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Animate a puppet using Starter mode

Starter mode makes Character Animator accessible for everyone. With Starter mode, you can animate puppets without needing to be an expert. The simplified interface focused on performing, recording, and exporting characters, making it easy to create animation.

Create puppets from artwork

Learn to create a puppet from artwork and editing and modifying puppets from source artwork.

Prepare artwork

Read on to know about the necessary structure and naming of the elements for your puppet and rigging them.

Create a puppet using Puppet Maker

Choose from a variety of character styles. Then with the simple interface start customizing the character by picking hair styles, skin tones, accessories, and much more, and seeing your character react to your movements and voice in real time.

Create puppet using Characterizer

Easily create a custom puppet based on your facial expressions.

Export a scene or puppet

Learn about the various export options, importing an exported scene into other applications, exporting and sharing a puppet with other users, and lip sync export to After Effects.

Stream a scene live

Character Animator let's you stream a scene live to other devices or applications. Read this article to know how to stream a scene, prerequisites for streaming, machine setup, and all other important information.

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