Physics - Adobe Character Animator CC Tutorial

[@RuneBell]

you should change your name to Great Samurai cause your tutorials are great!!

[@olStickyTapes]

I dunno, He could even be awesome samurai... I'm no expert tho

[@tewodrosadmassu8846]

I have been looking for an easy and economical way of creating a series of a 6 minute puppet animations to use them as supplements for teaching kids, and now I see Adobe CA is making it possible. I really loved what I saw. The only thing I am concerned about is rendering time using a single but fast workstation. Did any one tried rendering puppet animation on a single computer? If so, would you share your experience regarding to rendering time and related issues you had encountered?

[@okaysamurai]

I've talked about this in a couple of videos, but rendering times vary greatly depending on resolution, framerate, complexity of puppets, etc. But I've made all the videos you see here using a single computer (2016 Macbook Pro) and it's been fine for me personally.

[@tewodrosadmassu8846]

Thanks a lot for your response. I know I was asking the impossible. What is your average rendering time, just roughly, for most of your recent tutorials? And if you can throw me a link for those videos, it will be awesome!

[@okaysamurai]

For the videos about optimization I'd browse adobe.com/go/chtutorials or okaysamurai.com/CHFAQ/ for relevant topics. I'd say a 12 minute complex Evan Flamethrower scene (multiple characters, backgrounds, effects) at 1920 x 1080 24fps takes a little over an hour for me to render.

[@tewodrosadmassu8846]

That is very helpful. Thanks a lot Dave!

[@howtohaunt]

Really love the training sample format you have going on. It will make things so much easier when I forget how to do something!

[@GENKI_INU]

One of the biggest challenges for me working in 2D is the planning and juggling of layers to prevent clipping, and even then, adding dangling physics EASILY breaks this. It's frustrating to not be able to collide dangling physics objects with other layers, or even have a simple workaround like a Handle Tool that can be tagged as collidable so it can be used as a hard boundary before intercepting with other layers, and causing overlapping issues (or being covered up). This is probably my most requested feature so far in CH, simply because it would solve a significant amount of layering issues with more detailed puppets.

[@cleborainey]

You are #1 watch you videos over and over. Have learned so much. Thanks.. keep them coming.

[@BobKirksey]

Thanks Dave. This is an awesome tutorial, and at a level of detail that really helps. And double thanks for this great physics engine improvements!

Dangle Handle! That should be a country song. Thanks for making things easy!

[@whoozie]

Cool! I can now make various weather systems and all that! I have a question btw, I did everything as you stated but switching that mode to cannon didn't make the effect happen....I can't quite figure out why

[@okaysamurai]

Check the rigged example in the sample project, and then just copy what's working there into the unrigged example. I just tried it and it worked well for me.

[@whoozie]

@@okaysamurai Ok thanks for replying I'll check it😃

[@johnnymegalos6594]

Dave you are awesone, I appreciate you and all the work you do and have done. The download link to this tutorial isn't working. Is there a new one? Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks! They recently moved the links around, let me try to find the latest - thanks for letting me know.

[@sonofthesea]

You sir.. are a god send - thank yo for all the tutorials you share.. You are my teacher.

[@Eng.Falafel]

Amazing tutorial. I thought the old videos are not relative anymore but they use very useful for beginners. Maybe we can do money 💵 rain using the particles physics and maybe we can add dangles to the notes to represent thr gravity while falling? Worth trying

[@cartonieducati5427]

Hello Samurai , you are great ... Sorry i have a question.... how you fix on illustrator o photoshop the backhair layer? on minute 6:48 you have the back hair under the body folder.... but is linked whit the hairfolder.... how can i do that? i have a problem whit my puppet... he have a longhair, and usually i need put his backhair layer under the body folder, but in character how can i link ?sorry for my english... i hope you understand me... have a great day.. ciao

[@okaysamurai]

Yeah, so Chloe on the home screen in the app is set up like this too - you can check her out as another working example. Basically, if the Head and BGHair groups are both at the same level and both not independent (no crown icon). So Head, Body, and BGHair are all considered part of the same "mesh" and will move together. Hope that helps!

[@cartonieducati5427]

@@okaysamurai thank you so much for the answer... i still have the problem, after check Chloe, but is my problem.. i need imprroove some knowledge... i will check your great videos... thenk you very much for your support... take care

[@okaysamurai]

If it persists, please post a screenshot, video, or File > Export > Puppet (.puppet file) to adobe.com/go/chfeedback for more help.

[@cartonieducati5427]

@@okaysamuraiyou are the best.... you don't do only great video, but you help us to grow... Thenk you very much for you help.. have a great time.... i will follow your advice...ciao

[@TIMUDEN]

Can I animate particles? - Like give the small snowflakes eyes, a blink feature and and a mouth swop set or trigger?

[@okaysamurai]

Unfortunately I don't believe this is currently possible - I believe the particle behavior doesn't behave well if you add cycle layers or other behaviors on it.

[@santiagonogueira8650]

Thanks for the video! Why the objects don´t touch? there is like empty space when they collide, kind of they have an invisible stroke around.

[@okaysamurai]

It depends on what type of mesh and settings you have. Under Physics > Collision try experimenting with Shape > Fast or Contour, and change the individual group mesh shapes to contour instead of rectangle.

[@faustcompany4599]

Can we designate a handle as an emitter for particles (i.e. a flame throwing hand that moves around)? Or is this only doable through cycle animations? Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

It's been a while since I tried, but I believe this is possible. If you can't figure it out, 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.

[@Cwichita]

So much to learn. Question: Would physics (behavior) work between two separate puppets in a scene? For example, if each puppet in the scene has been rigged for collision, would they bounce off each other? Or does physics only work within a puppet?

[@okaysamurai]

I believe it is only in a puppet. Physics Playground on pages.adobe.com/character/en/puppets is a good example of how you can put a bunch of stuff in a single puppet. But if it's like two full human puppets, you may just want to fake it with keyframes or something.

[@Cwichita]

@@okaysamurai Thanks for the clarification. I will likely use both techniques.

[@HellaBlackMexican]

Thank you so much for your tutorials!!

[@DesignerYash]

so many tutorials 😍😍😍

[@enricoamniat]

He's the Best!

[@eldirtysquirrel]

Hey Dave, love your tutorials, they are mad helpful. Is it possible to to make a sound on impact from a particle to what it hits?

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't believe this is possible currently. Sound effects can be added to individual triggers, but you would need to manually trigger them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5mym3uGgJh7eac

[@eldirtysquirrel]

@@okaysamurai Thanks for the reply! A bummer though, as I am letting chat throw things at me, but without the hit sound, it kinda falls flat. If you think of a solution, let me know!

[@markkulahtinen1343]

excellent stuff, thanks

[@OverlookArt]

Hi Dave, thanks for your great job. As in your video, the borders of the layers don't touch each others. There is always an empty space between the objects. How can I do to join (or attach) two levels preciciouly (without empty space in the midlle)? I saw that this happens when you apply the Tag "Collide". Thank you very much

[@okaysamurai]

Yes, if collide is on two objects, you probably don't want them overlapping because they would be colliding in the same space. However, you could have as many layers as you want in a group and tag that group as collide, and that should still work.

[@OverlookArt]

@@okaysamurai thanks, I will try! 👍

[@OverlookArt]

Hi, I tried, but it didn't work. I'd need that the object "1" (Collide+Dynamic), for example a glass, is placed on a table (Collide) and when the object is pushed away from another object, it falls. But I dont' t like that the object "1" doesn't touch the plane perfectly, there is an empty space between the two elements (as it happens in your video). How can I fix this problem? Thank you

[@okaysamurai]

Unfortunately I don't think there's a great way to deal with this right now, as the Physics engine isn't perfectly edge to edge for the artwork. Adjusting the Collision parameters under Physics may lead to better results, but it's a trial and error process for each puppet / situation. 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.

[@itchcreativestudio]

Is there away to add a handle to an object and give that handle a differtje gravity, so that that point will always end up on the button side?

[@okaysamurai]

Yes. Make the object independent and add a Physics behavior to it. Then it will listen to that local behavior instead of the global one we automatically give you when you import artwork.

[@samghafarnezhad1756]

Thanks for awesome tutorials. I learned so much. a quick notice: the example project, the canon scene doesn't work properly in the Character Animator 2020. I tried in a new project and the particle behavior (Canon) works perfectly.

[@okaysamurai]

I'll take a look - thanks for the note!

[@okaysamurai]

The project should be fixed now. It looks like the "Droppy" layer was too close to the edge of the scene, which was causing some issues. I moved him a little more to the left and confirmed it should be working now. Thank you for the help!

[@samghafarnezhad1756]

@@okaysamurai Thank you very much for your response. The new file works great. however the default particle mode was set to point and shoot and the students must change it to cannon for this example. I Learned so much from you and I'm trying to finish all tutorials to make a cartoon with Ch.

[@eastworlduniverse]

Thanks for the tutorial, really nice stuff. Is it possible to make hair and other such dangling objects to interact with walls and other objects? I tried doing that and it looks like it can't be done.

[@okaysamurai]

Currently you can't combine dangle + collide, but that will change in future releases.

[@gezetable1986]

how come the droplet cant come out out of the tube when the collide checked, seems like its stuck when colliding with the tube

[@okaysamurai]

I believe in that case the tube would be considered a solid mesh, and collide tries to never make meshes overlap. The chicken blaster example inside the Character Animator home screen is a good example of shooting stuff out of a (non-colliding) cannon.

[@gezetable1986]

@@okaysamurai thanks for the reply! i use the example file, and even from that i still cant shoot the droplet. i try to match setting with chicken blaster, but still cant get it to work. is there a way to change the canon into not solid mesh? i tried to move the droplet out of the tube until the tube is not highlighted green but it also doesnt work. (the chicken is not inside canon, but droplet is inside canon, so i try to match it) it works only if i unchecked collide on the droplet. the difference that i notice between the example file and chicken blaster is that there's green dotted line from droplet to umbrella. whereas there's no dotted line from the chicken to anywhere, only says "origin"... is the example files has no issues on your computer?

[@okaysamurai]

Huh, I just tried the example file and ran into the same thing - thank you for pointing this out, I have no idea what's going on here, I'll ask the developers.

[@okaysamurai]

Thanks for finding this. It sounds like something changed in our code at some point that caused this to happen. I'm going to fix the example file. The main thing I've been told is "Particles won't spawn if they start in collision." I'm still a little confused why Chicken Blaster is working and this isn't, but thank you very much for finding this bug!

[@SworlDotBe]

There's a white border around the objects, I guess to speed up collisions. Can we tighten that collision-box somehow to make objects touch? Thanks!

[@okaysamurai]

Collisions are being improved for the next version - for now the best bet is to experiment with "contour" options for the shapes (instead of auto or rectangle) and collision properties (instead of fast).

[@levitabusman]

Is there a way I can make fireflies just hovering? I tried using snow but they just fall down or to the side I can't seem to have them just either fall really slowly or just hover

[@okaysamurai]

Hmmm, for that I don't know that particles is the best way to go, I might use a cycle layers animation of a swarm of them that I could drag around or something instead.

[@RadicalToys]

I was wondering if you have a video or an idea how I could take my individual hair strands , Hair bangs ect . and make it appear like hair is blowing in the wind affect? Could this be achieved with dangle? any tips? Update: I just figured it out all I had to do was set each set of strands right and left hair seperate folder, and dangle and set the wind direction. damn I love this program.

[@okaysamurai]

Glad you figured it out! Yep, it's a cool effect. Leeta on okaysamurai.com/puppets is probably my favorite hair setup that I've done.

[@muhammadbilalmemon271]

your tutorials are descriptive, can serve as a guide but difficult to understand for beginners.

[@althuraiyaalhajri3581]

you are amazing. Thank you very much :)

[@thatdiyguyraymondmonk1225]

On the hair at the beginning with the hair, shouldn’t you put the anchor in physics at the friction or pressure point, where the hat meats the head, holding the hair from pivoting? If not please explain why not.

[@okaysamurai]

Right - when dealing with physics, the origin handles should be considered the anchor / pivot point. But you can experiment with this and the dangle handle placement to see some subtle movement differences.

[@dominik.symann]

Hi Dave, is it possible to combine the dynamic collision with the dangle function? I was wondering if this would make an object squishy/wobbly when hitting something. Whenever I add a dangle point the object loses its gravity and stays at its place. Is there some kind of workaround? Best regards from Germany Dominik

[@okaysamurai]

IIRC dangle doesn't work with collisions. Physics Playground on adobe.com/go/chexamples is the best collection of physics stuff I can think of and I don't believe that doesn't have any dangle + collision examples. It's a great idea for the future though!

[@MarieernstUS]

How do you set up physics in your original adobe illustrator file? How do you label them in the layers?

[@okaysamurai]

You do all your setup in Character Animator instead. You could add a + in front of the layer/group name to automatically make it independent, but that's optional since you can also do that in CH.

[@MarieernstUS]

@@okaysamurai Thank you. I’ve been watching all your videos but it’s still hard to get the rigging right.

[@okaysamurai]

Rigging can be tricky, it's just a time and practice thing. Now that I know what I'm doing I could rig up a character in a few minutes, but starting out there's going to be some trial and error.

[@jo.da.6240]

I was wondering - is there a way to give necklaces and chains realistic physics? Since it's a "closed circle" it moves more stiff than a hair strand. So when the characters rotate their body, the necklace pendant does not point to the ground the same way that a hair strand would. Is there some sort of workaround?

[@okaysamurai]

Maddie, Barbarasaurus and Bunny Dude on our examples page all have necklaces you can take a look at: pages.adobe.com/character/en/puppets. I believe they make two fixed pins at the neck and make the middle part dangle, but I would dig into those rigs and see how they work!

[@jo.da.6240]

@@okaysamurai Genius, thanks!

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

i have a related question, say i have a character with a brain in a jar on his head. no matter what i do, i can not get the brain to float within the jar area. it either falls out or does not move at all. how to fix?

[@okaysamurai]

I would take a look at the Boba Tea character from kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYSTeqN7mMmArbc and check out how the artist did the little tapioca balls. You may need to add a little extra buffer room to give the brain enough room to float. 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.

[@tamilfantasystricker3413]

How to trigger big droplet from the cannon. I tried this its not working. even in the completed scene also its not working. dunno why. would be helpful if you answer it. Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

Scene 3 under "Completed" is working for me when I hold down the left click. We recently fixed a bug where the droplet needed to not be outside of the scene or colliding with anything to work - hopefully you're using the latest version that includes this fix?

[@wcthrill]

Hi, is there a way to create a trigger where something drops from a character? Lets say the character has a ball on a hat they are wearing. Can we do a trigger to have the ball fall?

[@okaysamurai]

Yes - for that I would probably use Magnets and have a trigger turn a magnet on or off. See this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6fXZK2HZd-hn5I

[@jo.da.6240]

Is it possible to animate the scale of a dynamic collide object? I am animating a dung bettle rolling a dung ball up a hill which works perfect with the dung ball being a dynamic collide object and the hill having a collide tag. I want the dung ball to get bigger and roll over the beetle. So I made some scale keyframes. But playing the animation back it does not work. Only if I reset the scene it changes size but then stay that size.

[@jo.da.6240]

if not is there a way this can be done? Like a work-around with cycle layers that get bigger? Although I imagine that it will just assume the biggest frame as the general size of the ball I guess.

[@okaysamurai]

Good question, I've never tried that before! My best guess is maybe physics isn't compatible with transform scale, but I don't know for sure. I'd say 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...maybe someone else in the community knows better than I do!

[@SnuglyWolfy]

the back hair isnt connected to the head and i have no idea how to fix it

[@okaysamurai]

Check out Chloe on the app home screen - look how her back hair layer is set up.

[@thegreenreflectors]

I'm trying to animate the drummer in my display picture. What would be the best way to go about animating cymbal hits. Is it possible for me to drag the drum sticks into the cymbals to make them jiggle back and forth? That would be wild!

[@okaysamurai]

Hmm, not sure - I don't think I've tried anything like this, but theoretically I think there has to be a way to make it work by making the drumstick and cymbal collide with each other.

[@thegreenreflectors]

@@okaysamurai that's what I'm thinking too! I figure it just needs to find a way to pivot and return to a flat rest position atop the cymbal stand. So far I've been able to make the cymbal fall of the stand, but I haven't gotten the drum stick to connect with the cymbal in any way. Work in progress hahaha

[@prosperityokechukwu1503]

Please is there any tutorial for water physics?

[@okaysamurai]

Character Animator currently doesn't have any fluid physics - I would check out plugins in After Effects for that.

[@aylairving-lamb4058]

Is there a way to do rain with the 'snow' option, like in the video, but only for a little bit on command? Not the whole time?

[@okaysamurai]

Yes, you could trigger the particles to turn on or off by adding a trigger to the particle behavior group.

[@u.s.animation]

Sir pls tell us how to make a front walk cycle with character animator CC

[@okaysamurai]

Cycle layers is the way to go here, not the Walk behavior - which is optimized for profile views. See "Wonder Boy" on adobe.com/go/chexamples for one example of this technique.

[@u.s.animation]

Thank You very much Sir

[@vatosflokos3290]

Hi Dave, Unfortunately, many of the elements shown on the video are either not working or stay "hidden". Can you take a look at this issue please, at some time in your spare time? I keep coming back to the lesson and I can not understand what I am doing wrong : -(

[@okaysamurai]

I just tried the example project and it seems to be working as expected for me - please post the issues of what isn't working to the official forums at adobe.com/go/chfeedback and add me @oksamurai in the text so we can take a closer look.

[@TanukiGaming]

oh wow, i didn't think to add rain, interesting

[@maxamillion2140]

I'm making a similar puppet very similar to this but I'm confused on how to connect the back hair to the head but behind the body, the hair connects to the head by being in the head group right? But needs to go under the body group to be behind it? I want it to dangle and be connected but the head moves and the hair sits still. :/

[@okaysamurai]

Yes, in the file (scene 2) see how Bridget's "Back Hair" is set to attach to "Auto", and if you drag the origin you should see the head & body turn green - that's what causes the attachment. Cassandra on okaysamurai.com/puppets is another example of this.

[@maxamillion2140]

@@okaysamurai Thanks I'll try that out

[@growthforyou6900]

can we give an object, particle as well as magnetic behavior is that works? because I do it but it does not work at all." please replay"

[@okaysamurai]

No, I don't believe a particle can be magnetic, only specific objects. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6fXZK2HZd-hn5I

[@growthforyou6900]

@@okaysamurai I already learn all the thing from this video thank you. What is the procedure for joining the Adobe team? Any Idea

[@okaysamurai]

No current openings with the CH team, but www.adobe.com/careers.html has all current job listings.

[@MarieernstUS]

I need more help… I’m trying to animate a soap bubble . I created the artwork up in Photoshop, it has +Bubbles, then layers 1 - 10. When I import it into CH, I add the behaviors, cycle layers, physics, but if I add particles, cycle layers stops working. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.

[@okaysamurai]

Hmmm, I don't remember if particles are allowed to have cycle layers or not. It's possible those two behaviors aren't compatible, but I don't think I've ever tried that!

[@MarieernstUS]

@@okaysamurai Thanks for the response. I've been attempting to do this for over a week now, to no avail. I've watched your tutorial video at least 3 times to see if I missed anything. I'm rewatching your intro to character animator again to refresh my memory, because I can't seem to find the scale tool.

[@okaysamurai]

No worries, sometimes behaviors don't work well together and I haven't documented all the different use cases! For scale, select a character and use the Transform behavior.

[@sallybowles2781]

hi, I have a slightly older version of Ch and it doesn't open the example project (strange because I downloaded it some days ago) is there something that I can do?

[@okaysamurai]

Just update CH in the Creative Cloud desktop app and it should work (the update just came out yesterday morning). The project won't work in older versions because it has features from the newest updates, like particle collisions and trigger refinements.

[@keymediastudioitself]

Has lots of issues. It`s not working in my project! While recording, dangles become living on their own. Same draggable points on both arms are showing different results.

[@okaysamurai]

Sorry to hear it's not working for you. Dangles/physics is a simulation so results can vary depending on what's happening. Draggables on the other hand should work consistently. If you keep at it and run into any trouble please post screenshots on adobe.com/go/chfeedback for more direct help.

[@bruemagazine]

My scene isn't recording when I use the particle feature. Do you have any suggestions? THX

[@okaysamurai]

Particles are a a realtime simulation but they should work while recording and playback. 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.

[@bruemagazine]

Thanks, I posted the problem on the link you gave me. I hope to resolve this.@@okaysamurai

[@bruemagazine]

I couldn't get my particles to record. Thanks for the help though. It's not on my priority list, but I am determined to figure it out. Do you know if Adobe has grants for Character Animators?@@okaysamurai

[@JWitty18]

Is it possible to give two different puppets physics and collide with each other in the same scene (such as a fist punching a face)

[@okaysamurai]

Yes. See the "Physics Playground" on character.adobelanding.com/puppets/ - although in that scene, everything is part of the same one puppet. I don't remember if it will work the same for two separate puppets...

[@JWitty18]

@@okaysamurai So I might need to rig up the two characters as one puppet I am assuming?

[@okaysamurai]

At least for the one scene where the impact happens, yes. It's probably too confusing to try to do longer scenes like that.

[@JWitty18]

@@okaysamurai Do the adobe forums have error codes listed anywhere? One of my puppets is getting an error saying Triangle side lengths must be greater than or equal to zero. =[

[@okaysamurai]

Woah that's a weird one. I would search the forums for that term or code - if it doesn't show up, please post a screenshot and we'll try to help you more.

[@MarieernstUS]

Hello, I've been on the phone with Adobe Customer Service for hours and I can't find a solution to my problem. I'm using Ai version 28.0 to design my puppet for character animator. Since I started using the new version, if I copy artwork from one layer and attempt to paste it to another layer, it creates a new layer, and won't paste the artwork in my selected layer. For example, I'm creating +Mouths for my puppet and I want to use the same teeth from the layer containing Aa, to the layer F, and the layers Neutral, and Smile, but when I copy and paste, it creates a brand new layer and won't paste into the selected layer(s). I keep getting disconnected from my calls and chats, and I need to find a solution. Can you please help?

[@okaysamurai]

Illustrator is a bit weird to me in how it deals with layer structure. I have had problems where it won't let me paste where I want to because it has restrictions on groups vs. nested layers. The best workaround I've found is to double click something to get into isolation mode and then paste directly in there instead of trying to do it with everything visible. 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.

[@MarieernstUS]

@@okaysamurai I got it fixed. I don't know what was going on but for some reason the top +layer was preventing the copy and paste. Once I took the sub layers out of the top main layer, I was able to copy and paste like normal again. I had to redo a lot of the sublayers in the +Mouth, but that's a small price to pay to have the program working as it should again. Thank you for your help.

[@martinmarshall2839]

What happened to the red and blue monster video? It showed how to have two puppets and split audio between the two... I'm stuck without it.

[@okaysamurai]

That video is still up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4SYgppnpJt-p9U. I don't remember which episode I spoke about it but there are a few questions & answers about that workflow here: okaysamurai.com/CHFAQ

[@martinmarshall2839]

Okay Samurai thanks for getting back. It's not that one, it was the same two puppets... One red and one blue in a single scene. Voices were overlapping and you split them in audition and them brought them back in to CH. The split audio only activated the armed puppet mouth shapes.. I've spent two days looking for it. Help

[@okaysamurai]

Yep, that's "How Can I Record Two Characters?" from the page linked above: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjKmmR6lMmAiq8

[@martinmarshall2839]

Okay Samurai Thank you so much!!!!

[@nfb5575]

Where I can watch evan flame throughover episodes ??

[@okaysamurai]

Still hard at work on it! Hopefully in the next couple of months.

[@videomontazh_]

why I don't see any assets? in a Physics, Walking and other tutorials go to the link and see only the blank page with an Adobe logo on top. that happened with the snowman too.

[@okaysamurai]

All of those links should be to Adobe Creative Cloud file pages, where you should see a download icon in the upper right corner. If not, it's possible a network / country / etc is blocking it for some reason?

[@videomontazh_]

@@okaysamurai I don't think so. I changed a location to USA but still nothing.

[@videomontazh_]

everything is okay. these are browser's problems. in another one works well.

[@RadioBettelli]

How to record the particles? when i tried to record it nothing happen. Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

Particles is a simulation - if it is activated / triggered, it will record. To see your true recording, click the red dot off in the timeline so you're not getting any additional live data. If it persists, please post a screenshot, video, or File > Export > Puppet (.puppet file) to adobe.com/go/chfeedback for more direct help.

[@RadioBettelli]

@@okaysamurai thanks!!!

[@michaelschutte2472]

Hi Dave, how can we find your beginner lessons with the Physics parts, Thanks, Mike

[@okaysamurai]

See the video description - link is in there.

[@stefan1977full]

Can you use it for rain?

[@okaysamurai]

Yep, you could do what I did for snow here but adjust the settings to be less floaty for rain.

[@u.s.animation]

Sir we can't download the sprite sheet animations from POW Studio's website because the delete all the files from their website.....so please upload your sprite sheet animation like fire,smoke etc. on your official website for us pls.......

[@okaysamurai]

They seem to still be up: powstudios.com/content/fire-animation-pack-1 for example.

[@u.s.animation]

Sorry Sir for disturb you at then...now I can download the animations,but at past time I had use a bad browser fro download them,so I could not download them at that moment......but now I can download them :)

[@consp51]

Hello David, How do I get the example Physics Beginner lessons project file? I can't figure out how to download it.

[@okaysamurai]

Click the link in the video description and then the download icon in the upper right corner.

[@consp51]

Thanks Dave, I thought it came with the software template...

[@JWitty18]

When i export a puppet i have rigged with physics the exported video looks distorted compared to what I am viewing before export. Anyone run into that before?

[@okaysamurai]

If export looks distorted usually that's an export settings issue. Sometimes resizing things or using different quality settings can do this. But if that's not the case, please post a sample video or screenshot of what you see in the app vs. what you see in the final video to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we can take a closer look.

[@JWitty18]

Okay Samurai The error was happening when I had the puppets arm already positions in the air. I started the scene earlier and had his arm move up into the end position and the export did not distort.

[@okaysamurai]

Hmm, very strange - I have not personally seen that one before.

[@LanessaMillerStudio]

now I want my rain to splash on impact with my character, how do I do that?

[@okaysamurai]

Unfortunately you can't trigger a "splash" or anything on impact, all you can have is for something to bounce off like the umbrella in scene 3 if you tag it as Collide.

[@Kattchatt]

mine has aponytail and said ponytail is stubbern. help.

[@okaysamurai]

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.

[@markstradling1313]

HI, I am really interested in learning from this site. I cannot seem to download the Example Project files from the link. Can anyone help please? Thanks

[@okaysamurai]

The link should take you to a CC file page, and there should be a download icon in the upper right corner. The ZIP file contains the project and supplemental files.

[@markstradling1313]

Hi, thanks and appreciate the reply. I just cannot find them anywhere. The link takes me to the Adobe page, and I am logged into my Adobe account, but there is no download button. Have tried three different browsers. I don't suppose you can send the files to me separately?

[@markstradling1313]

Very strange actually, I cannot download any of your video project files. Are these only available in the USA?

[@okaysamurai]

Hmm very weird, it's a standard Creative Cloud link that anyone should be able to access, signed in or not. For me this is what I see: imgur.com/a/38GiG5d

[@markstradling1313]

Yes, it is. Anyway appreciate the help. Will try a colleague who has Adobe CC on Monday. This is what I see: imgur.com/amnFMHg

[@红色激情-p3e]

In CH 2020, Cannon does't work,I pressed "R" or Left mouse,noting happen.

[@okaysamurai]

Should work - the "Chicken Blaster" example from the Home workspace should be a working example of a cannon. If you still can't figure it out please post a video or screenshot to adobe.com/go/chfeedback, might be a bug.

[@红色激情-p3e]

@@okaysamurai I know the cause of the problem. Particles do not work in groups; they must be applied to a single layer.

[@ThatsAllFolkss]

ThNks!!

[@NinjaMomtastic]

I had watched this a couple time and thought I had it down. spent an hour... AN HOUR trying to figure out how to have toys fall on my head... then I re-watched this video and now fully understand the refresh scene button... I was doing it right, I just needed to press that stupid button for me to be able to see that I was doing it right...

[@okaysamurai]

Some things, like physics and walking, are "simulations" - meaning they are based on a specific start time. The processing required to bake all that stuff in ahead of time could lead to slower performance, so making it realtime helps things run smoother. But anytime you reopen a scene it should refresh and restart the simulation as well.

[@NourAlAgha]

Super

[@ds7330]

"Dangle Handle" - Adobe Character Animator

[@언제나웃음-u8p]

Thanks New video!

[@amysterling]

Cool! I successfully managed some test particles and hair physics. imgur.com/gallery/n7Sq8Xp Have been struggling to get snow particles to float up like bubbles. Is it possible? Inverting gravity sort of made them hover toward the top rather than start from xy position. Thanks for these tutorials. Character Animator is awesome!!

[@okaysamurai]

See Finn from the Start workspace example puppets - his bubbles float up, he's a good example to follow!

[@amysterling]

@@okaysamurai thank you!

[@leafleftedthischannel]

Hey everyone, I created my own "Game" bycharacter animator, by partical physics

[@GrifNMore]

There goes my free time for the day. O wait! I don't have free time. Too much CA stuff to play with.

[@janiceramos]

YOU MISSED ECPLANING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!!!! How the HELL do you make the ground!?!?!?! my stuff just falls out of the scene!

[@okaysamurai]

Physics > Collision > check Bounce Off Scene Sides. Or make a floor layer and tag it as Collide, like some of the blocks we show in the example file.

[@okaysamuraide6876]

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