Cartoon Creation With Adobe Character Animation.

"Bring Your Characters to Life: Master Cartoon Animation with Adobe Character Animator"

What you'll learn

Character Design Fundamentals – Learn how to create and customize animated characters using Adobe Character Animator.

Rigging and Puppet Animation – Master the process of rigging puppets and adding movements through triggers and behaviors.

Facial Tracking and Lip Syncing – Explore tools for capturing facial expressions and syncing lip movements with audio in real time

Scene Building and Storytelling – Develop engaging scenes and storylines by combining characters, props, and backgrounds.

Requirements

Basic Computer Skills – Familiarity with using a computer, managing files, and navigating software interfaces. Adobe Creative Cloud Access – An active subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, including Adobe Character Animator. Microphone and Webcam – For facial tracking, lip-syncing, and voice recording features. Creative Mindset – Enthusiasm for storytelling, animation, and character design—no prior animation experience required!

Description

Step into the vibrant world of cartoon creation with Adobe Character Animator! Whether you’re a beginner or an aspiring animator, this course will guide you through the essentials of bringing your characters to life. Adobe Character Animator is a user-friendly yet powerful tool that makes creating animations easier and more enjoyable than ever.You’ll start with the basics of designing your own characters, learning how to create unique and expressive designs using Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. From there, you’ll dive into rigging, where you’ll add the layers, tags, and behaviors needed to make your characters move naturally and realistically. Explore the magic of live animation by using motion capture and facial tracking to perform as your characters in real-time!This course also covers advanced features, such as adding triggers, replays, and effects to enhance your animations. You’ll learn how to customize movements, create dynamic facial expressions, and add interactive elements to your characters. Plus, you’ll discover professional tips for troubleshooting and optimizing your projects.By the end of the course, you’ll be able to design, rig, and animate characters for a variety of platforms, from social media to live streaming and video production. Whether you’re an artist, content creator, educator, or storyteller, this course will help you unleash your creativity and connect with audiences through captivating animations.Join us on this exciting journey, and bring your imagination to life with the power of Adobe Character Animator!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Photoshop interface and Tools .

Lecture 1 Photoshop Document and Home Screen

Lecture 2 Artboard Tool

Lecture 3 Selection Tools

Lecture 4 Crop Tool

Lecture 5 Eyedropper Tool

Lecture 6 Eraser Tool

Lecture 7 Paint Bucket

Lecture 8 Pen Tool

Lecture 9 Shape Tool

Lecture 10 Option Panel

Lecture 11 Layer Panel

Lecture 12 Photoshop Interface Customization

Lecture 13 Importing Images into Adobe Photoshop

Lecture 14 Rotate Tool

Lecture 15 Guide Layout in Design

Section 2: Overview of 2D Animation and Adobe Character Animator

Lecture 16 Introduction to 2D animation concepts.

Lecture 17 Understanding the workflow and pipeline of 2D animation.

Lecture 18 Introduction to Adobe Character Animator’s interface and tools.

Lecture 19 Overview of how Character Animator integrates with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Auditi

Lecture 20 Exploring Adobe Character Animator’s pre-built puppets.

Lecture 21 Understanding behaviors, triggers, and performances.

Lecture 22 Introduction to rigging: how the structure of a puppet works

Lecture 23 Introduction to Triggers

Lecture 24 Ideation and Planning Stage using ChatGPT

Lecture 25 Basic rigging

Section 3: Designing Environment and Characters in Photoshop

Lecture 26 Introduction to Photoshop Interface

Lecture 27 Brush Settings in Photoshop

Lecture 28 Environment Sketch Part 1

Lecture 29 Environment Sketch Part 2

Lecture 30 Adding details to the Environment Part 1

Lecture 31 Adding details to the Environment Part 2

Lecture 32 Character Creation Face Design Part 1

Lecture 33 Character Creation Face Design Part 2

Lecture 34 Characters Body Part 1

Lecture 35 Creating the Second Character Chinedu

Lecture 36 Creating the second Character Chinedu Part 2

Section 4: Rigging Custom Characters in Adobe Character Animator

Lecture 37 Importing Photoshop Puppets into Adobe Character Animator

Lecture 38 . Rigging process in Detail and adding Limb IK behaviors to the arm

Lecture 39 Adding Basic Physics Properties

Section 5: Advanced Rigging Concepts

Lecture 40 Adding swap sets for different hand gestures

Lecture 41 Adding triggers to Blinking and Eyelids

Lecture 42 Adding Triggers to the Pupils

Lecture 43 Setting up walk cycles and movement behaviors.

Section 6: Creating and Rigging

Lecture 44 Additional Elements Resolving Issues that might arise

Lecture 45 Frontal Design Walk Cycle

Lecture 46 Frontal Frame By Frame Walk Cycle

Lecture 47 Design Character in a Sitting Position

Lecture 48 Resting the hand on the counter

Section 7: Lip Syncing with Adobe Character Animator

Lecture 49 Background and Characters Setup for Lip Sync

Lecture 50 Tidying up and Adding Breathe Behaviour

Lecture 51 Lip Sync Using Compute Lip Sync Take from Scene Audio

Lecture 52 Advance Compute Lip Sync from Take Audio and Transcript

Lecture 53 Adding Lip Sync to the Second Character

Section 8: Introduction to Adobe After Effects

Lecture 54 Introduction to Compositing in After Effects

Lecture 55 Importing Files into After Effects

Lecture 56 Adding Motion to Scene Elements and few enhancements

Lecture 57 Replacing Footage in After Effects

Lecture 58 Working on the Second Scene

Lecture 59 Editing the Eyebrow

Lecture 60 Add Expressions using the Eyebrow

Lecture 61 Second Character

Section 9: Performance-Based Animation

Lecture 62 Right Profile Walk Cycle

Lecture 63 Adding Extra in Scene 1

Lecture 64 Voice over editing in Audition

Lecture 65 Resolving Missing Footage Issues

Lecture 66 Scene Compositing

Lecture 67 Hand Gestures and Setup

Lecture 68 Off Shoulder Shoot of the second character

Section 10: Final Edits and Exports

Lecture 69 Sound Effects

Lecture 70 Importing Second Background

Lecture 71 Adding Advance Facial Expression

Lecture 72 Tidying Up before Export Exporting

Lecture 73 Final Composition

Aspiring Animators – Beginners looking to explore the world of animation and bring their characters to life. Content Creators and YouTubers – Creators who want to add animated characters to their videos or live streams. Educators and Trainers – Teachers and trainers aiming to make lessons more engaging with animated content. Marketing Professionals – Marketers seeking to create fun and interactive animated videos for branding and promotions