Adobe Character Animator Video FAQ
Here are some common questions about Adobe Character Animator, with links to timestamped video answers from Okay Samurai on YouTube. (Last Updated January 2021).
Basic Rigging & Troubleshooting
- How do I correctly set up the eyes?
- How do I correctly set up the arms?
- How do I correctly set up the mouth?
- What behaviors are available to add to my character?
- Why is my character warping when I move? (What is independence?)
- How do I get my character's feet to stick to the ground?
- Why are my character's feet not sticking to the ground with fixed handles?
- Why is my head moving but my body isn't?
- Why is a behavior not working like I expect it to?
- Why is my character's body pinching somewhere?
- Why are my arms pinching in the shoulder area?
- Why is my artwork crumpling up on itself when I move?
- Why are parts of my character sliding off when I move?
- Why is my face warping when I move my eyebrows?
- How do I change the size or framerate of my scene?
- How do I change the size or position of my character?
- How can I add physics to my character?
- How do I change my mesh to contour?
- How can I add keyboard triggers to my character?
- How can I add different hand positions to my character?
- How can I add frame-by-frame animations ("cycle layers") to my character?
- How do I turn a hand-drawn sketch into a puppet?
- Why does my puppet looks like colored bars / test patterns?
- How can I add a pose to pose animation style?
- How do I add a background to my scene?
- Why is my original artwork not loading when I click the PS or AI icon?
- Am I allowed to use your puppets in my own videos (are they copyrighted)?
- Can I use Character Animator without a webcam?
- Can I make a puppet that is 3D, hand-drawn, a photograph, etc?
- How do I make my character's arms go in front of thir face?
Intermediate Rigging
- How can I make a walk cycle?
- How can I create head turns or parallax to my face?
- How can I limit arm stretchiness?
- How can I pick up and interact with objects?
- How can I add cameras to my scene?
- How do clipping masks work?
- How can I add a visual control panel for my triggers?
- How can I copy behaviors and triggers from one character to another?
- How can I have a moving foreground and background when walking?
- How can I have a character with off-center pupils?
- How can I add jaw movements to my character?
- How can I made the head rotate more?
- How can I create triggered eyebrows?
- How can I record with Replays?
- How do I add keyframes to my character?
- How can I make my character's legs bend, kick, or jump?
Recording, Editing & Livestreaming
- How do I record a performance?
- How do I record and blend in additional takes?
- How can I record both arms?
- How do I record triggers?
- How can I add a prerecorded audio track to my character?
- How do I dynamic link my character to Premiere Pro or After Effects?
- Can I export my project to (insert product name here)?
- Can I record with a video instead of a webcam?
- How do I livestream with a character?