#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW PRO#
#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW SOFTWARE#
#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW PROFESSIONAL#

#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW PROFESSIONAL#

Easy, Fast and Professional – Cartoon Animator 4īut no matter how good it looks, the most important question is “How hard is to do?”. Your character can scope the room in a single shot, with its head turning from looking at the ground and rotating all the way around, to looking to the sky in a single smooth movement.

It really does have to be seen in order to be believed. This feature really breathes life into your characters in a believable way, letting you create the most subtle gestures simply by moving your mouse about. 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 Creator which promises to “turn 2d into 3d animation.” So the big question is, does it? And I’m here to say “YES, it does. But then we get to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW SOFTWARE#

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 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 riggedĪs 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. I was excited to be invited as a beta tester for Cartoon Animator 4 (CTA4), the re-branded new generation of CrazyTalk Animator. Here is a work-in-progress video of some of the features that will be available in Cartoon Animator 4: What drew me to CrazyTalk Animator was the ease with which I was able to start animating almost immediately, yet it offered me a professional level of tools that would grow with me as my skills improved. My name is Garry Pye and I have been involved with CrazyTalk Animator as both an animator and a content developer since version one of the software. Here’s Garry to tell you more about Cartoon Animator 4… Cartoon Animator Review by Garry Pye Garry Pye.

To learn more about the useful features packed into the latest version of the software, we invited animator Garry Pye to talk about his experience beta-testing the new software. Cartoon Animator 4 will release next month with Smart IK, 3D Head Creator, and live performance capture (webcam facial mocap), to significantly elevate 2d animation production in the industry.

#CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 REVIEW PRO#

In April, Reallusion will release Cartoon Animator 4, the next iteration of their easy to learn, professional, 2d animation studio software, CrazyTalk Animator.Ĭartoon Animator (formerly CrazyTalk Animator) is known for its quick results combined with pro features for the easiest approach and workflow since 2008.

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