Cartoon Animator Free Trial
Cartoon Animator (CTA), is the best choice to create fast and professional 2D character animations. The AE script is designed to extend CTA to the pro pipeline. You can download the free trial here.
AE Script for CTA
This is an AE script which needs to be installed under Adobe After Effects, for users to seamlessly import animation work (JSON file) from Cartoon Animator to After Effects.
Quickly Transform a 2D Face into a 3D Head
3D Head Creator transforms 2D art into 3D styled characters with up to 360 degree of motion for deeply rich performances. Photoshop round trip integration for editing multi-angle character in and out of 3D Head Creator.
Anchor Nine Head Turn Directions
Inherit basic angle settings from Quick Setup
Transform and deform head sprites for perfect 3D turn
Optional FFD resolution from 2x2 (perspective correction) to 5x5 (precise shape definition)
Mask-out features outside the face to create the 3D illusion.
2D CHARACTER DESIGNERS
Turn Static Images into Animated Characters
Cartoon Animator 4 enables artists, illustrators, cartoonists and designers to easily create animatable 2D characters from static images, photos, paintings, and even layered Photoshop PSD. The 2D Bone Editor has all the tools to successfully structure sophisticated bone rigs. Users can use pins to constrain areas to selected bones and optimize subdivision topology for smoother bending effects. Save effort on custom bone-rigging and key frame animation by providing full facial and body rigged character templates allowing users to utilize shared bones structures while enjoying a huge library of cartoon motions.
EASY 2D ANIMATION
FOR ALL VIDEO MAKERS
Transparent Footage for Video Compositing
Make animated videos with animated characters and real video footage. Cartoon Animator (CTA) is a 2D animation software that users can use to freely group animated elements and export them into transparent footage (.MOV). Along with its extensive library of full-rigged characters and motions, CTA enables video editors to easily create their own animations, without prior experience in animation or graphic design. See what's new in CTA v4.5 and start compositing 2D animations with your videos.
DRAW TO ANIMATE
Works with PSD Tools & Drawing Tablets
Create animation drawing with Cartoon Animator. Cartoon Animator (CTA) combines intuitive animation tools with mainstream drawing software and drawing tablets to swiftly turn illustrations into animations. Artists can use their favorite PSD editor (Photoshop, Krita, Affinity, Clip Studio Paint, Photopea) to modify characters, props and scenes to animate in CTA while extending their creation possibilities with help from motion libraries that can be dragged and dropped. The CTA PSD pipeline empowers anyone with the ability to draw, to now animate!
MOTION CAPTURE FOR 2D ANIMATION
Motion LIVE 2D is pioneering the way to blend 3D motion capture devices to 2D animation. The motion capture plugin for Cartoon Animator adds an array of mocap gear and the ability to easily set up any drawing, character or creature as a live digital puppet with real-time animation. Make the move with Motion LIVE 2D and go from keying poses to capturing performances.
Create 2D Talking Heads
Quickly Transform a 2D Face into a 3D Head Talking Character
3D Head Creator of Cartoon Animator 4 transforms 2D art into 3D styled characters with up to 360 degree of motion for deeply rich performances. Photoshop round trip integration for editing multi-angle character in and out of 3D Head Creator.
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