Using Character Animator in Production

MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 4:48:58 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 1316.3 MB

Adobe Character Animator boasts tools and functionality that allow you to create striking real-time animation. In this course, discover how to leverage this fun and powerful software throughout the production process—from pre-production to post-production and delivery. Instructor Mark Simon shows how to tackle pre-production tasks such as storyboarding and budgeting. Mark also goes over ways to add value to your production, explaining how to make your characters walk, how to best capture eye movement, and how to create actions that build off other actions. Plus, he demonstrates how to deal with common production issues; shares some cool production tricks; and explains how to handle the delivery of your final product, including how to set up a live-to-presentation production and export to Facebook Live and YouTube Live.

Topics include:

Creating a list of production needs

How the varied styles of animation impact production

Creating usable digital puppets

Working with drawn characters, objects, and CG characters

Adding value to the look of your production

Exploring various audio recording options

Organizing files for production, backup, and transport

Using animation cycles

Building and editing a scene

Troubleshooting issues

Tricks for enhancing your production

Post-production and delivery