Cartoon Workflow Tips (Adobe Character Animator and After Effects Tutorial)

Consoles is a cartoon series I’ve been working on for several years now, and as I’ve made more episodes, I’ve discovered some new tips on using Character Animator and After Effects to get better end results with faster workflows. In this video I’ll walk through the top 10 tips I’ve been utilizing in my productions. I highly recommend watching the Complete Cartoon Workflow video at https://youtu.be/VhCKD5vl848 first, at it goes into more detail about each step of the process. 0:00 Intro 0:58 Environment interactions 2:23 Walking workaround 4:06 Automate things with puppets 6:16 Don’t over-rig extra characters 9:33 Masking shadows 11:00 Better performance with PNGs 14:56 Exaggerate big moments 16:25 Transitions & establishing shots 18:40 Lip sync transcript tips 21:41 Asset sizing & “megascenes” 27:03 Outro Download Character Animator: https://www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html Get free puppets: http://adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe puppets) / http://okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppets) Check out the official forums: https://adobe.com/go/chfeedback Share your creations on social media with #CharacterAnimator! Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=okaysamurai Twitter: https://twitter.com/okaysamurai Website: http://okaysamurai.com