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Okay Samurai
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Okay Samurai showcases tutorials and creative projects from me (Dave Werner). I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and work as the Senior Experience Designer Lead on Adobe Character Animator (but thoughts and opinions on this channel are my own).
Past projects include the Extraneous Lyrics music series, the indie video game Atmosphir, and the Okaydave design portfolio. Some of my work has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, TechCrunch, Laughing Squid, Mashable, College Humor, Kotaku, VH1's Best Week Ever, Slate, FWA and Sesame Street. I also enjoy speaking and teaching at events like SXSW, San Diego Comic Con, How Design Conference, NAB, IBC, and Adobe MAX.
Past projects include the Extraneous Lyrics music series, the indie video game Atmosphir, and the Okaydave design portfolio. Some of my work has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, TechCrunch, Laughing Squid, Mashable, College Humor, Kotaku, VH1's Best Week Ever, Slate, FWA and Sesame Street. I also enjoy speaking and teaching at events like SXSW, San Diego Comic Con, How Design Conference, NAB, IBC, and Adobe MAX.
An Animated Approach To User Testing (Adobe Design Summit 2024)
This is an internal animated talk I gave at the Adobe Design Summit 2024 about how we used frequent user testing to make the Animate From Audio quick action for Adobe Express.
Check out Character Animator here:
Animate from audio: adobe.com/go/ax_animateaudio
Starter & Pro mode: www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
Get free puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe puppets) / okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppets)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations on social media with #CharacterAnimator!
Subscribe on CZcams: czcams.com/users/okaysamurai
Twitter: okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com
Politely Rude by Filo Starquez
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Check out Character Animator here:
Animate from audio: adobe.com/go/ax_animateaudio
Starter & Pro mode: www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
Get free puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe puppets) / okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppets)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations on social media with #CharacterAnimator!
Subscribe on CZcams: czcams.com/users/okaysamurai
Twitter: okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com
Politely Rude by Filo Starquez
/ filo-starquez
Creative Commons - Attribution - NoDerivs 3.0 Unported - CC BY-ND 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/3JIcB7c
Music promoted by Audio Library bit.ly/3xVHLW9
Music | Vacation by Declan DP
License: license.declandp.info
Free Download / Stream: tinyurl.com/y477rfuh
Promoted by Audio Library tinyurl.com/bder7jf2
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Thank you so much!
Hey dave, the backgrounds that are free to use on adobe character can you add touches to it?
Not seeing jaw movement for Smile and Surprised? Do I have that right?
Great job sir! I look forward to the day when AI makes this video obsolete (no offense😄).
I'm diving into learning how to create a cartoon, so that I can eventually create a series. I am a beginner in all of this, but I enjoy creating and have always been interested in something like this. Do you have a video that is beginner friendly?
Know this episode is kind of old, but it is still relevant. Thank you
hello Sir, how to get the Staple tool in Adobe Character Animator 2022
The staple tool has been replaced with auto attaching! See the latest rigging tutorial here: czcams.com/video/hK-DjtiPzRs/video.htmlsi=Hwg3q-CuVfQ2Xtw1
@@okaysamurai okay Sir thank you 👏👏👏
Hi Okey Samurai is it possible to group puppets in adobe character animator to avoid confusions the same way we do group layers in adobe photoshop. Sometimes the puppets in the timeline are too much and very annoying
You could do nested timelines, where you record a character performance in one timeline and then put that timeline into another. That's the only setup I can think of that could potentially clean stuff up.
Great, vennas, suurepärane 🤜🏻🤛🏻
I'm sorry bro but after download adobe character my character doesn't speak ther mothe not moving what is the solution please
Are you seeing a green bar under the webcam? If not, the mic icon is either off or not working...check out your CH audio preferences like I show in this video or system preferences. This might help too: czcams.com/video/G9DkEIYJ2lo/video.htmlsi=YK4lqVOr1_H9Su9o&t=93
Hello! I need your help, I'm doing animation here, and I need characters, these are: Cat and Dog from the cartoon "CatDog" Nickelodeon.Please make me such characters for animation in this program, but the Cat and the Dog should not look like in the Nickelodeon cartoon, which are fused with each other, but separate from each other,that is, they should have legs like paws and a tail, and they should look like humans. You can look it up on Google yourself and write “Catdog with a tail” and that’s it,the main thing is that their heads also turn, like in the video you see the head of a blue man.If you have already made me the characters that I asked for, send me a comment with a link to the Google drive that should be my characters as I asked. I'm still waiting, I'll be glad! Good luck to you! 🍀🤞
My fulltime job as a designer at Adobe prevents me from taking on outside freelance work, but we do have a great group of people who do freelance Character Animator work listed up on adobe.com/go/ch_examples_thirdparty_en. Hopefully you can find someone with a skillset / style / budget there that fits your needs!
@@okaysamuraiWhy can't you make me Cat and Dog characters and a cartoon "Catdog" Nickelodeon But I went to the website of your groups of people, but the characters I wanted weren’t there, did you deceive me, or maybe you’ll make me the characters of the Cat and the Dog from the cartoon "Dog Cat" Nickelodeon, but with a tail and legs with paws that should look like, for example, Oggy that I wrote to you in the comments yesterday? Please do🥺! (I will be glad)
I have learned SOOOOO MUCH from you!!! Thank you soooo much!!! hugs from Brazil! <3
Your teaching skill is awesome, timing felt good, covering information for both Windows and Mac every time was above and beyond, I had no trouble following along, I hope you will continue to create these impressive videos. Subscribed and liked!
Génial! Vraiment génial. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍 Any reason why my triggers do not get recorded on timeline with Record 2 Frame Take? They work and are armed as I test them but nothing happens (just the playhead seems to bug a little bit) when I record all of them at once on the timeline with Record 2 Frame Take 🤔 I have, for each trigger, to manually do the trigger and then press Record 2 Frame Take. But I have not the name of the trigger like you at the left. Any idea?
Huh no, I'm not sure why this would happen. When something has a red dot and is armed it's looking for new data, so if the trigger changes its on/off state it should recognize that, unless another trigger or something is conflicting with it. If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
@@okaysamurai Thank you 😊
Hi, anytime I say "Aa" the character making the "Oh" mouth. When I say Oh, I notice it does the Aa mouth and then an Oh mouth. Do you have any idea why that is and how I can fix it? I've been trying to figure this out all day :/ pls and thanks
If that keeps happening I guess you could always switch the tags and have Aa as Oh artwork and vice-versa. And/or you can always fix them in post recording. For me if I say "Avacado" I clearly see the Ah at the beginning and "Soda" I see the Oh. If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
Can you import imvu chatacters?
Not directly no. You would have to bring them into Photoshop and rig them, and it would only be a 2D character.
Thank you. I can finally make animations beyond Canva and PowerPoint.
Can you also upload your own character and create animation ?
Custom characters aren’t available for Express yet. You can make your own characters in the desktop version of Character Animator: www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
its only wotk with audition edition or its impossible make two and put together?
You could record the audio in any multitrack audio editing program. You could do two separate single tracks but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get all the timing correct.
@@okaysamurai can u make a video or one , because im tryng here to save but dont save in wav
You can use an Mp3, wav, or aif file for Animate from Audio.
why cant i record audio with my characterizer please help if you see this
If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
what do i save the photshop document as how do i add it to character animator you didnt explain that part
Save in Photoshop as a PSD. In Character, File > Import the PSD.
Lo estoy viendo... No he podido encontrar un tutorial más completo que este de adobe animate, es extenso y a la vez breve para todo el conenido que abarca...Increible. Gracias!!!
I have a character from mid journey can I use that
Yep, same concept here would apply to a Midjourney character.
I try to make my own character with Baker. Unable to reproduce the same movement in the layers... It does not move at all.
If it's not moving at all it's probably a tagging or behaviors issue. I would double check each group/layer of your vs. Baker and make sure they are set up the exact same way. If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
@@okaysamurai thank you very much!
Really wish this was an app for android since i dont have a computer, hopefully they manage to make that happen one day for people who admire animating but don't own computers
You should try Animate from Audio, which works on Android: www.adobe.com/express/feature/video/animation/audio
@@okaysamurai it's not letting me in, It says "my device isn't supported just yet"
I'm surprised by that! Are you able to do any other quick actions? www.adobe.com/express/feature/quick-actions
@@okaysamurai sadly no, I even downloaded the app and it doesn't have "quick actions" in it
Huh that is surprising to me. Well hopefully it gets supported soon!
Hey OkaySamurai I’m using your tutorials to make my channel, is there a way I can upload my character to Adobe express and use it instead of the presets?
Currently custom characters only work with the desktop app, but my next tutorial will be about how to replicate the Express process on desktop.
please do not remove the time line or motion capture
You can still do those things in the desktop app. The web quick action wasn't the right fit for that, as user testing showed us.
how do i as an artist create aa pack of editable characters i can generate with my own art etc?
Puppet Maker isn't currently open for editing, but you can make individual characters via PSD and AI files.
mine has aponytail and said ponytail is stubbern. help.
If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
COOL!!!
THANK YOU !!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU
Hello Okay Samurai, is there a way in Adobe Express to create dialogue in audio animation? For example, a back-and-forth conversation between characters that sync up in the timeline?
Yes, this is how I would do it - czcams.com/video/ZJXzjq3nZV4/video.htmlsi=Be5bG2cUwdtt5Wau. Basically you need to do the audio separately, figure out all the gaps, and then upload a track for each character.
One thing I was put off with was having to import audio files in WAV format……does it support mp3 files? I loved using this platform but having to import WAV files only was tiresome
MP3, WAV, and AIF should all be supported.
@@okaysamurai thank you I will try them out
Can i use,Ai voice instead
Yes, but you'll have to make it somewhere else.
Pls answer dis can you use canva to make a character in character animation
No, I used the desktop app Adobe Character Animator for these characters.
Can I use my own character with the motion library?
Absolutely!
@@okaysamurai Awesome :-) thanks I am just starting my creative adventure into animation
God, I truly love the work you guys have done with this software! I believe Character Animator can be the future and one day an industry standard.
So hard with the arms and legs. Nightmare. It does not work for me. And your videos are great. Thanks.
If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
@@okaysamurai Thank you!
its our sensei 😺😺
I love the Animate From Audio in Adobe Express, I hope it will appear in Character, so I can use it with my custom character, I also hope that it can have text to speech, so I don't need to do it else where.
It take a while for me to learn and fix something in CH, but I don't want to miss it anymore. With you videos I learn more how you can use tool. And can make it my way. THX
You and your team are the best of the best, Dave. Keep up the good work!
Always loved your videos but this one is just fantastic. Constantly blown away by the quality of animation in these. I'm a product designer now learning a lot more animation and this video has inspired me to do more user testing. It also sounds like Character animator is heading in a really interesting direction, I do wish this new version had the ability to import your own characters, then it would be perfect. If you need tests reach out!
I'll also say, I just used CA for a project and was a bit frustrated by not being able to drill down into the animations to be able to tweak timing (yeah, I mean key frames!) I love the performance capture capabilities, but making it "right" was a PITA.
If you do keep reaching those limits, you may want to limit the performance capture elements and move more towards triggers and cycle layers - that's how the Disneys and Nickelodeons of the world tend to use CH the most.
@@okaysamurai Thanks for the good counsel!
Sharing this with my UX colleagues!
Custom characters please 🙏
My nuetral mouth won't diassapper when it talks HELP! I can see the vowel. mouth and the nuetral mouth at the same time!
Make sure all your mouths are in your Mouth group and tagged properly. The main reason you would be seeing the neutral mouth is it isn't being recognized as a neutral mouth so it doesn't swap. If the problem persists, please upload a video or screenshot of your issue to adobe.com/go/chfeedback and we'll try to help you out.
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"Family" LOL!!!