Animating with Adobe Character Animator (2018 Ed
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Introduction

What You Will Learn in this Course
System Requirements for Character Animator
Setting a Rest Pose
Playing with the Sample Files
Character Animator Updates and New Features

UI and Interface Updates (April 2019)
Turning Yourself into a Cartoon with Characterizer
Preparing Your Character

Designing Your Character
Combining and Streamlining Layers
Creating Independent Groups
Assembling the Eyes
Assembling the Eyebrows
Rigging a Puppet in Character Animator

Overview of the Rig Tab
Exploring the Record Tab
Tagging the Head and Mouth
Placing Pins
Adding Dragger Handles
Rotating Limbs for Different Bends
Refining Limbs with the Stick Tool
Adding Physics with Danglers
Refining with Behaviors and Triggers

Modifying Universal Behaviors
Creating Layer Specific Behaviors
Explanation of Meshes
Creating Triggers
Creating Swap Sets
Other Rigging Tips

Adding Eyelids
Designing a Character for Head Turns
Adding Breathe and Jaw Handles
Creating a Walk Cycle
Modifying a Walk Cycle
Recording Your Animation

Navigating the Timeline
Auto Lip Syncing and Correcting
Auto Lip Syncing with External Audio
Working with Multiple Puppets and Scenes
Importing Image Sequences
Wrapping Up

Exporting Animations
Final Thoughts

Overview of the Rig Tab

At the start of this section we will take a moment to overview the Rig tab. That way, you know where everything is as we start to work.