Our combination courses are split over two sessions, one at the start of the month and one at the end - (two days and two days.) Please contact us to arrange payment and the dates you wish to study. Our combination courses offer the very best value for money. You will learn two packages in this training that integrate to have more control of the final output. You will save 25% on our combination courses, than if you were to book each one separately.*
(* We add the cost of the two courses together and deduct 25% from the final price.)
Adobe Character Animator is an Emmy® award-winning character animation software. The programme uses a combination of your webcam and artificial intelligence to capture facial movements and voice with incredible accuracy and render those in real-time to 'puppets' on screen.
These 'puppets' can then be exported into other applications such as After Effects or Premiere Pro and overlaid on top of video footage or stills.Using Illustrator or Photoshop, you can easily create your own 'puppets' following a set naming convention for each layer representing a different part of the body.
In the Illustrator part of the course, you will learn how to use the software to a good standard and start designing your own puppets.
Character Animator is a powerful piece of software, and the limits of use are endless. You could use it to create internal videos for onboarding new starters, to explain health and safety or fire escape videos. You could develop cartoons with it, use it as a spoken guide for a video clip, the list goes on.
The software comes bundled with a selection of ready made 'puppets', but to get the best out of it, we suggest you create your own, using Illustrator or Photoshop.
We want you to practice what you have learned in the Adobe Illustrator course before moving onto Character Animator. That's why we split our combination courses over two sessions, one at the start of the month and one at the end - (two days and two days.)
Two day Beginners Adobe Character Animator and Illustrator classroom course
01.) The Toolbox
02.) Different palette types
03.) Setting up preferences
04.) Outline and GPU views
05.) The Selection Tool
06.) The Direct Selection Tool
07.) Modifying selections
08.) Adding to and subtracting from selections
09.) The Pen Tool
10.) Adding and removing points
11.) Drawing paths
12.) The Pencil Tool
13.) The Reshape Tool
14.) Using rulers, guides and smart guides
15.) Using the grids
16.) The Group function
17.) How to distribute
18.) Using the align functions
19.) The Stacking order
20.) The colour palettes
21.) Spot colours (Pantone)
22.) Understanding colour
23.) Using Smart Filters
24.) Saving custom palettes
25.) Custom gradients
26.) Creating and editing type
27.) Typeface properties
28.) Kerning, tracking and leading
29.) Creating paths for type
30.) Compound Paths
31.) Placing images
32.) Importing images
33.) Linking and embedding images
34.) Matching colour successfully
35.) The difference in file formats
36.) Best practice when saving images
37.) Saving for web
38.) Naming conventions for Character Animator
39.) Getting started
40.) Using existing puppets
41.) Project panel
42.) Trigger panel
43.) The timeline
44.) The scene window
45.) The camera panel
46.) Properties panel
47.) Editing in Illustrator
48.) Editing in Photoshop
49.) Creating new projects
50.) Adding new puppets
51.) Exploring the rig
52.) Adding triggers
53.) How the puppets work
54.) Setting up your computer
55.) Using external equipment
56.) Recording tips
57.) Setting up the rest pose
58.) Storyboarding explained
59.) Dragger settings
60.) Eye gaze settings
61.) Facial settings
62.) Tweaking lip sync
63.) Working with the mesh
64.) Takes and cuts
65.) Recording takes
66.) Frame rates
67.) Planning the scene
68.) Storyboarding each scene
69.) Importing images
70.) Importing backgrounds
71.) Importing videos
72.) Importing external audio
73.) Saving the project
74.) Exporting as video
75.) Exporting video with alpha
76.) Using Dynamic Link
77.) Exporting single frames
78.) Exporting puppets
79.) Streaming
Most of our Adobe courses come with a free Adobe authorised training manual for your reference during and after the training. The courses where no manual is available come with comprehensive notes for you to take away with you. We always have a maximum of six delegates in our classrooms which will give you more one on one time with the instructor.
You are encouraged to ask us examples of how to do things that you need to learn for you role. We try and tailor a portion of the day to accommodate this, so that everybody leaves with relevant knowledge suited to their job.
Our trainers are all Adobe certified (Adobe Certified Instructors) and more importantly, have worked in relevant roles using all of the software they teach. We check all of our trainers credentials thoroughly before we employ them, to give you the student, the very best learning experience.
For those new to Character Animator and adding puppets to footage.
For those new to Character Animator and puppets.
£350 (inc VAT)
For those new to Illustrator and vector images.
£350 (inc VAT)
Using Illustrator to its most advanced level.
£650 (inc VAT)
For those new to Dimension and Illustrator.
£650 (inc VAT)
For those new to both packages wishing to learn the basics.
£650 (inc VAT)
Beginners course in Illustrator and XD.
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