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Revision as of 13:00, 7 December 2023

Adobe Character Animator
Developer(s)Adobe Inc.
Initial releaseJune 15, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-15)
Stable release
Version 23.1 / December 10, 2022 (2022-12-10)
Written inC++, Lua, JavaScript
Operating system
TypeComputer animation
LicenseFreemium for Starter mode, trialware/software as a service for Pro mode
Websitewww.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html

Adobe Character Animator is a desktop application software product that combines real-time live motion-capture with a multi-track recording system to control layered 2D puppets based on an illustration drawn in Photoshop or Illustrator. It is automatically installed with Adobe After Effects CC 2015 to 2017[1] and is also available as a standalone application which one can download separately as part of a Creative Cloud all-apps subscription.[2] It is used to generate real-time 2D animations to produce both live and non-live animation.

Description

Character Animator imports layered Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator documents into puppets which have behaviors applied to them. The puppets are then placed into a scene, which can be viewed in the Scene panel and Timeline panel. Rigging is set up in the Puppet panel, though basic rigging is fully automatic based on specific layer names like Right Eyebrow and Smile. Properties of selected elements can be examined and changed in the Properties panel, including behavior parameters. Live inputs include a webcam (for face-tracking), microphone (for live lip sync), keyboard (for triggering layers to hide/show), and mouse (for warping specific handles).

Final output of a scene can be exported to a sequence of PNG files and a WAV file, or any video format supported by Adobe Media Encoder. Live output can be sent to other applications running on the same machine via the Syphon protocol (Mac only) or Adobe Mercury Transmit on both Mac and Windows. Scenes can also be dropped directly into After Effects and Premiere Pro, using Dynamic Link to avoid rendering.[3]

History

Character Animator was originally code-named "Animal".[4][5]

The following is the list of versions of Character Animator.

Ship Date Version Shipped with Major features added
June 15, 2015 Preview 1 After Effects CC 2015.0 (13.5) markerless face tracking; layered PSD & AI import; WAV & AIFF import; PNG sequence export; WAV export[6]
July 27, 2015 Preview 2 more accurate face tracking and lip sync; track reordering and snapping in the timeline; transparency grid; improved performance; bug fixes[7][8]
November 30, 2015 Preview 3 After Effects CC 2015.1 (13.6) “sticks” to control rigidity of the puppet mesh, multi-touch gestures to control character limbs, the ability to share rigged puppets, increased recording flexibility, performance improvements[9]
June 21, 2016[10] (announced April 12, 2016) Preview 4 After Effects CC 2015.3 (13.8) visual layer tagging, improved lip sync, export via Adobe Media Encoder, Syphon support, Motion Trigger, Auto Blink[11]
November 2, 2016 Beta 5 After Effects CC 2017 (14.0) dynamic link to After Effects and Premiere Pro, shareable puppet files, Cycle Pause tag, MP3 import, PNG sequence import, speed improvements[8]
April 19, 2017 Beta 6 After Effects CC 2017 (14.2) automatic walk cycles, viseme editor, cross-platform live streaming output via Mercury Transmit, layer blending modes, workspace modes, additional languages (Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Korean)[12]
October 18, 2017[13] (announced September 14, 2017) 1.1 part of Creative Cloud All Apps[2] Controls & Triggers panels, MIDI support, pose-to-pose Face & Eye Gaze animation, audio waveform in the timeline, copy and paste of visemes into After Effects, auto-attach, clipping masks, Layer Picker, Fader, Collide & Dynamic tags, improved lip sync[14]
December 11, 2017 1.1.1 minor UI changes and bug fixes[15]
April 3, 2018 1.5 particle physics, scene snapshots, improved triggers UI, copy and paste takes and triggers, countdown before recording, custom Controls panel button art[16]
October 15, 2018[17] (announced September 9, 2018) 2.0 Characterizer, replays, magnets, squashiness, shoulder and hip tags, history bookmarks[18]
April 3, 2019 2.1 Character Trigger extension for Twitch, jaw movement based on visemes, search filtering for behaviors, UI polish[19]
June 17, 2019 2.1.1 bug fixes[20]
November 4, 2019 3.0 keyframes, scene cameras, triggerable audio, motion lines, rigging issues pane, search filtering for tags and triggers[21]
December 9, 2019 3.1 trigger labels, search filters for project items[22]
February 19, 2020 3.2 keyframe time stretching, replays-related improvements, new keyboard shortcuts, automatic addition of corresponding behavior for Pin, Dragger, and Dangle tools[23]
May 18, 2020 3.3 feedback button, markers over dynamic link, timeline search filter, audio track volume control[24]
June 15, 2020 3.3.1 bug fixes, new icon[25]
October 20, 2020 3.4 speech-aware animation, improved lip sync, limb IK, merge takes[26]
February, 2021 3.5 timeline snapping options[27]
March 10, 2021 4.0 new file format (faster, more compact, and resilient to corruption)[28]
May 10, 2021 4.2 automatic damaged project recovery[29]
July 19, 2021 4.4 native Apple silicon support, faster speech-aware animation[30]
26 October 2021 22.0 body tracker, smart replays, head & body turner, updated examples[31]
13 December 2021 22.1.1 puppet maker, transcript-based lip sync[32] 8 February 2022 22.2 bug fixes[33]
11 April 2022 22.3 bug fixes[34]
9 May 2022 22.4 bug fixes[34]
21 June 2022 22.5 Starter mode, Quick Export, Auto-swap and Leader/Follower behavior[35]
17 October 2022 23.0 Motion Library[36]
6 December 2022 23.1 Motion Library Strength parameter and Modernized GPU support
11 August 2023 23.6 Custom Background in Starter mode, Editable Replays and Select Takes Within or Overlapping Work Area

See also

References

  1. ^ "An In-Depth Look at Character Animator, Adobe's New Motion Capture & Animation Tool". Nofilmschool.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Adobe Creative Cloud features". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Adobe Character Animator CC Learn & Support". Adobe. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ "We've created an Animal - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Digital Video & Audio. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ Kosner, Anthony Wing. "Adobe Character Animator Lets You Make Cartoons Speak With Face Tracking". Forbes.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Adobe Character Animator (Preview 1) now available - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Digital Video & Audio. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Character Animator (Preview 2) now available - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Digital Video & Audio. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "What's New in Character Animator - Adobe Community". forums.adobe.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  9. ^ "After Effects CC 2015 v13.6 and Character Animator Preview 3 updates available - CGPress". CGPress. December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Character Animator (Preview 4) Makes Animation Easier - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Adobe Creative Cloud. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Sneak Peek: What's Coming Next in Character Animator - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Adobe Creative Cloud. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Newest Release of Character Animator Adds Simplified, Powerful Workflows - Creative Cloud blog by Adobe". Adobe Creative Cloud. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  13. ^ "New Features - Adobe Character Animator CC". Adobe.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  14. ^ Okay Samurai (14 September 2017). "New Features Preview - September 2017 (Adobe Character Animator CC)". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  15. ^ "What's New in Character Animator". Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Adobe releases Character Animator CC 1.5 | CG Channel". www.cgchannel.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Adobe & Animation: Strategy for 2019 and Beyond".
  18. ^ "Introducing Characterizer and More Game-changing Innovation in Character Animator CC". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Adobe releases Character Animator CC 2.1". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  20. ^ "What's New in Character Animator | Adobe Community". forums.adobe.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  21. ^ "New features summary for the November 2019 release of Adobe Character Animator". helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  22. ^ "New features summary for the 2019 releases of Adobe Character Animator". helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  23. ^ "New features summary for the 2019 releases of Adobe Character Animator". helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  24. ^ "New features summary for the 2020 releases of Adobe Character Animator". helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Character Animator 3.3.1 is now available!". 16 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  26. ^ "Adobe releases Character Animator 3.4 | CG Channel". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Character Animator User Guide". helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Character Animator 4.0 is live!". community.adobe.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  29. ^ "Adobe releases Character Animator 4.2 | CG Channel". Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Speech to Text and Native M1 performance on Mac now available in Premiere Pro". Adobe Blog. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  31. ^ "Feature summary | Character Animator (October 2021 release)". Adobe. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  32. ^ "What's new in Adobe Character Animator". Adobe. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  33. ^ "Character Animator 22.2 is now available!". community.adobe.com. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  34. ^ a b "What's New in Character Animator". community.adobe.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Feature summary | Character Animator (June 2022 release)". Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  36. ^ "Feature summary | Character Animator (October 2022 & June 2022 release)". Adobe. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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