Archive notice: This article was originally published on 18 February 2020. It has been translated from German and lightly edited for clarity while preserving its historical context.
2D character workflow
CrazyTalk Animator 3 Pro, renamed Cartoon Animator in 2019, combined scene management, a 3D camera, a timeline, character and prop animation, cartoon physics and motion curves. Character construction covered rigging, masks, layers, motion libraries and sprite editing.
Animation controls
The character toolset included a key editor, FK, IK, HumanIK and puppeteering. Facial animation supported profiles, freeform controls, audio lip-sync and scrubbing. Elastic systems, prop animation and effects handled secondary motion, while the live-show mode drove facial expressions in real time.
Archived availability
The Mac App Store promotion was scheduled to end on 1 April 2020 and required OS X 10.9 or later plus a 64-bit processor. That offer has expired. The successor added webcam facial capture, a 360 Head Creator, IK motion editing and a PSD workflow.
Test imported characters, lip-sync and rig behaviour on current systems before production use.
Further information: Visit the Cartoon Animator page.
