Character Animator

Activity 1

Learn:

About motion capture animation and get started with Adobe Character Animator.

Do:

Test a few of the stock puppets in Character Animator basic mode.

Extend:

Export a short clip of a puppet saying hello.

Activity 2

Learn:

How shape, colour and 

Do:

Test a few of the stock puppets in Character Animator basic mode.

Extend:

Export a short clip of a puppet saying hello.

Activity 3

Learn:

Start learning how Character Animator uses tags and behaviours to move an image.

Do:

Recreate and rig the basic stick figure head and eyebrows.

Next create the head and eyebrows for your character.

Extend:

Polish your model, get feedback on how it looks and improve it.

Activity 4

Learn:

Nested layers, naming layers

Do:

Create all the parts for the eyes. Name the layers properly.

Next create the eyes for your character.

Extend:

Polish your model, get feedback on how it looks and improve it.

Activity 5

Learn:

Mouth expressions, lip synch with visemes

Do:

Create the three basic mouth expressions.

Create the visemes and start lip syncing.

Next create mouths for your character.

Extend:

Polish your model, get feedback on how it looks and improve it.

Activity 5

Learn:

Triggers and swap sets

Do:

Create a basic trigger.

Create a swap set.

Next add triggers to your character.

Extend:

Polish your model, get feedback on how it looks and improve it.

Activity 5

Learn:

Limbs, joints, bones and kinematics

Do:

Create a torso and arms.

Add joints and bones.

Make it posable

Extend:

Add a torso to your model