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#Free character animator series#

You’ll find, to the right, a series of ‘Triggers’.

#Free character animator software#

The only video editing software you have here is trimming the start and end of your recording - it’s not a million miles away from Adobe Express video editor in its simplicity. As you do, move your upper body as you would when speaking, and those mannerisms will be preserved and applied to your puppet. After a brief countdown, you’ll hear your monologue. Help is at hand with the ‘Record face’ button. Once imported, press play and your puppet will speak in time to your script, but it’s a rather stiff puppet.

#Free character animator mp4#

mp4 formats on import (which is frankly shocking these days). Record sound in a separate audio editor, edit it until you're happy with the result, then import it into Character Animator. This is great if you don’t work well under pressure and tend to fluff your lines when recording ‘live’. Still, if you're encountering the same issue, not all is lost: there’s a ‘Import recorded speech’ option. Importing an audio file for your puppet to lip sync is one of the animation software’s best features (Image credit: Adobe)Įxcept, maybe it was our setup but even though the mic was properly selected, and worked with other apps on our machine, we couldn’t get it to work here.

Once calibrated, a green outline shows around your face and features.Īnd with that, you’re ready to roll click on ‘Record face and voice’, and your head movements will be applied to your puppet who will lip sync in time to what you're saying. You can see the result of that top right, where a thumbnail of your webcam resides. This ensures the motion capture animation software knows which parts of your face are which. Next to that, you'll find options to change the aspect ratio, controls for your webcam, and a ‘calibrate’ button. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an option to bring in your own backdrops This can be replaced using one of the icons to the right of the canvas, where you'll find a choice of 48 backdrops. Your chosen puppet is now front and centre, with a generic background behind it. Very easy to use, potentially glitchy, but convenient workaround exists.

It seems you’ll always have to go through the process of importing said puppet if you want to use it more than once, which isn’t very user-friendly.Īdobe Character Animator Starter: AnimatingĬhanging the background and aspect ratio can be done at any time once you’ve chosen your puppet (Image credit: Adobe) Unfortunately, your new puppet isn’t added to the default roster of characters. This automatically creates a new project for you, which is very convenient.

Once downloaded, you then use that Import function to bring them into the app. This launches a browser window where you can check out additional free puppets directly from Adobe. You’ll find a ‘See more’ button to the right of the interface. If you’re not happy with the selection on offer, there’s an ‘Import puppet’ button. That’s because clicking on your chosen puppet is the trigger to do this. Puzzlingly, you’ll find there’s no button to create a new project. The sidebar on the left shows you your recent projects, and various other information.

#Free character animator pro#

Top right is a reminder that Pro is available. You’ll find the interface extremely basic, with a primary focus on the digital puppets on offer taking up most of the interface.