CrazyTalk Animator 2.1 for Mac & PC Release

CrazyTalk Animator 2.1 for Mac & PC Release

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By Bruce (RL) - 10 Years Ago

Dear all,

We've just released the CrazyTalk Animator 2.1 with the Mac version!www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/Animator/animator_whatsnew_v21.aspx

There are several goals we wished to achieve with this new main update. First, we have finally completed the Mac version for CrazyTalk Animator 2 and synced its release with version 2.1 release, so lots of Mac users will be happy about this. Second, we included the popular transparent PNG and AniGIF output, which can be easily exported by copy-and-paste. This greatly stirs up dynamic content usage for presentations, web design, emails and social activities in forums and instant messaging chat rooms. Also, as promised Reallusion has brought back the highly-acclaimed motion blending and image masking features, and make them more powerful. Character designers can also find lots of new features to make G2 avatar creation process easier and faster. This new 2.1 update also includes numerous usability enhancements and performance improvements to make CrazyTalk Animator an awesome tool.

And here are the tutorials for the new features in V2.1 update.

Intro to Render Style

Motion Clip Blending

Hope you enjoy these enhancements! And please leave your feedbacks about this update under this thread! Smile

By psaldari - 10 Years Ago

Really happy for the mac release, and I want to buy the pipeline version, but in my account the special price for the pipeline version is only if I buy the window version... why?

Paolo

By spacepope - 10 Years Ago

I'm also interested in the CrazyTalk Animator Pipeline version for Mac. I realize iClone is not near any possible Mac release. However, Adobe Flash is on Mac and Windows, so I think there's a lot of value in having the custom multi-dimension character creation on Mac. Thanks; I'm really impressed by Reallusion's products.

By spacepope - 10 Years Ago

Hi, I'm a little more confused; I think there may be a Pipeline version for Mac. I was able to add it to my cart from this link: http://www.reallusion.com/go/crazytalk/Mac-Animator2-upgrade/special.asp. Can anyone confirm this product exists, as it's not mentioned elsewhere on the Reallusion site? Please see screenshot below. Thanks

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

Unfortunately there was a glitch that prevented the CTA2 Pipeline version for Mac showing up in the Online Store and in Member Accounts for Upgrade options. This will be corrected very soon.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.

By psaldari - 10 Years Ago

OK, the problem is solved.
I have bought the pipeline version and I downloading it now… wow I am happy as a child. BigGrin

By RicksWorks - 10 Years Ago

Oh man! You guys have made it happen with this release. If everything works according to the descriptions, this update will rock CTA2.

Thank you guys for all of the work and hopefully you will just keep making it better and better. I'm also hoping to see more G2 characters available soon as well.

I sure wish I were a better artist, I could rock this thing!

AWESOME!

By spacepope - 10 Years Ago

So happy to have it on Mac! Thanks Reallusion for an awesome update.

By outofbath - 10 Years Ago

Wonderful!!!

Big thank you to the team, this is an excellent update. To have it on the MAC makes such a difference. Smile

By Ibis Fernandez - 10 Years Ago

Congratulations RL! I just downloaded the patch and started playing with it.

I just have to commend you guys on the work done.

The issue with the duplicate eyebrows is fixed.
Mirrored eyes are recognized and no more missing pupils.
** the mouths sprites are still having issues on sprites 1 and 22 (it still duplicates the normal mouths) but that's so minor at this point I'm really happy so far.

I think i can now get rid of that broken mirror function in Puppet Producer Wink

I was able to import my character SWF template and 99% of it worked right out of the gate. That is a mayor WIN considering that creating those darn things are no easy task in the first place. I can't wait to try out the auto mirror stuff, I have a feeling that that's going to make things even easier.

Also I don't know what else you guys have done but it certainly feels a lot more responsive too. I can click on sprites and they become immediately selected. Before i needed to click and click and then double click just to get a sprite to become selected. Now it feels like i can just click it and it does it.

There's still that issue with the calibration panel. Some of the motions still do not correspond to the action being talked about during calibration, but again, its a minor thing I think.

By csiga - 10 Years Ago

I can't install CTA 2 Pipeline on iMac / OS X 10.9.2. / - wrong control sum.

By Edward (RL) - 10 Years Ago

Hi Csiga, you need check the downloaded installer whether the file size matched, you may download it again. Or use flashget to download it. BigGrin

By rtcruz1 - 10 Years Ago

I'm having difficulties installing the mac pipeline version. When I try to mount unpackage the DMG file, it says there's an error saying the disk can't be opened.

I'm excited to use this product, but I can't install it! Help!

By vidi - 10 Years Ago

it says there's an error saying the disk can't be opened.

Maybe you can fix this with the Disk Utility tool in your mac

http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/what-is-disk-utility-the-complete-beginners-guide--mac-27965

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

csiga (4/24/2014)

I can't install CTA 2 Pipeline on iMac / OS X 10.9.2. / - wrong control sum.

Hi..

I have sent you a personal message with an alternative download link. Please try this and see if it resolves the problem.

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

rtcruz1 (4/25/2014)

Sorry to hear you are experiencing problems installing.

If you continue to have problems, please contact Technical Support using the link below. They will be able to help you with this.

http://www.reallusion.com/CustomerSupport/User/QForm.aspx

By csiga - 10 Years Ago

Problem solved.THX.

By ms12 - 10 Years Ago

I am able to install Mac pipeline yet when I launch I get this. Crash Log:

Process: CrazyTalkAnimator2Pipeline [10513]
Path: /Applications/CrazyTalk Animator 2-Pipe.app/Contents/MacOS/CrazyTalkAnimator2Pipeline
Identifier: com.reallusion.CrazyTalkAnimator2
Version: 2.10 (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [214]
Responsible: CrazyTalkAnimator2Pipeline [10513]
User ID: 503

Date/Time: 2014-04-25 13:53:44.507 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 1CD97711-D09D-5FD9-4E4B-394CC17CD16A

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000008

By TGL - 10 Years Ago

WIN 7 PRO: (CTA2 pipeline for windows). The updated program CRASHES just after opening. I have tried just using the update patch, uninstalling and manually removing residual folders and re-installing the entire new download, but to no avail. It still crashed just after it opens. I suspect it has something to do with the 'new-user' pop-ups, since I was able to get around it once. Until there is a fix for me, I have had to uninstall and re-install the older version - but now I can't use the G2 V2 tools I bought.

Otherwise - the updates look very promising.

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

ms12 (4/25/2014)

I am able to install Mac pipeline yet when I launch I get this. Crash Log:

Thanks for supplying the Crash log, but please can you contact Technical Support using the link below and supply them this information. They will be then be able to advise you on some steps to take to resolve the problem.

http://www.reallusion.com/CustomerSupport/User/QForm.aspx

Thanks.

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

pnp (4/26/2014)

If you have tried re-installing the latest full version (2.1.1624.1) and the problem still continues, please contact Technical Support using the link below. They will be able to advise you further.

http://www.reallusion.com/CustomerSupport/User/QForm.aspx

Thanks.

By actxc - 10 Years Ago

I bought CTA 2.0/Windows and got a German version, which is some times difficult to learn, (because there is no German tutorial)

I can not find any update to 2.1 in my account. is the German version late?
Can I switch to english?

By Robertus - 10 Years Ago

CTA Pro 2 on Mac OS X 10.9.2 crashes
Just made a technical support call about this

See details below
Any Mac users experience the same crashes ?

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Console logging says :

28/04/14 13:40:03,281 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[238]: (com.reallusion.CrazyTalkAnimator2.538592[5711]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11

28/04/14 14:14:46,597 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[235]: (com.reallusion.CrazyTalkAnimator2.538592[484]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10

By rogercain - 10 Years Ago

Hi,

and thanks for the mac version. I have cta2 pro for PC - is there any simple way to switch to Mac?
Something like deactivate my Serial on PC Version and activate it on my Mac???

I can´t find the price for the pipeline Version - would that be the upgrade price (from 149$)?
Thanks for your help!
Roger

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

actxc (4/27/2014)

The German 2.1 update is not yet available I'm afraid. It will be released soon.

If you have any questions regarding the English version, please contact Customer Support using the link below. They will be able to explain your options.

http://www.reallusion.com/CustomerSupport/User/QForm.aspx

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

rogercain (4/28/2014)

Unfortunately the Windows and Mac versions are separate products. If you purchased the Windows version within the last 30 days you can refund this and then purchase the Mac version.

Alternatively you can login to your Member Account and check under "Upgrade & Member Special". There you will find your special discounted price to purchase the Mac version.

I hope this helps. Smile

By rogercain - 10 Years Ago

Ok! That´s very helpful!
Another one - can i use my PC "G2 Power Tools Vol.1"
or do i also have to buy them again?
(i´m getting close to get the mac pipeline Version - upgrade price seems to be fair:cool Smile

Roger

By HVause - 10 Years Ago

Very exciting news that CTA2 is now Mac friendly! So I'm considering buying CrazyTalk Animator Pipeline for Mac. Is it available in a box instead of a download?

My employer (a school) has offered to purchase it for use on my own personal Mac. If the school makes the purchase (from a PC) how does the download work? If it is simply a link which the school can email to me, then perhaps I don't need the box version.

Thanks in anticipation...

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

rogercain (4/28/2014)

Roger

You can copy the contents of the G2 Power Tools Vol.1 manually over to the Mac version but you won't be able to use the installer which is Windows only.

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

HowarV (4/29/2014)

At the present time only the download version is available.

If you choose the Download version you will receive a single link to download.

Once it is downloaded you just need to double click the file to install. You will need to be connected to the internet on the computer you wish to use CTA2 on for the one time activation. You will also need to sign in with the same account details that were used to purchase it.

I hope this helps. Smile

By HVause - 10 Years Ago

Thanks Peter - that really helps.
Sounds like this is do-able without having to wait for the boxed version - phew!

By outofbath - 10 Years Ago

Hi,

Just to say the new Mac version of CTA2 is great and seems to be running well.

I have however encountered one glitch with jumping text boxes. I have attached a couple of images as examples. The timeline also jumps up the screen if I add or take away tracks that I'm working with. One working around is to always keep the timeline docked, though is obviously not ideal. Some of the text box options can only be seen by moving the whole work panel down before clicking the button as otherwise they are off the screen.

I have attached my computer specs too.

Keep up the great work.

Many thanks,

Luke

By Peter (RL) - 10 Years Ago

outofbath (5/25/2014)

Hi Luke,

Thanks for notifying us of this problem.

Are you using the latest build which is 2.11.1712? If you are unsure you can check by going to Help > Check For Update. If you do not have this latest build please update and check again to see if the problem continues.

If it does continue, please can you contact Technical Support using the link below. They will be able to investigate this issue for you. Thanks.

http://www.reallusion.com/CustomerSupport/User/QForm.aspx