Express Animation on Desktop (Adobe Character Animator Tutorial)

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Published 2024-06-26
Animate from Audio on Adobe Express has proven to be a fast and simple way to get an animated character - but is it possible to achieve the same speed with your own custom characters on the desktop version of Character Animator? In this tutorial we'll break down the exact setup that Express puppets have and show you a rapid workflow that will let you achieve similar results in your own animations.

0:00 Intro
0:54 Express Overview
3:13 Quick Recording Walkthrough
6:03 Poses Triggers and Replays Walkthrough
9:49 Setting Up Your Own Characters
15:34 Recording Poses
20:08 Outro

Check out Character Animator here:
Animate from audio: adobe.com/go/ax_animateaudio
Starter & Pro mode: www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html

Get free puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe puppets) / okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppets)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations on social media with #CharacterAnimator!

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All Comments (17)
  • @levitabusman
    Thank you so much!!! I have been waiting for this I’ve been animating long form content which takes a week, this is a game changer
  • @Deckard76
    Fantastic! Going to practice this workflow at the weekend... thanks so much Dave!
  • @terronisaac2098
    Just what I needed. We need a wahnto crank these out fast! Thank you!
  • @RainSoxx
    Oh, this is what I currently do, was hoping to get more speed up lol
  • @planesmart75001
    I have one issue. i have my lip sync working great. Then I wanted to change the audio file. The new audio file is longer than the old one. I stretched everything out. Now when the animation is run, the lip sync stops where the old audio file ended. The new lip sync works but only up to where the old one ended. I tried everything I knew, and I still cannot get the lipsync to go the full distance.
  • @DigitalFleshTV
    Thanks Dave I've been doing my shorts using desktop and the long way. I'll try and automate it properly now to improve my workflow with my next character update. Also are you hiring?
  • @caiomiranda5387
    Hi Dave I like to play acoustic guitar and electric guitar in every cool music and I learn to play acoustic guitar and electric guitar in YouTube video about acoustic guitar lesson and electric guitar lesson in some channels in YouTube. My favorite instrument that I play is acoustic guitar, electric guitar and vocal.
  • @jellic1971
    If can use Firefly to change the appearance of a character that will be great!
  • @viv.1
    how to solve "waiting for camera" issue in character animator ?, while camera is properly working in all apps, also system is showing that character animator is using the camera please help