tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87339683462396177302024-03-21T16:39:37.264+10:30The Lazy Animator"Learn to create MORE animation with LESS effort."TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-12747844129874332432024-02-10T23:03:00.000+10:302024-02-10T23:03:53.597+10:30The Lazy Animator Guide to Animating Talking Heads in Reallusion's Cartoon Animator 5The Lazy Animator Guide to AnimatingTalking Heads in Cartoon Animator 5Imagine buying Reallusion's Cartoon Animator 5, with no animation experience, and then, in less than three hours, learning three different ways to animate character faces and bodies so they feel more alive and natural.Not only that, but you've also learned the basic Cartoon Animator workflow for animating scenes.Designed TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-34681860775170307152023-04-21T21:16:00.004+09:302023-06-01T08:26:45.457+09:30How to Animate Editable Text Using the Text Tool in Cartoon Animator - The Lazy Animator Guide to Animating Editable Text in Cartoon AnimatorIf you're sick of importing all your text into Cartoon Animator as props then The Lazy Animator Guide to Animating Editable Text in Cartoon Animator will open your mind to what is possible with Cartoon Animator's inbuilt Text Tool.Imagine being able to set up a template project complete with animated editable text that you can just update right inside Cartoon Animator at any time.While Cartoon TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-25727605403202445172022-02-17T23:45:00.004+10:302022-02-18T00:04:57.033+10:30Test Your Skills with The Lazy Animator Beginner's Guide to Cartoon Animator Demonstration ProjectIf you have completed The Lazy Animator Beginner's Guide to Cartoon Animator and are in need of a project to help retain all your newly gained knowledge, without having to start from scratch, then this Demonstration 'draft' Project should do the trick.The project comes with a suggestion sheet of potential 'upgrades' you could make that will test some of the skills you learned throughout the TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-60505249865954916432022-01-18T16:13:00.013+10:302023-01-02T09:12:29.600+10:30The Lazy Animator Beginner's Guide to Cartoon Animator - The Fastest Way to Learn Reallusion's 2D Animation Software Application
IMPORTANT: This Course is still current for Cartoon Animator 5. All principles taught are identical to the current version. The only major difference is the implementation of the new Smart Content Manager. The course now includes an additional video to explain the differences between version 4 and 5's Content Managers.How much value do you put on your time? $10 an hour? $50 an hour? $200 an
TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-39934974691860352672021-09-11T10:30:00.123+09:302021-09-11T10:30:00.188+09:30How to Import Vector Images into Reallusion's Cartoon Animator (without Adobe Flash) and Apply Render StylesReallusion's Cartoon Animator 4 used to feature vector images more prominently for character and prop creation back when it was launched as CrazyTalk Animator 2. So much so that they built into the application a Render Styles system that made it easy to recolor vector images if you took the extra steps to create vector color groupings for G2 vector characters and props.Unfortunately G2 Vector TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-87607129513372065302021-07-24T22:10:00.003+09:302022-02-01T18:53:38.218+10:30How to Rig G3 and G3-360 Character Heads in Reallusion's Cartoon Animator - A How To TutorialOne of the most recent additions to Reallusion's Cartoon Animator was the introduction of G3-360 Character Heads. If you're not familiar with them it's a character head where all the component sprites are 2D images but, when rigged, they give the illusion of a 3D head - one that can turn from side to side or up and down simply by moving the sprites in a coordinated way.The heads themselves TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-32849448565703222622021-06-25T13:33:00.002+09:302022-02-01T18:39:31.483+10:30Three Ways to Improve Your One Sprite Character Rig in Reallusion's Cartoon Animator - A How To TutorialIf you've purchased my previous tutorial, The Fastest Way to Rig a Character in Cartoon Animator, you'll know that, while the one sprite character rig is relatively quick and easy, it does come with some limitations.The three main ones being:Limbs that have an elastic, noodle-like, quality that causes distortion at the joints when bending. Very limited ability to have the character limbs TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733968346239617730.post-79633736647963634952021-06-07T13:18:00.006+09:302022-02-01T18:15:46.614+10:30The Fastest Way to Rig a Character in Reallusion's Cartoon Animator - A How To TutorialOne of the biggest hurdles for beginner animators, new to Reallusion's Cartoon Animator Studio, is learning how to rig their own character designs from scratch.While Reallusion has worked very hard to make the process easier it still can seem complex and overwhelming, particularly now that CA's flagship, G3-360 character rigs are being adapted to work with live motion capture and pre-animated 3D TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.com