I am interested in OpenUSD for portability of content. Instead of being tied to one rendering engine, my content can be rendered in multiple tools. At least that is the OpenUSD promise. But there are practical issues, one of which is materials. How to create materials that work across multiple tools? One project that gets … More OpenUSD UsdPreviewSurface Material Portability
I have previously shared two videos on YouTube on some ideas for syncing animation with a music track in Adobe Character Animator. But there as a recent post in the forums where @SharonfromMD had completed her first music video and was asking for feedback on project organization before starting her next video. @mre8 shared how … More Music Videos in Character Animator (part 3)
After hitting some delays with volunteer voice actors, I decided to have a go at turning my animation into a comic. No voice actors required! I still want to finish the videos, but this blog is capturing some of my discoveries, as a newbie to comic artwork. First, there are numerous articles around on all … More Comics via Adobe Character Animator and Indesign
I just did a YouTube video of some ways to get more precise recordings of hand positions etc. Hopefully contains some useful tips. (This page is just to make the YouTube video easier to find.) Part 1 Part 2
Adobe Character Animator (Ch) integrates with other Adobe products such as Adobe After Effects (AE) and Adobe Premier Pro (PP) using a feature called “Dynamic Linking”. Changes made in Ch are then immediately visible to AE and PP. However, using dynamic linking can require more CPU, which can be painful on slower machines. To overcome … More Exporting Adobe Character Animator Videos with Transparency
A common issue for newcomers in the Character Animator (Ch) forums is getting eyes to work correctly. They are a bit finicky, but I find once most people get the first puppet right, the rest are not a problem. This blog is not an introduction on how to create a puppet – there … More Debugging Adobe Character Animator Eyes
Extra Ordinary, the Series 