But the first time I saw one of my own characters in action, I near fell off my chair with excitement.
Yeah, the Disney kind! The first time I saw the demo, I was blown away. With the 360 Head Creator, now your character can smoothly shift the angle of its face from far left to far right (and even completely around) with motion so smooth, that it compares with classic frame-by-frame hand-drawn cel animation. A brand new inclusion for this program that Reallusion refers to as “a new movement in animation.” And that, of course, is the 360 Head Creatorwhich promises to “turn 2d into 3d animation.” So the big question is, does it? And I’m here to say “YES, it does.
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360 Head Creator: Turn 2D into 3D AnimationĪll these new features make Cartoon Animator 4 a worthy successor to this 2d animation software series. But then we get to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But for those who prefer the PSD templates, the automatic creation of IK (Inverse Kinematic) rigs for standard characters takes a lot of time out of the process, and is still available in CTA4 for both human and animal characters.īut Reallusion has advanced this feature as well, with the introduction of a custom IK rig for any creature, meaning that you can take a character, create your own bone structure and then capture a snapshot of your custom character rig and key your own motions, so that characters of every shape and size are now possible to rig.
As a veteran harking back to the early days of version one, I still prefer to assemble my characters directly within Cartoon Animator 4, and this is most certainly an option as well. Since version three of the software, users have had the option of importing and exporting character builds from Photoshop PSD files, allowing for the creative aspect of character design to be done outside the program itself. As you can imagine, this translates to easier, faster, and more natural-looking animation that would otherwise take hours to keyframe properly. And now the same can be done to hands, by locking them into position, making it easier than ever to have a character hang from a ledge without the need to monitor where his hand lies. It’s a feature which I find invaluable, as trying to get a character to bend over and pick up an object without their feet changing position had always been a frustrating task. Smart IK(Inverse Kinematic): characters of every shape and size can be instantly rigged.Īs soon as I had the software installed, I madly clicked about and played with the new features like the Smart IK Editing, which offers lots of control over locking limbs in place and locking a character’s feet to the ground. A fact that I mention only because it is important to note that my review of this program is based on actual hands-on time spent working with the software, rather than just speculation based on teaser videos and promos that can be seen online. CrazyTalk Animator 3 Pipeline is an easy-to-use 2D animation creator. And professional It helps users of all levels to easily create amazing animations. It comes with a very simple interface. And a number of tools to facilitate the necessary design process. Tools and functions are easily accessible.I was excited to be invited as a beta tester for Cartoon Animator 4 (CTA4), the re-branded new generation of CrazyTalk Animator.
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