTORIAL FOR ADOBE CH EVER! I went from 0 to 100 after this tutorial tysm

[@learningscienceisfun]

Hey Dave! Thanks for all of your videos. Super helpful. We have rigged a few characters with body tracking, but the characters arms are glitchy/twitchy. When working to adjust the sensitivity, the rigging causes the arms to pop up at like 45 degrees at a resting position. Have you seen this or heard of it? Any suggestions possibly?

[@okaysamurai]

With any body tracking character I do, I have to do a lot of adjustments in the Limb IK and Body parameters. If the arms are looking weird in a resting position (45 degrees instead of to your sides), usually adjusting calibration (we recommend starting in an A position when calibrating, but you can try other poses and see if they work any better) or which body handles are tracked helps to fix it. We have also internally discussed about wanting to add a "smoothness" parameter to body tracking to ideally smooth some of the twitchiness out of it. Hope that helps...If the problem persists, please upload a video to the official forums at adobe.com/go/chfeedback so we can take a closer look.

[@raisafraiman]

You are such a great teacher!!! thanks to you I could do this I was getting overwhelmed and didn't want to start on a project that I had to do and thanks to you I made it!! thank youuu maaaan!!!! I subscribe !!!

[@artwasemsr4950]

5 hours and 46 minutes later I finished it. Okay did take a few breaks. I believe 4 or 5 years from now I am going to be so good at this. Thanks for the lessons.

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Tonight I learn character animator and improve my English a lot with this great man.

[@ahendoproduction]

I'm a game design student at Lindenwood University and this video was very helpful. Thanks for making this video!

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Excellent. Award worthy. Thank You !

[@HowardVause]

Amazing - thank you so much! Really excellent tutorial - great pace, clarity and tone. What a treasure trove of resources to discover. Thx a million!

[@krobin10]

Great tutorial as always. Steady paced and I had a great puppet at the end of it. Thank you!

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As always you make it easier and easier on us. love your work and i can't wait for the other future that you going to bring on this program.

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you're a great teacher, love the simplicity, with details! subbed!

[@myfancyinternetlife]

How! How!! Just how can a human being be such a good teacher. I am not an animator but I am going to get this software and try my hands. Thank you so much

[@fashowallday4073]

12:08 Oh thank god. All of my reference photos are in the A pose (couldn't get a bigger greenscreen).

[@rudranil-c]

Loved the quick tutorial. learned a few tricks. Thank you.

[@krumpleeTV]

Fantastic educational content! I've spent like 3 hours working alongside you, it was so fun and even made a small funny character that I'm proud of.

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I cannot get over how cool this app is....

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"Now NORMALLY we don't float in the air like this and pivot from our necks" 🤣🤣🤣 Amazing tutorials as always! Literally spent the better part of my weekend watching your videos.

[@chaztoons]

Yessss!!! Finally rigging comes to CA! Been rigging and animating in after effects with a combo of CA alpha exports and rigging in AE with rubberhose! WOO!

[@cevherkutlu345]

I have never seen a such clean explanation. Loved your energy 😀

[@Nonnyspaceduck]

Super useful and great video! Thank you very much for making it!

[@totlenmoingay]

Huge thanks to you for your dedication. May I know if there's any tutorials on multiple character rigging? E.g. Two people holding hands walking...

[@okaysamurai]

I don't have anything exactly like this - if it were me, I would probably fake it with two puppets with only one arm rigged for walking and the other in a set position, and then place them side by side and have their arms overlap. If you need more help, please upload a screenshot, video, or your File > Export > Puppet file to the official forums at adobe.com/go/chfeedback so we can take a closer look.

[@totlenmoingay]

@@okaysamurai I really appreciate you taking your time to answer this comment. You are super inspirational and also a talented teacher. I wish you all the best.

[@СарыевПарахат]

One of the best youtubers ever! Dave, respect!

[@sebastianmcmitre]

Great tutorial! Step by step along with a great teaching personality is a winning combo. Thanks!

[@linnettanavarro1466]

This is an excellent tutorial. I'm learning a lot. Thank you!

[@AdrRonda]

Thank you! I missed the part to capture the arms movement

[@rebeccazohra]

I really appreciate the videos you make. Im an absolute beginner and almost gave it up, but thanks to this video i got a fresh start and it got me excited to learn much more! X

[@jayprayag]

Fantastic explanation.! Three salutes to you!!!

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The tutorials are great, I am hooked to all of them.

[@kidsmydude]

You r the best teacher and i lot of learn with this tutorial video,

[@jaybillups2063]

Great course - thank you very much! I've installed this program several times, but could never get started and figure out the workflow, but now your videos are allowing me to do that. I use Vyond for client work, but CH allows me to do so much more, especially having the rest of the adobe suite. Vyond is pretty good for a web-based program, but I always have to bring it into PR and sometime do frame-by-frame animation to get the results I need. Seems like a waste to pay for it when I already have CH as part of my subscription. Cheers

[@ayaz1979]

I was desperate to have a look at the entire process on the latest version. Thanks

[@SincerelyTracie]

Photoshop it is 😂 currently following the tut from scratch. Thanks for all your hard work, being clear and concise ☝🏾

[@ivanmasalitin2394]

That`s a really great tutorial, workflow explained in a very simple way, great tutor, I`ve just installed Adobe CH few hours ago, watched this and 1st tutorial and going for more!! Thanks mate!

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Awesome tutorial, I didn't know adobe had this cool tool.

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This video helped me a lot. Its a great basic! Thank you so much.

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Dope video, I've learned a lot as a beginner. Keep the videos coming.

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It's an awesome tutorial I'm looking for to work with and found it's very useful for me.

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Incredible video. Just discovered this awesome software and learning tons from your videos!

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You read my mind. Excited to watch this video

[@khalilbenalgia4279]

thank you so much for teaching your knowledge . and please, is it possible to make one of the arms move in front of the face ? thank you

[@okaysamurai]

Yes! I talk about this at the end and the example characters pack will show you several working puppets that do exactly this.

[@amaghafi]

Well done Dave, better than any book for this Software, thanks a lot. I never understood better than this! Best Videos by far

[@LouRao]

Wow! Wow! & Them some! You’re amazing in every way illustrating Adobe Character Animator. Thank you for presenting the first steps using this software (Best KZbin Video I Had seen so far) Well job done😎

[@Don_N_Ken]

Firstly, thank you for your videos they are most helpful and I appreciate you and what you do ❤ I am running into a persistent stretching problem on my puppets. I follow your steps to the word and although I get the bone structure to work my limbs do not stop stretching no matter what is applied or adjusted. Any advice you can offer please would be greatly received

[@okaysamurai]

Usually this is due to Limb IK not being added or not recognizing the proper tags. The Limb IK tutorial at kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2mYeXqJdrhrZsksi=D9-yErMNfByPyIAX might help. If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.

[@Don_N_Ken]

@@okaysamurai thank you very much for your reply. I will struggle on with this puppet for now, there are a few issues that I have with it anyway and I don’t really like it. I might start again with new artwork. Thanks dude 😎

[@OpaliChan]

Amazing tutorial~ I will definitely play with it. Thanks for the great explanation!

[@evakwok1675]

thank you very much for the lesson. Its very useful and easy to understand.

[@director_bae]

thanks for yr detail video. I think this will make my old dream come true, sooner or later i would like to show you my own puppet with various motion that you let me know. it's really awesome!

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[@nestorpatino9252]

Thanks a lot for the vid! I've been learning a lot with it, I'm watching it slowly as I work step-by-step. I'm finishing my first puppet but I still have troubles as I don't want my girl to be Elastigirl, LOL... her limbs stretch a lot and I don´t know how to prevent it. But well, I'll keep researching and watching your videos. Thanks for the help and the learning I'm obtaining :)

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Sir i have become your big fan. So much love from India :)

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best video to learn most of the software basics

[@vrynstudios]

Just followed. But lip syncing not working. What I could be missing?

[@okaysamurai]

Hard to diagnose here - if the problem persists, please upload a screenshot, video, or your File > Export > Puppet file to the official forums at adobe.com/go/chfeedback so we can take a closer look.

[@QuangDanSeries]

I'm very interested in the character embedding tutorial videos available. If you already have this video please give me the link. Thank you

[@okaysamurai]

The end of this video talks about how to embed a character into Premiere Pro or After Effects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWqnnHh_jq9lotE

[@QuangDanSeries]

@@okaysamurai Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. But what I meant was a video tutorial on how to create a puppet from a 2d character that bought from a 3rd party. I think there will be a lot of people interested in this, because they all want to build their own characters. Among them is me, Thank you ^^

[@okaysamurai]

Ah okay, I see. This is a little tough because you basically have to do some Photoshop surgery to take the parts out like the eyes & eyebrows & create a mouth set. I did this a while ago with my kid's artwork, this might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6i0i3WQhrKZgtU

[@QuangDanSeries]

@@okaysamurai Thank you so much ^^

[@dassalo]

Fantastic tutorial - one thing I'm having an issue with is that in spite of having labelled everything as described here, once I import the puppet, the head follows my webcam movement but is floating around detached from the body. Does anyone have a suggestion for what I might have done wrong?

[@okaysamurai]

This might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baHKnpKrabueh80si=8khjbGHEz7Rd1k85&t=180

[@FairiesFamilyTV]

Hi, is there a feature to link a layer to another layer that is not the same group like in After Effect? for example Layer A is linked to Layer B, so when I drag the Layer A then the Layer B will follow... I want to separate upper arm and the lower arm, so the upper arm will be behind the body, and the lower arm will be in front of the body and face.. but currently they are not linked even I tagged it as 'shoulder' 'elbow' 'wrist' since it not in the same group

[@okaysamurai]

There isn't anything like a pickwhip from AE in CH, but there is a new behavior coming that will allow you to do this (leader/follower): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqu7fHSAgsh2gs0.

[@FairiesFamilyTV]

@@okaysamurai that's great! thanks!!

[@franciscojosepavoncarrillo9143]

Where could I have an entire list of the layes I need to put like "+whatever" in order to rig automatically the puppet in Character animator??? I'm using Illustrator to create my puppet.

[@okaysamurai]

Check out the blank templates here: pages.adobe.com/character/en/resources

[@franciscojosepavoncarrillo9143]

@@okaysamurai Thank a lot!!!

[@juanssal]

Woow amazing tutorial, thank you very much my friend

[@Rosomyat]

Best Teacher always - Loved your content. Thanks

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Thank you soooooo much for this beginner tutorial!!

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Wow, you're an amazing tutor, I understood every single point. I have subscrbed and Liked

[@14-8entertainment]

hello there.... can you do the tutorial of Character Animator without a webcam or how to animate the character with external audio, if you already done that will you please share the link. thank you.

[@okaysamurai]

Without webcam: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baHKnpKrabueh80 and animate with audio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWqnnHh_jq9lotE

[@14-8entertainment]

@@okaysamurai thank you so much.. Long live Okay Samurai

[@gordybelike]

Thank you for the really great tutorial on adobe character animator.

[@sellermam]

This video is the best way to learn ,good . Do the layer names have to be the same as on the screen, or do I have some freedom?

[@okaysamurai]

If you want a group or layer to be auto tagged on import, then I would name them as suggested. The blank packs on pages.adobe.com/character/en/resources can help.

[@pamthevan7340]

Thankyou for the tutorial - 2 questions. 1) I want to animate a fork lift - not a person / face. It looks like it is possible to turn off the camera / voice thing as I don't think that is going to be relevant for my plan. 2) Do we have to record the animation 'live' as such or can I start with a start scene, then create an end scene for CA to complete the move by creating the extra frames? To put this in context I wish to show a fork life from one side, have it lift the forks and load up, then tilt mast, forks and load backwards in one - leaving the body of the truck where it is. I've done something like this using photoshop to create the layers, then Cyberlink to animate - just wondered if Character Animator can be made to do the same? Many thanks, Steev

[@okaysamurai]

1. Yes, you don't need to have face or voice activated to animate. 2. Yes, it sounds like you want keyframes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6SvXoGQZZWEl68

[@JoGarciaMov]

You are my saviour...Thanks so much for this valuable content!!

[@EdKonyha]

Awesome, awesome stuff as usual Dave!