What’s new in Cartoon Animator v4.5 & AE Script (Official)

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muslimashumi	muslimashumi Posted 4 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 4 Years Ago Posts: 11, Visits: 70	hi! i got my solution myself, thank you :)

muslimashumi	muslimashumi Posted 4 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 4 Years Ago Posts: 11, Visits: 70	Hello CTA 4 folk. i have just installed AE script in my after effect. but it is giving an error message like below screen shoot. where as i have all update software. i use after effect 2020 and CTA 4.5 could any body help in this regard. thank you // M Shumi 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge

Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	Some Mac users contacted Support for not capable of exporting MOV file with transparent background. If you have the same question, please manually change the codec to ProRes 4444. Refer to Online Manual > Media Type - Video > Format 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge

Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	Thanks vepop for helping to answer! Hi rogdodge, I'd like to help, but every video editing tool has its own strength and weakness, it might be proper for us to suggest. :P rogdodge (6/12/2021) Thankyou, @ vepop. I have downloaded the Codecs. Not sure why it flagged up a Trojan earlier. I will try HitFilm Express later today. Cheers. 😀

rogdodge	rogdodge Posted 4 Years Ago
Veteran Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Month Posts: 66, Visits: 2.3K	Thankyou, @ vepop. I have downloaded the Codecs. Not sure why it flagged up a Trojan earlier. I will try HitFilm Express later today. Cheers. 😀

vepop	vepop Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 1.0K, Visits: 9.9K	I am using HitFilm Express. It works fine. Using Win10 PC also and have installed the K-Lite Codec. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge YouTube Tutorials Here

rogdodge	rogdodge Posted 4 Years Ago
Veteran Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Month Posts: 66, Visits: 2.3K	Two-part question. I am on a budget. From what I have read it would appear the software you are using as examples are expensive or a subscription, neither of which I can afford. I would be grateful if you could tell me whether HitFilm Express or Adobe Premiere Elements, which are cheaper but do not have all the bells and whistles, would be possible options with similar results? I have tried DaVinci Resolve 17, which is free but it is a steep learning curve (it is also difficult to read the icons). But, I will persevere with it. 😁 My second query is .mov video. It doesn't play on my Win10 PC. I did try saving a character as a transparent .mov but I could not import it into APE. I thought to download a codec but it was flagged as Trojan. That is as far as I have got.

Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	Known Issue 1. How to play MOV videos in Windows Media Player 12? Windows Media Player 12 cannot play Cartoon Animator MOV videos without installing K-lite Codec Pack. You can download and install the free K-lite basic version from this link: https://codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_basic.htm 2. There will be color deviations when exporting in MOV video format. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge 3. When applying 3D motion on some characters, character's forearm layer will be behind the upper arm. Workaround: We recommend separating the forearms and upper arm as different images. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge 4. MOV videos rendered with Cartoon Animation Mac version cannot be loaded into Sony Vegas, as Sony Vegas supports Windows PC only. 5. Cartoon Animator does not support importing transparent background MOV video. Users must convert MOV as popVideo if users would like to import transparent video. https://www.reallusion.com/popvideo/default.html

Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	Refinement of Default Mouth for Auto-lipsync In CTA v4.5, Reallusion refines default mouth shapes for the embedded characters, with smoother and better auto-lipync performance. For users who have their own characters and want to create their own mouths, Reallusion updates the guidelines to follow. For details, please check the page 61~68 of CTA_G3_WhitePaper_Character_Creation_2021.pdf. (which also comes with program installation) 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge Alignment Guidelines: Draw a horizontal reference line for the alignment of the mouth position. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge For all the mouth shapes that show teeth, align the lower limb of the upper teeth with the reference line. For the other mouth shapes that do not show the teeth, align the upper limb of the upper lip with the reference line. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge

Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 4 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	Set as Default Project Users can now determine a specific project as a default project, so when users launch Cartoon Animator the default project and its setting will automatically open in the working area. To set the specific project as a default project you can go to the Content Manager, right-click on the project and click on "Set Default Project". If you wish to initialize default project settings, then you can go to the preference interface to click on the "Restore" button. 71% of original size (was 708x487) - Click to enlarge