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ZOrder Behavior - Reordering Layers at Recording Time
Hi Guys!
I think a feature "ZOrder Behavior" would improve Character Animator a lot!
For example, consider a character sitting behind a table - where both are separated puppets. As expected, puppet character should be BEHIND the table puppet - but the arms should be OVER the table. Today, it's a big problem when you are dealing with different puppets.
A Zorder feature would solve this problem at recording time. By adding this new behavior to the arm and changing a simple index value, the arm layer can OVERLAP another puppets. So, the character arms would appear OVER the table…
3 votes -
Automatic Reset on Rewind before Playback
Using Physics and Magnets, when I go to do the performance, at the end of the performance, Character Animator stops and leaves the character in the final position. When I rewind, not all items are reset to neutral/default. Consequently, if you then play back again... everything is shifted starting from a new neutral.
Ideally there should be an option to either keyframe the "reset" OR a way to keyframe ALL items in the initial frame (or maybe frame (-1.0) )
Anything so we don't have to every time remember to click "reset"
Note - this is particularly bad when exporting…
4 votes -
Be able to easily import pre-recorded video of someone speaking to control characters facial movements
Be able to easily import pre-recorded video of someone speaking to control characters facial movements.
2 votes -
Recorded Swap Set Triggers should play back while recording other triggers
I've noticed that when I have Triggers record enabled, and I'm recording, say doing an overdub of some mouth stuff with triggers, other triggers and swap sets that are on the timeline don't play back, instead taking the currently active or default state of the swap set.
On playback all is well again, but Id really like to see those other triggers during recording as they affect my performance timing on the overdub ones?
Maybe an overdub mode that focuses on only one trigger and the others all playback from the timeline rather than being live?
1 vote -
TRUE TRANSPARENCY
Make the transparency actually transparent when imported in FCPX like a green screen. When I use transparent then render in ME the background stays black not transparent. Please fix or allow for green screen background.
1 vote -
Your program does not recognize a dog's face, one;y human when I upload
I want to use a real photo of my Dog Tucker (attached) captured on a green screen and use your animation to move his lips to a voiced script. But it keeps giving me an error that it does not recognize as a human face. Can you create a version where a dog's face will be recognized?
1 vote -
Your program does not recognize a dog's face, one;y human when I upload
I want to use a real photo of my Dog Tucker (attached) captured on a green screen and use your animation to move his lips to a voiced script. But it keeps giving me an error that it does not recognize as a human face. Can you create a version where a dog's face will be recognized?
1 vote -
there is a bug/error that blocks me. i can't use anything in that plss help
hmmm to improve there is nothing u guys really nald it. it is cool but i don't know how to work it that well so i don't now if it need improvements.
but plss get rid of that bug/error. thank you. purple you💜1 vote -
Virtual Webcams, and USB EOS Webcam not detected by Character Animator
I have a USB camera using EOS Webcam Utility as its driver. Many other applications on my computer can find and use this webcam with no problem (such as zoom, skype, chrome, default camera app, OBS studio, etc...) however character animator can not find this camera.
Also, OBS studio is running virtual-cams that are also seen by every application (see list above) except character animator.
System info
Application: Character Animator v3.3.1.6
OS: Windows v10.0.18363, RAM: 31.94 GB, CPUs (logical): 81 vote -
Set custom duration for manual take record
Situation: I want to create exact poses. After that, I blend them together.
Problem: The manual take commands are either too short (so I have to zoom in to expand them so I can add a blend) or too long and I can't see the start and end of the take.
Solution: Let us set a custom length for manual takes. (For instance 2 seconds)
3 votes -
Scene Camera view mode to show extents as box instead of zooming.
I have a large scene, and I'm putting in a bunch of cut-in scene cameras. I'd like to be able to lock the scene view to the full view, and have the camera, instead of showing what it sees, I'd like to see it as an outline (or just like it shows now, but not automatically having the scene zooming in.
in other words, I'd like to see the camera extents shown as a box, but the view to remain pegged to my zoom level of the artboard, not the current camera.
for example - the attached images is what…
1 vote -
Selected Camera Unavailable for iPhone Epoccam webcam app
Character Animator CC on 5/29/20 shows "Selected Camera Unavailable" when app and phone are working correctly
4 votes -
speech to text and text to viseme syncing?
I'm profoundly deaf. It makes editing audio and visemes a bit of a pain.
In my everyday life, I lip read, and when my brain adds this to the bit, I do hear through the device embedded in my head, I do ok. It works better when I know the person and recognises the mouth movements and the sounds they make. This is a major problem for the alogrythm when trying to lip sync audio. We may speak the same language, but the sound and mouth shape we make it with varies a lot. I think there is a possible…
1 vote -
Onion behaviors
A double toggle or transparency of when certain behaviors are enabled. i.e; "Triggers". Show like an onion skin of both on and off effects. Similar to the snapshot feature but instead it transparent throughout the entire timeline. The "dragger" behavior would definitely benefit from this.
Or better yet, a second "scene" window showing all the animation if all the behaviors were toggled off and another with the behaviors toggled on.
2 votes -
Ability to change the pitch of the recorded voice
I think it will be a function to add color to the work when one person plays multiple roles. I want an effect that just changes the pitch, like premiere pro, instead of changing the speed.
1 vote -
Allow keyframing using draggers
The workaround for keyframes (using the transform behavior) being used in draggers is good. The problem I run into is now both objects marked (like the elbows) are rotating using the transform tool (because ARM IK is set at the body level). Posing arms would be a lot easier with the ability to set keyframes for arms or wherever draggers are.
11 votes -
Add a take track without having to record.
When I'm working with some of my more swap set based puppets it is so unwieldy to have to hit record and twiddle all the sets just to get editable tracks in place.
2 votes -
Draggers option, show existing takes while recording
Situation: I'm fairly new (2 Weeks into Ch). I want to create explainer videos like Kurzgesagt. I want to create some more complex animations with draggers.
Expected: On pause or record, while Dragger in Properties is active (red dot), I can see the pose/movement (takes) of the puppet.
Actual: All takes, under the current Dragger Property, are not visible.
Solution: Create an option under the Dragger property that lets us see the current poses/movement. While recording, the movement is not relative to the existing takes but the same as if you were recording normally.
1 vote -
Scroll wheel click to navigate
Similar to navigation in After Effects, clicking the scroll wheel and dragging allows a free flow of movement on the timeline. Would help greatly.
1 vote -
Rotate handles without touchscreen
I can't rotate the handles because I don't have a touchscreen. For instance left click to select handle and scroll to rotate.
1 vote
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