The exciting new Cartoon Solutions Combo Pack for CrazyTalk Animator comprises of 3 main packs. These are Characters Collection Volume 1 with 7 new characters, Scenes Collection Volume 1 with 6 scenes and 115 props plus the Prop Collection Volume 1 which contains 110 props - 53 food.

To find out more please click the image above. Available as 1 complete Combo Pack, 3 Individual Packs or as individual items from the above packs.

Is there a tutorial for making the side and back facing/walking characters?

If these characters are purchased ,will they include the animations also?

Thanks Tim

I agree, but I still wish it were different characters... heh heh heh

I had thought of getting them in either Flash or Photoshop format, but exporting the individual pieces and re-importing and re-assembling them in CTA (re-position, re-scale, re-rotate, etc...) is the thing I don't want to do.  I have some of their characters already, but it's still such a tedious PITA to do all that.

I know it sounds lazy, and perhaps it is, but it is what it is...

PETER

Peter

Hi Hank & Peter

Sorry to hear of your problems with the new packs. If you have contacted support you should hear back soon with the correct links.

I can only apologies for the inconvenience this error has caused.

Hi wizaerd

Because the Cartoon Solutions characters come with a separate side facing character, the front facing version doesn't come with side facing sprites for the feet.

The best you can do if you really want to use the front facing character sideways is take the them into Composer and manually position the the right foot sprite to the left foot. This will have them facing in the correct direction but obviously with two right feet.

Another alternative is to add your own custom feet sprites to improve realism.

Yeah, that;s something I've never really liked about the Cartoon SOlutions characters is that they're considered front facing, but are in reality 3/4 view side positions.  I've tried swapping the feet out with little luck.  I guess I'll keep trying different things.  Using creative camera angles perhaps it's best to just hide the feet from the shots.

Hi..

The Cartoon Solutions characters are currently only available in the Content Store so no trial version is available I'm afraid. If you have previous experience of the Cartoon Solutions products then you will find they look and work just as well in CrazyTalk Animator. :) 

Peter, I wanted to revisit this topic after viewing your answer in another thread for the whole wonky foot thing.  I want to ask, what defines a character being in a front pose versus a side pose?  See, let's look at one of the characters from the Cartoon Solutions pack.  See Aaron.png  Notice his feet?  They're pointing in the same direction, which to me indicates he's facing towards the side.  Which would kinda make him a side view (3/4 view) character.  And yet if I apply a side walking motion, his left foot goes all wonky.

And yet if I apply a front walk to him, his left leg is very, very oddly positioned.  See Aaron2.png.  That's his leg at the highest point in the walk cycle, and Aaron3.png his at the lowest point in the walk cycle.

While those images may not truly demonstrate the awkwardness of the walk, the attached ZIp file (Aaron.zip) is a SWF exported of the walk.  It's a truly odd walk.

So these Cartoon Solutions characters, are they front facing or side facing?  And what is the best way to use them then?

Hi wizaerd

The standard setup for a character in CTA is to have three feet sprites. These are default, front, and side. Normally for front facing characters they will have 2 front facing feet sprites and one side sprite. The default being front facing.

Now the Cartoon Solutions characters like Aaron are different because the they have two side feet sprites and one front. The default being a side facing foot.

So while most characters are clearly either front or side, the original design of the Cartoon Solutions means when converted to CTA they are a hyrid of front and side.