hi there -- having lots of fun with the new crazytalk 6 Pro

however, I'm a little puzzled as to how to use the Comic Characters that came with the program.

what I'd like to do is set up to have a conversation between a couple of the characters but I cannot figure out how to add more than one character to the stage

can anyone help please?

Fergus

Hi Fergus,

Take a look at the tutorial video linked below. This takes you through setting up a multicharacter project.

http://www.reallusion.com/reallusiontv/VID/Tutorial/ct6multi.html

This should help you get started.

                                                                

Peter
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wow, Peter -- that was a very fast reply!

however, the video tutorials you suggest reinforces my concern that the only way to get multiple characters into crazytalk is to have them in a single image

What I am wanting to do is to take the Comic Characters provided individually and put a number of them on to the stage

I'm guessing there might be a way to get the character outlines and put them into a single file using a graphics program and then reimport them into crazytalk and then make them into multiple characters, but that would seem a very long way 'round - and I'd lose the facial alignments built into them already

what I would like to do is simply to drag them down onto the stage as characters - can you think of any way to do this?

I watched that tutorial, and completely understand it. However, in my CT6, when I create a new project, then go to Models, and look in the templates, each of the four comic characters from the "Animated Comics" project are available, as individual elements/models.

So from a blank project, there's no way to use more than one of these model templates? How would I use all of them from a new blank project? I don't think I can. I think I have to load the "Animated Comics" project, and delete everything in it except the models, then work on anew project from there, correct?

I understand how to bring in my own image, and isolate the characters out for a multiple character movie, but this must be done from the beginning each and every time, right? I cannot save out individual characters from a multiple person image, then start a new project and combine those individual models into a new multi-model project, right?

If you wish to have just the basic characters from the Animated Comics project ready for you to work on your own project then you can do this.

Just load the project, switch to Model and then click Add to add the characters to your custom model folder. Once saved they can be loaded in all ready to use in your own work.

                                                                

Peter
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Thanks for this Peter, but I must be missing something. I've done what you suggest and have 2 of the comic characters in the customer folder. But I still can't apply more than one at the same time. If I select both then Apply doesn't highlight, if I selected one and apply, it replaces the one I've already loaded. What am I missing?

I think that wizaerd is asking a slightly different question - one about the animated example. I'm asking about the extra package of cartoon heads that I got with my CT6 Pro - they sit under model in the comic character specimen folder.

Fergus

I think we might be talking about the same thing,, but approaching it differently.

You wish to use multiple models in a single project. Your models will come from add on packs. I wish to also use multiple models in a single project, but instead of from an add on pack, they are included with CT6. But our question remains the same, regardless of where the models come from. You cannot drag and drop multiple models into a single project. You will have to somehow create an image that has all the "heads" on it, and create the necessary facial fittings to separate and animate them.

wizaerd, I think you may be right.

It would be such a good functionality - and I think that the program must already have nearly everything it needs to be able to do it since it can animate 4 characters from a single image independently. It then needs to be able to allow the user to access those independent characters through the stage/script interface.

Perhaps, Peter, this could be a feature request for future upgrades?

i was getting ready to ask same question,thanks for the info

Remember you are working with 2D images here. If you have an image editor such as Photoshop then you can very quickly add your individual characters into one single image before loading it into Crazytalk 6. The whole process should take no longer than 10 minutes and you will have more options available to you in laying out your scene.

                                                                

Peter
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