UPDATE: This may be a partial answer to my question. Assets were converted to SVG, but can't be launched until later when that function is added - apparently it's not ready yet?  https://forum.reallusion.com/527101/Lauch-PSD-Editor-in-Compose-mode-grayed-out

Have we truly lost the ability to launch most assets in external editor, am I missing something (I have them set in preferences), is it something that will be fixed or added later on?

A few of my custom characters will launch from composer to external editor (Affinity Designer and Photo) but most won't. The launch icons in composer are mostly grayed out. None of the new characters I've tried can be launched so editor. The Dummy works but I'm wondering if I use it to design a character will it allow me to launch back to editor. The main reason I bought CTA5 was for the SVG function which I read will be available later, but so far I've mostly lost that pipeline function. (UPDATE: It's the raster ones that are opening and ones that are still PSD I believe)

Launching raster assets to your PSD Editor is working exactly as it did in CTA4. Launching SVG assets to a compatible SVG editor is coming in a future update.

Please Note: Most of the embedded raster content from CTA4 has been updated to SVG in CTA5 which is why it can't be sent to your PSD Editor.


                                                                

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hi everyone, I am having the same problem with animator 5, photoshop tells me it is the wrong kind of file..... Ijust want to change the colour on an actor that comes with animator 4. In animator 4 i was given photopea for free
 how come it didnt come with animator 5? and if i could get it for 5 will it work? thanks, regards vicki

I'm slowly figuring this out, but sounding like I'll be using both CTA4 and 5 both for a while. Perhaps the release of 5 was a little premature? To me the tutorials improved over past ones, but the one on SVG is a bit confusing since it doesn't work "yet" like the video shows. https://courses.reallusion.com/home/cartoon-animator/pipelines-and-render/illustrator/

Thanks for the follow-ups Peter - knowing what's up helps a bit.

I anyways use Animate to create all my characters for game art. I hate using illustrator for creating stuff.

So animate> rigging in photoshop> to CTA5 is going to be my workflow. 

So I think this unavailable feature is not going to bother me right now.



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I try to open SVG with Inkscape in CA5. Inkscape run, and you can open a new object but no import from CA5 your work in progress.
BUT you could design an " svg object" and import it in CA5.

Hi Vicki

Which character are you trying to edit? If it is a CTA4 character you should be able to drag the character into CTA5, then go to Composer mode and click "Launch PSD Editor". 


                                                                

Peter
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