Hi Hufos,

The Buddy pack was designed using Flash and so for the convenience of our users we included the Flash Template as well. DrawPlus has certainly not been abandoned and it can still be used to design new character content using the G2 Templates.



                                                                

Peter
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www.reallusion.com

Hi. I notice that there is a Buddy Character Template for Flash but I didnt see a Template for Draw Plus. I am curious as to whether or not support for Draw Plus has been discontinued or what? I would like to make my own Buddy Characters but since I am only using Draw Plus X8, it doesnt take FLA files.

Any Suggestions are appreciated.

Thanx In Advance,

hufos

Have you the pipeline version ? if yes you will find  Guides and Templates in your member account
these videos demonstrated the procedure with the Draw Plus template




btw there are  many more tutorials on this RL  youtube channel

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Hi, I am just a newbie to Drawplus. I am trying to create mg own G2 characters but It seems I cant find any step by step video from head to foot.Do you have any written tutorials that you can share? Thank you. 

Like Peter mentioned in his post, the Pipeline version also allows you to import iClone 5 motion files, so that is another benefit. Overview is here: http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/Animator/animator_matrix.aspx.

I don't think you need the Pipeline version for putting content in the Market Place. The Pro version should be enough, at least that's the case with iClone.

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Thank you for taking your time to answer me!
Your response was really helpful :)
I will take a look at the tutorials!

These tutorials show you how to create characters with CTA 2 Pipeline and DrawPlus.

FYI...
CTA 2 Pipeline doesn't have any more features than the Pro version. It only allows you get access to the character build templates and DEV tools, and allows you to use the RL Content Uploader for putting content in your Marketplace store.

Also, DrawPlus is not a Reallusion product. It's by Serif which is not a subsidiary of RL. Serif is a trusted partner, sorta like an affiliate. Anything Reallusion does to help you learn about making characters in DrawPlus is a bonus. RL is the flash character build expert, not the DP expert.
For that matter you only really need from DrawPlus is the .swf file export so it's compatible with CTA 2. You can build your characters or sprites in any software you want, then simply import to DrawPlus as a keyframe animation, then export as an .swf flash file.

Everything you need to know is in these 2 tutorials, regardless of a broken promise for a new videos lately or whatever. If you can't learn it all from these then you won't be able to with any others. It's all right here. Hope they help you.

I would hope you post your new characters when they're finished. I'm interested to see how they will turn out. Good Luck! :D

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06AjWWt4AvQ

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Hi..

The Dummy Templates are only available for Adobe Flash or DrawPlus so if you don't use either of these programs then this feature will not be much use to you.

The other big feature of Pipeline is the ability to import iClone 3D motion files. You won't need to own iClone as the motion files can be installed directly into CTA2 Pipeline. As we have a very large collection of motions available this can be a massive time saver so certainly worth considering.

                                                                

Peter
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Hi, posted this request already in general, but I think it belongs here:


I am trying to decide wether to buy Pipeline or Pro.
The only thing I am interested at in Pipeline is the dummy template.
But I figured out, that I need DrawPlus for it which does´t run on a Mac.
Is there an alternative software with which I can work on the dummy .dpa file?
If not, I think Pipeline does´t make sense for me, since I don´t work with iclone, flash or alike.
Am I right?

Did that video ever get done yet?