Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
An innocuous email sent in November 2013 started an amazing journey for a little crimson cartoon character. This is the story behind Character Animator's mascot, Red Monster.
Download the free Red Monster 3D Puppet: adobe.com/go/chexamples
Download Character Animator: adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
Download free example projects and puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe pack) and okaysamurai.com/puppets (okay samurai puppet pack)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations online with #CharacterAnimator!
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Twitter: twitter.com/okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com
An innocuous email sent in November 2013 started an amazing journey for a little crimson cartoon character. This is the story behind Character Animator's mascot, Red Monster.
Download the free Red Monster 3D Puppet: adobe.com/go/chexamples
Download Character Animator: adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
Download free example projects and puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe pack) and okaysamurai.com/puppets (okay samurai puppet pack)
Check out the official forums: adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations online with #CharacterAnimator!
Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=okaysamurai
Twitter: twitter.com/okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com










![Body Tracking (Adobe Character Animator)
Body tracking makes performance capture animation in Adobe Character Animator faster and more fun. In this tutorial, well start off by covering performance basics: where to stand in your webcam frame, how calibrating works, and the body behavior. Then well troubleshoot some common problems you might run into if your puppet isnt tracking correctly. Next well touch on how to record and edit a body tracked performance, before finishing with step-by-step details on how to rig your own characters for body tracking. Body tracking is a gamechanger for Character Animator and were excited to see what you make with it!
Visit the Body Tracker website, which includes the free example files seen in this video: https://adobe.com/go/ch_bodytracker
0:00 Intro
2:20 Performing Basics
12:29 Troubleshooting
17:29 Recording & Editing
24:12 Rigging
43:40 Outro
Download Character Animator: https://www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html
Get free puppets: http://adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe puppets) / http://okaysamurai.com/puppets/ (okay samurai puppet pack)
Check out the official forums: https://adobe.com/go/chfeedback
Share your creations on social media with #CharacterAnimator!
Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=okaysamurai
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okaysamurai
Website: http://okaysamurai.com
Track: Welcome To The Future - Vendredi [Audio Library Release]
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Watch: https://youtu.be/emstBwQ1nbs
Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/welcome-future Body Tracking (Adobe Character Animator)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWBLAcTWH5Q/mqdefault.jpg)