If you are just starting out and want to experiment with Adobe Character Animator, there are a TON of FREE puppets and resources to help you learn and master this exciting new software!
Free Dudley is our own famous freebie here at ElectroPuppet. You may have seen him on the Adobe Character Animator ‘More Puppets’ page. Free Dudley will synch to your voice (live or prerecorded) as well as mirror your smile, surprised look and head position.
And that’s not all. Free Dudley comes with a number of trigger keys. Hit the ‘Q’ key and he’ll look quizzical. Hit ‘W’ and he’ll look worried. ‘A’ makes him angry, ‘S’ surprised. ‘B’ will make him blink, or hit ‘N’ to make him wink.
Dudley also comes with a whole set of actions. Press a number and he can shrug, point, gesture or have an idea. If you press the left or right arrow keys, Free Dudley will take a walk!
And don’t worry about remembering all the trigger keys, we’ve included a trigger sheet for quick reference.
To get Free Dudley, all you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter ‘ElectroBuzz’ and we’ll email you a link straight away! So what are you waiting for!?!
If you are interested in taking one of the ‘TOON LOONS’ for a spin, we have released a free puppet in that family – YOYO THE CLOWN. Yoyo will face left or right, has head turner as well as the walk behaviour. Be sure to take a look at the Trigger sheet that comes with Yoyo – because there is a limited deal to pickup Yoyo’s buddy ZIPPY at an additional discount!
You can find Yoyo in the TOON LOONS ADULTS – take a look at all the puppets available and then grab your FREE Yoyo the clown puppet on the last page (they are alphabetically listed).
Another great place for FREE adobe Character Animator Puppets is Dave Werner’s site ‘Okay Samurai‘.
Dave, a senior developer at Adobe, makes fantastic tutorials as well as making available a library of free puppets you can download and experiment with right away! Here are 25 free puppets you can download right now;
Includes 4 robots, a background, and title and credit screens.
Insanely complicated robot with walk cycle, secondary head, weapon hands, blend modes and more. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Robot authority figure with a waveform mouth and triggered moustache. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Bank machine with a single head group and triggered pupil changes. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Pivoting nutcracker jaw robot. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Female robot with hand swaps and a triggered body screen. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Great example of hair physics. Cassandra has multiple strands of independent dangle hair and a separate background hair group.
Adobe recently launched full body tracking. While we prefer to control puppets with replays and triggers, full body tracking is an interesting alternative to create an animated performance. Here are several full body puppet rigs you can download and experiment with now;
Cheerful Fox character with full body tracking and expressive triggers.
Still not satisfied! Another great place to grab free puppets is the Adobe website, where a new FREE puppet is released every month! Here are some for you to consider;
Vector viking with breathe, rotation dial arms, and cycle layers axe spins. Created by Zookeeper.
Weird guy with dangling bunny ears.
And there you have it – over 85 free Adobe Character Animator puppets that you can download and start animating with, right away! So no excuses 🙂
— And after you become familiar with the software, be sure to stop by ElectroPuppet and check out the store. Our digital puppets are more advanced than anything you’ll find for free. Our puppets have a range of features like additional expressions, actions, outfits, accessories and props.
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