Making Your First Cartoon - ARCHIVED (Adobe Character Animator and After Effects Tutorial)

[@MrJohnturnerjr]

tears in my eyes since stumbling across character animator today. its concept is breathtaking. everyone involved in the development of this should be praised. you build the stadiums we play in.

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks!

[@WyliePhenix]

I do agree! Currently making a cartoon out of construction paper and it's so handy dandy!

[@AnimaljiveTalk]

This one saved me so much time! Dropping a "complicated" composition into a new comp and then duplicating that single layer a few times to add variety to the scene, very NICE.

[@Blindbagshow]

My son and I have been trying to figure out how we were going to do quick animations for our KZbin show and struggled for a year. This literally changes everything! We played with it for an hour today and we couldn't stop smiling and laughing. Thanks so much!

[@okaysamurai]

Awesome! Good luck!

[@WaneFawesome]

These videos are so informative. You are a great instructor.

[@RohitTambavekar]

Wow!!! I came your channel in a video by Sir Wade Neistadt and your videos have been very helpful. I was thinking of learning and bringing my ideas to people on KZbin and your tutorials are helping me achieve my dreams!!!

[@jyotiradityaadhikari3857]

Thanks you so much! I didn't even know that something like this exited in After Effects!

[@XxRWRWxX]

me too

[@foundjusticefilms5278]

As a person relatively new to the world of adobe this is absolutely fantastic! Will be looking for more from you!

[@mus1307]

what a perfect tutorial, You'r obviously a great teacher in all your tutorials. Btw 17 people don't have a webcam.

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks!

[@chazdesimone7306]

A really fun video! Great demonstration and tutorial. And most of all, you speak enthusiastically, clear and distinct with a professional mike, and you don't mumble! I instantly turn off otherwise excellent instructors who can't speak clearly. Thanks. I'm just learning AE, so once I complete my first animated logo for a client I'll reward myself with watching your video again and playing with Character Animator. Fun toy!

[@okaysamurai]

+Chaz DeSimone Thanks - very much appreciated!

[@jakubgadzala7474]

+Okay Samurai Indeed, awesome job! Please keep teaching us! I will use your material to create cartoons for Chinese preschoolers, teaching English!

[@okaysamurai]

jakub gadzala That's great! More tutorials coming soon. :)

[@iLoveTurtlesHaha]

Haha, it seems like all the people who work with puppets are just big geeky kids having fun and loving what they do. I love it.

[@okaysamurai]

+iLoveTurtlesHaha Sounds about right. :)

[@UnCommonVision]

+Okay Samurai Do you necessarily need a webcam, can I animate the mouth with a recorded audio file, or just a internal computer mic? Thanks.

[@okaysamurai]

Nope! To just do the mouth a mic or external audio file (wav or aif) should be fine.

[@UnCommonVision]

Okay Samurai Okay thks.

[@AntonioBaratto]

Hello ) and how can i change my voice (distort or change with that of a child)..? rec separated ?

[@farhalali8001]

Sir! hats off to you. You've done a very good tutorial, you clear everything in your tutorial and there's nothing which i can't understand although i am a beginner. Thank God i found your channel, your techniques for teaching is just another level. Thank you so much for putting lot of efforts in making such type of great tutorials. Please never stop posting videos and keep up the good work. Thank you again and i pray that your channel grows to million subscribers soon.

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks!

[@farhalali8001]

Okay Samurai my pleasure!

[@buxyman123]

this is such a complex looking final product but the animating isnt too hard great job team

[@galoainstein]

Thank you so much, I saw Adobe Character Animator on my computer because it came along with AE but I had o idea of what it was, then I saw your videos, now I know the basics things and how it works ;)

[@tiffanylabelle]

Loved loved loved this tutorial, I watched it when I first started learning character animator and now I can finally attempt to use it. Just finished a scene with the Nuketown hack which I'll be sharing in a few days, but really want to start with After Effects now... I'd love to see more of your tutorials incorporating After Effects, I've been completely spoilt with your tutorials, you make it so much easier for us to learn... Million thanks Dave!

[@craighilton6289]

Please help, can you use the lip sync feature during a head turn? Will all mouth animations follow the movement of the head, including size and angle changes? i am planning on using after effects on my real life stop motion clips (silicon models). So basically similar to robot chicken, but instead of using stickers for mouth movements i would use after effects. In theory it seems like a possibility, but no-one seems to have attempted this. can i have a video clip in the background and animate over it (video is a previously recorded animation.) 2D animation over a 3D animation. Thank you (first KZbin comment = be nice)

[@okaysamurai]

Yes, you can do lip sync and head turns - but the artist needs to provide the artwork for each of the 7 possible views. For a Robot Chicken style thing, personally I'd do the lip sync flat in CH and then use motion tracking in AE to do the movement and skewing. I have seen this done well before with Lego stop motion.

[@bilalbouasria456]

thee best adobe character tuto ever

[@dharkgaming374]

So useful needed it for school. Don't understand why you don't have more subscribers?!?!!

[@DontHateOriginate]

Hey I'm having trouble with custom drawn arms bending properly, particularly making like a Touchdown sign with the arms, and also having trouble with a character that wears a cloak for some reason moving the arms moves the whole coat despite them being in separate layer groups. Are there any more videos, guides, and example puppets? I've watched all of yours, great job!

[@okaysamurai]

+Kevin Flanagan A few tips: 1) Try making the default position of the arms an "A" position (diagonally slanted down), that seems to get the best results. 2) Everything in the body group, despite being in separate groups or layers, will be included in the body. So you may want to use some extra fixed handles or sticks to nail down problematic parts of the character. 3) Currently if there are "islands" - layers that have several unconnected parts instead of one solid shape - things tend to mess up (this will be fixed in future versions). What I do when that happens is delete a layer, see if it fixes things in CH, and if not, undo and try another. Eventually I usually find a layer with a stray mark or something causing the warping to get wonky and modify it until it works. Hope that helps!

[@bizzle350]

This is so awesome and very helpful. Direct hands-on is always the best way to learn. Thank you!

[@ugglemamma]

Amazing! I love it! Now I hope for a rainy summer so I can try this out.

[@sergeyafanasiev3896]

This is best of the best tutorial I have ever seen. You burn to be the best teacher :-)

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks so much!

[@thebeesknees1505]

Super helpful... you're such a wonderful teacher! I'm so excited for any further content/tutorials and software updates! Thank you.

[@okaysamurai]

+The Bees Knees Hey thanks! I used to teach middle school. :)

[@tonikroos7122]

Why i can't find "New Comp from Character Animator Recording.jsx" ? in 2018 version

[@okaysamurai]

This was taken out in the latest release in favor of dynamic link. If you still need it, please see forums.adobe.com/message/9926066#9926066

[@TV-cq5zg]

Thanks for this cool tutorial!

[@emariereis7270]

wow thank you for being kind, professional on the tutorials (its easy to understand and very helpful / informative) thank you adobe for making our lives easy :D i promise i will support adobe with all that i can :D

[@NayeLoveArt1992]

Can I create my character in another software such as Illustrator or Toon Boom instead of Photoshop for my future projects? Please & thanks.

[@okaysamurai]

+nayenaye1992 Yes - Character Animator works with PSD or AI files.

[@NayeLoveArt1992]

+Okay Samurai thanks so much ;)

[@Darkjuvex89]

It was a very thorough tutorial to help in using this program thanks 🙌🏼

[@kritanbatanu1498]

wow this is great.!, any upcoming video tutorial on how to create a simple cartoon with two characters.?

[@okaysamurai]

+Kritan Batanu Thanks! I may do one in the future, but for now: you can add as many puppets as you want to a scene. Whichever puppet is selected in the timeline is the one you'll record. Personally I record one character at a time and then composite them in After Effects, but if it's a simple scene then CH is fine!

[@Atomic67G]

I wish I could press the "Like Button" multiple times! You are a fantastic instructor and animator. Thank you for making this easy to wrap my head around 😊

[@richardsaddress580]

I did not know about this. Now I do. I love it! And for that I thank You.

[@MrKlayVFX]

I'll have to try this out and see if I can get it to cooperate with a duik rig. Just recording the head movement and lip sync with a duik rig would save sooooo much time. Thanks!

[@okaysamurai]

+MrKlay Thanks - and yep, we have several users who have done exactly that!

[@MrKlayVFX]

Excellent! Cheers!

[@GraphicMama]

Great! Loved it and applied it to our own puppets, thumbs up!

[@mytubepmvideos]

Great tutorial. I've been playing with my characters and the eyes change size independently of each other. Any ideas on how to fix that?

[@okaysamurai]

+mytubepm Thanks! Hmmm. Sounds like it's either a) a naming/organization issue - something isn't named right, in the correct folder, or you're missing something like a blink state, or b) there's a stray mark somewhere (an unconnected dot or something) that is negatively affecting the warping. We are working on better tools to identify and fix these issues in the future (I just ran into B rigging a character yesterday), but for now it's a trial and error approach - delete a layer, see if it fixes it, undo and try another. Hope that helps!

[@thatsamshow]

Thank you for the clear tutorial, it's great. I'll be sure to try this out with an idea of mine.

[@gladstonetv5858]

Hey Dave, this is a fabulous learning video! Thanks heaps

[@BeyondBorders00]

This is super cool. Great to learn about this. Thanks for sharing.

[@DannyNgDan]

I finally learned how to make cartoon in KZbin

[@user-or1yh5tv6b]

Thank you so much! l really wonder how use Adobe Character Animator and After Effect

[@siriehtstudio]

This has been super helpful! We've been using this to make our own cartoons at my company recently. One thing I'm trying to figure out: if you don't have a touch screen how can you splice together the left and right arm to move at the same time?

[@okaysamurai]

+Iris Griffin Thanks! Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5-weJ-AnJura9k - it goes into more detail. This will be automatic and easier in the upcoming Preview 4 though!

[@treffensaintjohnllc2913]

What a great application! The instructor is fantastic!

[@RachelSellers1]

Thanks for the great introduction to Adobe Character Animator. I really enjoyed your step by step instructions. Wish you had played the final fury youtube animation for us. :) Could u tell me how big your foreground and background images were in that piece?

[@okaysamurai]

+Rachel Sellers Thanks! Using the sample files from the link in the description, I scaled the foreground down around 50% and the background to 75%. Usually For a foreground I'll make it 3x the screen width, and the background I'll make 1920 x 1080 so I can have room to play around with it. Hope that helps, good luck!

[@RachelSellers1]

Yes it does. Thank you!

[@BREEZYM6015]

Thanks for the well done and informative video. I'm new to after effects and making videos and this tutorial was a good starting point for me. I made the above video as my first attempt to share on my KZbin channel. I put your channel in the description in order to give you credit for me being able to put the video together. I'm looking forward to making my own videos as I learn how to use this software more in depth.

[@LuzValentePereira]

Thanks, I would like to have a more detailed video about the first steps. My character was created on AI and floats...

[@okaysamurai]

+Luz Valente Pereira Try this official Adobe tutorial: helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/create-puppet-animation.html

[@LuzValentePereira]

+Okay Samurai Thanks, didn't know this tutorial though have seen others from adobe.

[@nickkypros1259]

Hi, Great presentation. Currently using Toon Boom Animate Pro 3, is it possible to do turnarounds, body replacements, etc? That would be awesome. Nick Kypros

[@okaysamurai]

+nick kypros Yep, you could do this a few ways - either a) connect everything to head turns, where the head/body could automatically turn depending on your head position (look right to turn right), or b) set certain body replacements as key triggers (set a layer to only show up or replace another layer when you press a key, like only show this pointer finger when I press P).

[@astaluksaite5262]

You are the great instructor! Thank you!

[@UnnYb2nd]

Hi OK Samurai!Thanks for the great tutorials!:) I tried the File->Script but no New Comp from Character Animator.jsx option exists..Please help!

[@okaysamurai]

This "archived" video uses an older method - dynamic link is the way to go now! See this thread for more info (and the script if you still need it): forums.adobe.com/thread/2400300

[@UnnYb2nd]

You are the best!!Thanks a lot!You saved me,I run for a deadline!Love you OK Samurai!❤

[@afeezbabajide2673]

This Tutorial has been really helpful. Thank you

[@karunayogahu]

Awesome review. Probably the best I have seen on Character Animator so far. Thanks for the useful tips ;)

[@okaysamurai]

+Veronika Vas Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@EvieRombal74]

Hi Dave! This app is amazing! I'm so happy this exists! Are you available for questions? I've made my character in Illustrator and brought it into Character Animator with just about everything working....but is there a way to move both hands and keep them down or in a different position rather than resting position? Thanks!

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks! Yes - in the properties on the right, under Dragger change "Return to Rest" to "Hold in Place" - that makes them stick into poses like an action figure.

[@EvieRombal74]

That was quick - thanks!!!!! :D

[@EvieRombal74]

Also, my character is a pretty detailed but cartoonized human. When I drag the hand, the neck/head stretches with it. Any pointers on avoiding that? Thanks! :)

[@okaysamurai]

We now recommend to keep limbs as separate, independent groups that are "stapled" to the body. See the Arms, Legs, and Tail section in the latest tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laTQfYuFebmXbLcm7s

[@hellothere-py1ku]

woh!! this is every helpful :D I finally saw this kind of videos... thank you so much

[@cytuber]

First class tutorial. That was a great overview. Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks!

[@Michael-it5zz]

If you think this animation was 'first class' you were obviously born after 1995.

[@cgplus]

Hi Dave, Thank you. I am a designer KZbinr introducing various graphic s/w of adobe. Currently, I am broadcasting using a very simple ch. I think your video can give my character tremendous vitality. If I am good at ch, I would like to make a simple ch tutorial. Thanks for your great explanation.

[@okaysamurai]

감사합니다! 재미와 당신이 만드는 것을보고 기대!

[@VOMITador98]

Thnx for the video. There is one thing I would like to ask. In som examples (in other YT vids, or this one ) there are multiple limbs animated at the same time. For example moving both hands at the same time or one leg and hand ... can you please advise me how it is done? Because in every video I have seen people always draged one limb around to demonstrate the feature. Or even better can you please make a video about it? :) Thanks a lot.

[@okaysamurai]

+VOMITador98 I do need to make a video about this because it's a common issue. You have to go into your puppet panel and add extra "Mousetrack" (soon to be "Dragger") behaviors for each drag you want to record. So with Fury, for example, I'll add 2 more dragger behaviors to him and do three rounds of recording: left arm, right arm, tail. Eventually we want this to just work - that each dragger handle counts as an independent drag automatically - but for now this is the workaround. Hope that helps!

[@ShooterandtheStache]

Thanks for the videos I've been checking them all out. There doesn't appear to be an option to export scene into After effects anymore. Is there a way to export just your characters audio/animations so you can add background and camera effects in after effects?

[@okaysamurai]

Preview 4 still includes this - you'll want File > Export > PNG sequence and WAV if you want to bring it into After Effects.

[@04141940]

fantastic tutorial and assets--thanks so much!

[@okaysamurai]

+J Metts You're welcome!

[@sendynoor]

Much help, thanks master. more upload would be nice. How can I get download characters?

[@okaysamurai]

+sendy noor Try adobe.ly/1K89iBD and forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-6029.

[@graphicsvideosanimations9226]

I'm your biggest fan from Pakistan your tutorials really helpful for me

[@aidendev2800]

I can't install adobe after effects it's says I don't have dynamic lighting I've tried everything but it won't work

[@okaysamurai]

+Midas TheKing123 Sorry to hear that - try searching or asking in the official AE forums: forums.adobe.com/community/aftereffects_general_discussion

[@ESK8IL]

Great video, i learned so much! thank you. i have one question, in the 2018 version i dont have the "new comp from character animation " options in scripts inside AE.......how do i import a recorded scene on the 2018 version?

[@okaysamurai]

Dynamic link is the best way to go now - just import your .chproj into AE and it will link!

[@ESK8IL]

thank you very much sir

[@thesuccessclub6130]

Hi Okay, great video. What kind of webcam do you use for this. Are there better programs than this with more figures, 3D and where the camera register the whole body? Thanks !!

[@okaysamurai]

I use the built-in cam for the Macbook pro, and usually a u37 USB mic as an external mic. There are more examples in the official pack here: forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-6029. Full 3D might happen in the future, but we're starting with the more accessible 2D. We've experimented with full body stuff and that could also come in the future, particularly through depth-sensing cameras like Kinect - for now you can do things like body turns through keyboard triggers and limb movement through dragging. The product is still in a preview phase so we have a lot more that we're working on & keeping us busy!

[@AndreyWolverine]

Hollo Dave! its incredible! Thank you for video tutorial! I be waiting new one!!!

[@okaysamurai]

+Wolverine 8-9 Thanks. New stuff coming by the end of the month.

[@AndreyWolverine]

Yes! Thank you!

[@XAVIERCUERVO]

i wanna buy this BUT not convinced yet ,basically you are animating a flat puppet the final result is very robotic and distracting you can easily tell whats going ,how is this different from the bone tool on adobe flash

[@okaysamurai]

+XAVIERCUERVO Everyone has their own preferences for animation - this is just one tool. If you turned all the sensitivity settings way down, you would see a less 1:1 animation style (see the parallax effect in the "Building a Puppet From Scratch" video for a more subtle, 2.5D effect). CH does not currently have bones or IK support, but sticks do allow you to determine the rigidity of certain areas. If you have Creative Cloud and/or After Effects, feel free to try it out (since it's included) and let me know what you think!

[@BeckyWarren]

This is great! Could you also use an After Effects camera to create shot variety?

[@okaysamurai]

Definitely. Lots of potential if you know After Effects!

[@paulapaulaole5412]

Thank you, great tutorial! But how can I move two arms at the same time?

[@okaysamurai]

Live, you would need a touch-enabled device or have arm triggers. Recorded, you can record one at a time and add multiple dragger behaviors. See "How can I record and edit?" from okaysamurai.com/CHFAQ/ - it includes a part about this.

[@not-morgendorffer9520]

CA is amazing and your tutorial is really helpful! i have a small question (maybe i missed smth, i don't know) - can you use a pre-recorded video and audio of an actor instead of stream from the webcam? thank you very much! p.s. 23 dislikes on this video are probably from people who don't like Taylor Swift :D

[@okaysamurai]

Yes - import and add an audio track into your scene and do Timeline > Compute Lip Sync from Scene Audio. Or for the video part, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZekaH18jst_oq8.

[@not-morgendorffer9520]

thank you lots and lots!

[@ShantanuJha97]

Can I get my characters to walk ? If not how can I combine these awesome features with DUIK plugin

[@okaysamurai]

+Premiere King We'll cover walking in future videos - but you'd want to use sticks and draggable handles in the arms and legs. If you wanted to use DUIK in AE, you could just animate a face in CH and track that to a body.

[@masken8355]

How do i make a background in Blender could you do a tutorial?

[@okaysamurai]

Haven't used Blender, sorry!

[@mus1307]

Oh, you could simply go for a 2D background no ? Use Paint tool Sai, Gimp, or even Adobe Flash, for a cool easy background.

[@peterxyz3541]

I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nozar7]

This is fantastic. Quick question, are we allowed to use the characters and artwork you included on other projects (with appropriate credit of course)?

[@okaysamurai]

+Noah Yep! And no credit needed, have fun. :)

[@nozar7]

+Okay Samurai AWESOMEEEEE!

[@smells82]

Great tool! I'm very interested in trying it out! My question is does/will the Adobe Character Animator tool work with Illustrator files?

[@okaysamurai]

+Ben W Yep! I used Photoshop here but the exact same blue Stannie puppet is available as an Illustrator template as well (see 2:52). Same rules shown here apply to illustrator for naming conventions, etc...check out the download link in the description, there are a few Illustrator characters there as well.

[@erikpopek9357]

Great tutorial! 😀

[@elnisdjcheco]

Hello Elnis here, i builded a head but all the mouth shapes are always on the screen overlapping, i tryed turning them off in the original, and on character, etc nothing works, help!!!!

[@okaysamurai]

+elnis djcheco Check out the example photoshop puppet (New Puppet In Photoshop from the Welcome panel) and make sure you're following the same structure. If they're showing up all the time that means they aren't reading correctly as the mouth group. My puppet mouth are usually grouped like +CharacterName > Head > +Mouth, with all the mouths inside that last group. Download the example project to see more examples if that helps too!

[@Hairaising]

So I have my character done. head turns, mouth shapes, body and the head of course. I was wondering if you could recommend me to any any walking tutorials on your channel?

[@okaysamurai]

Yep - check out the start of kzbin.info/www/bejne/hInZl4Scp7GNeNk or Part 13 of this megatutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laTQfYuFebmXbLc

[@Hairaising]

Thanks so much man!

[@reneemeraz]

Best tutorial I've seen! Bravo!

[@XMSMLL]

Awesome! Wish I had time to play with it...

[@starwarshq]

Hi Dave, great job on the tutorials! I had a quick question: when I open a scene in Adobe After Effects, it takes a very long time to load (sometimes 5 minutes.) Is this normal for it to take this long to load up a scene into after effects? My scene usually consists of a puppet that is about 40 MBs in size by the way. Anything I can do to increase performance?

[@starwarshq]

Actually it looks like it was because my files were way too big. lol So I resized them by half and now it is loading literally 75% faster! So, if anyone else is having the same problem, make sure your photoshop documents are not 5,000 pixels wide like mine were. ;)

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks! Yeah, the best ways to cut down are a) file dimensions/resolution, b) flattening any extraneous layers (like if I have 10 layers for a shirt, merge those into one layer), and c) limiting or simplifying the amount of complex elements like dangle and head turns. Glad you figured it out!

[@reemaki8425]

Is there anyway that you could do a tutorial showing how to make a character other than a human looking creature? A moving, talking, flying bird or a dog that walks on all fours?

[@okaysamurai]

Yep - check out the example project here: forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-6029 - there are a few non-human things like a hummingbird and even floating balloons. Also check out the second live episode we did - I walk through how to make a floating multi-eyed tentacled creature.

[@reemaki8425]

Awesome, thank you!!!!

[@P3tonka]

it looks like the way you export and import has changed with that last update, can you explain what i need to do now?

[@okaysamurai]

File > Import inside CH will bring in a PSD or AI as a puppet. Now you can File > Export to Adobe Media Encoder (for a video), export a PNG sequence and WAV for input into a variety of applications, or import your .chproj file into After Effects or Premiere to dynamic link it for further compositing.

[@IGamerEditorAMV]

wow this is just incredible

[@andreasgramstad8140]

I dont have the "New Comp from Character Animator Recording" option. Does anyone know why?

[@okaysamurai]

This archived video was made when Character Animator was in Beta - now you can just import or drag your chproj file into After Effects or Premiere Pro and dynamic link your scenes instead! Much easier than the old way!

[@HalomoanHalPasaribu]

thank you so much man! i really try thisreal soon! :D thank you!

[@pricezalakunoc5092]

Amazing tut, tnx!

[@jari3106]

How do you separate the arms? I do one take with the left arm moving but when it's time to move the right arm what do I do?

[@okaysamurai]

If each has a dragger on the palms, then you can just record a second take and it should work and show up as a separate track (when this video was made this wasn't the case, but it's since been fixed).

[@latinoatheart255]

Such a great post! Thank you!!!

[@slambga]

Very cool man, thanks por all!

[@GustavoCardoso95]

That was DOPE! Thanks my friend.

[@PintoSixty]

The free download files are not available using the link you provided. I assume this is because of this video's date? And thus the files were subsequently deleted? Is there any other source for these files? Thank you for all you do for us.

[@okaysamurai]

The resource link below is working for me - might have been a temporary issue? Regardless, more up-to-date examples are here: forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-6029

[@aronkay5274]

Hey Okay Samurai Huge fan great Vid!! Do you teach how to put the animation in a real life video like at 2:00? Or have you already done it?

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks! Yep - check out the later sections here in the latest tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laTQfYuFebmXbLc

[@mansibhaskar95]

can we animate more than one character with this ?

[@tenochxipilli6715]

great video. thank you

[@prajwalmaharjan5038]

why do my puppet has white background while importing puppet in adobe after effects. Any solution please?

[@okaysamurai]

This should only happen if your original PSD or AI file has a white background in it, or you added a background in CH. Otherwise your character's background should be transparent when importing into AE.

[@dan7696]

That was amazing! Now, I really want to switch to Character Animator!

[@okaysamurai]

+Dan Doronin Thanks! Please share if you make anything with it!

[@dan7696]

+Okay Samurai Can you make a tutorial on making a character like the Fury in Photoshop?

[@okaysamurai]

+Dan Doronin Yes - I did exactly that in a tutorial video that will be released in the next month or so. Keep checking back here for when it will get posted: forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-5992

[@dan7696]

+Okay Samurai Is it a good idea to paint my eyebrows and nose with facepaint to make Character Animator track my facial features smoother?

[@okaysamurai]

+Dan Doronin Haha...haven't heard before if that works or not - let me know if you try! In my experience it's mostly about how well lit your face is, so try shining a desk lamp (or even a smartphone light) at your face for better results.

[@tgmedia7085]

Is there a way to move both arms together or a way to copy the movement so they are synced?

[@okaysamurai]

The best way to do this is through a touch enabled device, so you can touch and move both draggables simultaneously. Copying and pasting will only work for the same draggable handle, so your best bet is to record one at a time and use slo-mo recording to line up timing. This might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH7SXq1unbRlfq8m18s

[@Booch365]

Is there a way to create scenes with more than one puppet at a time?

[@okaysamurai]

Yes, you can drag as many puppets into a scene as you want. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjKmmR6lMmAiq8

[@AndreyWolverine]

This is very useful! Thanks you!

[@TumeloThePineMapine]

Awesome Software,Awesome Tutor!!

[@ghazalraqeeb3193]

PLEASE HELP! for some reason, I don't get the option of " New Comp from Character Animator Recording.jsx " in after effects. I know its updated but iI dont get the option in scripts.

[@okaysamurai]

This is an older tutorial - now there's dynamic link, just drag your CH scene into AE. Or if you need the script, I've got it here: adobe.ly/2ixVUlH

[@hartyom]

Very helpful. Thx

[@AbhishekSharma-hy5hk]

sir, open adobe character option not shown after effect cs5?

[@okaysamurai]

Character Animator is only part of the Creative Cloud. www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html

[@darkclone81]

Awesome informative video. Thank you!!