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Adobe Character Animator 101: Getting That Photoshop Or Illustrator Character Talking

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Adobe Character Animator 101: Getting That Photoshop Or Illustrator Character Talking

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About Adobe Character Animator 101: Getting That Photoshop Or Illustrator Character Talking

Introduction

Class Project

Labeling the Body

Labeling the Face

Labeling the Mouth

Creating a Scene

Editing your Character after Import

Character Animator Interface

Rigging the Body

Rigging the Face I

Rigging the Face II

Live Recording

Lip Sync

Editing Visemes

Scene Properties I

Scene Properties II

Rendering I

Rendering II

Rendering III

Rendering IV

Bonus Lesson: Basic Hair Rigging

Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • In this Skillshare class I will share my process of digitally animating a 2D Character speaking. I will discuss some practices in character preparation in Photoshop and Illustrator for animation in Character Animator. I’ll share my workflow when animating in Adobe Character Animator and include overviews of its interface, how to create a scene with your character, rig the character for talking, record the character and of course a couple ways to get him//her talking and rendered out in video form. .
  • In a nutshell, the project will be to animate a 2D Character reciting the alphabet. .
  • The alphabet allows for a wide range of sounds and syllables valuable when animating a character speaking..
  • Your project will be to take a 2D Character from Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop to Character Animator, animate that character reciting the alphabet and rendering the animation out, successfully creating an awesome video of your Alphabet Singing Character Animation. .
  • This class is geared toward Beginners in Adobe Character Animator with a moderate to experienced skill level in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator plus a basic knowledge of Adobe Media Encoder, for rendering out the final video..