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How can I design 2D content for a marketplace? What programs do I need to have?

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Hi to all!

I'm curious what do I need to have in order to design a content for 2D animations? I know to work with vector graphics and I would like to know what are some additional programs that I need to have so I would be able to upload the sets to the market?
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If you plan to develop content for Cartoon Animator then it is recommended you have the Pipeline version which has PSD live import and export. With Pipeline you also get PSD character templates to help you get started which speed up the creative process.

Then you will need something to actually draw and edit your characters or other content such as Photoshop and Illustrator, or if you don't use Adobe products you could go for something like Affinity Photo and/or Affinity Designer. That's all you really need to get started. Smile


                                                                

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Is it possible to do it without this pipeline version?
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Yes you can create content in the Pro version as well. If you are planning to create characters then you will need to do the character creation in CTA4 itself rather than import PSD files. To do this you will first need to create your artwork in your chosen 3rd party tools and save this in standard image formats like PNG, JPG etc.

Then please follow the tutorial below which explains how to replace parts using the G3 template character in CTA4.

Character Creation with G3 Template

                                                                

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Once a character or scene has been created and works ok in CTA4 how do we package it so that it can be uploaded to the the market place? I couldn't find any tutorial that explained this. If there is a tutorial about this can you please post the link? Thanks.
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This link will point you in the right direction.
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Sorry bit of an idiot.

This link https://wiki.reallusion.com/Content_Dev:CTA_Uploader



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