Cartoon Creation and Animation using Photoshop and Character Animator

This course teaches how to create amazing cartoon animations using Photoshop, Character Animator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, and google docs.

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Cartoon Animation

Onoja Michael

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₦4,700

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79 Lessons(8 hours)

945 students

Lifetime access to course

Certificate of completion

Skill Level: All Levels

Rated: 4.9

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DESCRIPTION

Learn how to create reusable characters, environment, edit audio tracks for explainer videos, short films, cartoons, commercials, creative live interactive characters music videos, and other media. how to effectively create and animate a character inside of Adobe Character Animator! With the use of your video camera, microphone, and custom behaviors, you will learn how to create unique animations that can be used for business presentations, entertainment, and more! More specifically, in this course, you will learn how to:

✅Design and Layout a Photoshop character for Adobe Character Animator import
✅Tag layers for lip-syncing and facial behaviors
✅Add special handles such as draggers to allow interactivity with the mouse
✅Create triggers for hide-able layers
✅Create Swap Sets for multi-phase layers
✅Auto lip-sync in the application
✅Lip sync using an external audio
✅Edit recorded actions
✅Work with backgrounds
✅Work with multiple puppets
✅Export animations through Adobe Media Encoder
✅Properly assemble rigs in Photoshop for Character Animator
✅Adding facial expressions using triggers and behaviors
✅Create Swap Sets for multi-phase items
✅Add dynamic motions with head turns and walk cycles
✅Create short films or cartoons with more than 3 characters having a dialogue in an apartment
✅Create and record cartoon animations for business purposes.

and many more You will learn in detail how to animate the characters you create with your webcam and automated lip sync in Adobe's Character Animator! We'll cover mouth shapes, layer placement, syncing an audio track to lips or creating your own audio for your character to voice, adding physics for more life-like movement, creating custom puppets, and even walk cycles. In this course, you will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects to build our Characters and files. This software is essential to creating awesome and amazing characters for Character Animator. This is a highly effective way to create reusable characters for explainer videos, short films, music videos, and other media.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Are the videos downloadable?

The videos are highly compressed and downloadable.

What are the course requirements?

A Computer or laptop with at least 8GB of RAM
Webcam
Windows 10 OS

Will the certificate be issued?

Yes, a certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course at No charge.

How will I get access to the Course videos and Materials?

Once payment is completed. The course lessons and materials will be available to you instantly.

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Gideon Julius

Appreciation

All I can say is a very big thanks for taking your time to explain this course set by set, thank you very much sir. May God continue to increase you IJN🙏

Ayuba Time

Cartoon Animation

Wonderful course indeed!!! I learnt it all the way through... thanks Mr. Micheal Onoja for taking ur time to explain this in detail sir.

Usman Adamu

feedback

welldone the way instructor explain the topics is very clear and the course has enough materials morethan what we paid.

CHIBUIKE CHIKWADO FAVOUR

Animation

I truly like the learning process and the fact that it is downloadable is still another thing to be commended for.

Uchennaya Godsproperty Ejike

Wow

This course is well explained, very convenient and simple.. I wish I had known you guys earlier..

Course content

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Introduction to Photoshop interface and Tools

15 lectures

Rotate Tool

Importing Images into Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop Interface Customization

Guide Layout in Design

Photoshop Document and Home Screen

Overview of 2D Animation and Adobe Character Animator

10 lectures

Ideation and Planning Stage using ChatGPT

Introduction to Triggers

Basic rigging

Introduction to rigging: how the structure of a puppet works

Understanding behaviors, triggers, and performances.

Exploring Adobe Character Animator’s pre-built puppets.

Overview of how Character Animator integrates with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition, and Adobe After Effects.

Introduction to Adobe Character Animator’s interface and tools.

Understanding the workflow and pipeline of 2D animation.

Introduction to 2D animation concepts.

Designing Environment and Characters in Photoshop

12 lectures

Creating the second Character Chinedu Part 2

Creating the Second Character Chinedu

Adding Colors to the Body

Characters Body Part 1

Character Creation Face Design Part 2

Character Creation Face Design Part 1

Adding details to the Environment Part 2

Adding details to the Environment Part 1

Environment Sketch Part 2

Brush Settings in Photoshop

Environment Sketch Part 1

Introduction to Photoshop Interface

Rigging Custom Characters in Adobe Character Animator

4 lectures

Adding Basic Physics Properties

Testing puppet movements and troubleshooting rigging issues.

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

Importing Photoshop Puppets into Adobe Character Animator.

Advanced Rigging Concepts

4 lectures

Setting up walk cycles and movement behaviors.

Adding Triggers to the Pupils

Adding triggers to Blinking and Eyelids

Adding swap sets for different hand gestures

Creating and Rigging Additional Elements

5 lectures

Resting the hand on the counter

Design Character in a Sitting Position

Frontal Frame By Frame Walk Cycle

Frontal Design Walk Cycle

Resolving Issues that might arise

Lip Syncing with Adobe Character Animator

5 lectures

Adding Lip Sync to the Second Character

Advance Compute Lip Sync from Take Audio and Transcript

Lip Sync Using Compute Lip Sync Take from Scene Audio

Tidying up and Adding Breathe Behaviour

Background and Characters Setup for Lip Sync

Introduction to Adobe After Effects

7 lectures

Working on the Second Scene

Replacing Footage in After Effects

Adding Motion to Scene Elements and few enhancements

Importing Files into After Effects

Introduction to Compositing in After Effects

Editing the Eyebrow

Second Character

Performance-Based Animation

12 lectures

Right Profile Walk Cycle

Adding Extra in Scene 1

Voice over editing in Audition

Resolving Missing Footage Issues

Scene Compositing

Hand Gestures and Setup

Off Shoulder Shoot of the second character

Sound Effects

Importing Second Background

Adding Advance Facial Expression

Tidying Up before Export

Exporting Final Composition

Final Edits and Exports

5 lectures

Sound Effects

Importing Second Background

Adding Advance Facial Expression

Tidying Up before Export

Exporting Final Composition

Student Feedback

38 reviews

Reviews

Gideon Julius

Appreciation

All I can say is a very big thanks for taking your time to explain this course set by set, thank you very much sir. May God continue to increase you IJN🙏

Ayuba Time

Cartoon Animation

Wonderful course indeed!!! I learnt it all the way through... thanks Mr. Micheal Onoja for taking ur time to explain this in detail sir.

Usman Adamu

feedback

welldone the way instructor explain the topics is very clear and the course has enough materials morethan what we paid.

CHIBUIKE CHIKWADO FAVOUR

Animation

I truly like the learning process and the fact that it is downloadable is still another thing to be commended for.

Uchennaya Godsproperty Ejike

Wow

This course is well explained, very convenient and simple.. I wish I had known you guys earlier..

Babatunji George

Rating

Its a good learning platform. I like the fact that the courses are downloadable unlike Udemy.

Michael Onwusoro

Michael

The learning process, especially for beginners, is top notch. Thank you, Mr., Onoja.

Obiora Chukwuemerie Ernest

Great

Enjoying and gathering knowledge at the same time... Feels good

Busari Akeem Tunde

Cartoon Creation and Animation using Photoshop and Character Animator

From the start, I'm already seeing Green light. That's hope.

Godfred Kyere

Good course. Don't miss it

Am enjoying the step by step tutorial. That's very helpful

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12hours left

₦4,700

70%

~~₦15,700~~

Course Features

79 Lessons(8 hours)

945 students

Lifetime access to course

Certificate of completion

Skill Level: All Levels

Rated: 4.9