Hello Everyone,
I'm new to Reallusion and Cartoon Animator 4. I am very impressed by the Trial version, all of the character capabilities in the Program to create 2D/3D animation rather easy and quickly, all of the tutorials, forums, help videos, and the outlook for new features in 2020 and beyond. VERY impressive!!
There are a lot of topics posted so you probably answered this tons of times. I apologize, I couldn't find one that was relevant to my questions!
I have 2 (and soon 3) new characters that I want to at first 2D animate and then later 3D animate. I am planning on initially purchasing the CA4 Pipeline Suite but I want to make sure the capabilities are there for what I want to do. These 2 characters are currently in 1 pose in a transparent color front facing PNG file. I would like to animate them to be able to do all sorts of motions for future videos (i.e. wave hi, clap hands, walk, run, dance, do exercises like squats, drive, etc), as well as, facial features like blink and talk. I followed the tutorial for how to create a character using free bones. This works pretty good for some basic moves but is very limited for what moves can be made by the characters (i.e. can't clap or squat) and I can't use the built in "Animation" motions by dragging them over (i.e. via the Motion, Perform, Action selections). I couldn't find a way to easily add the facial features to blink and talk with a free bone character. I have seen many ways to create new characters (i.e. using individual body parts, free bone, etc) but I don't know the best approach for my characters.
To have very mobile and facial 2D and 3D flexibility for my characters, how should they initially be created and then updated later to move, blink, and talk? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Please share ideas and point me to some tutorials/videos to accomplish what I'm looking for.
Many thanks and stay safe,
Joe