Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Triggers are a critical part of any puppet made in Adobe Character Animator CC, allowing you add emotions, props, and animated sequences on demand. In this 3-part tutorial we'll cover the fundamentals by walking through an example project (free download below). First, in Basic Triggers we'll set up some simple triggers to turn lights on or off and swap between different hand positions. Then in Triggering Behaviors we'll explore what happens when you trigger a group with a behavior, like a cycle layers explosion or a physics-enabled falling chicken. Finally we'll finish with Face Triggers, adding eyelids, sad mouth sets, and other features to give a face more dynamic range.

Download the example project: okaysamurai.com/puppets/TriggerLessons.zip

0:00 Basic Triggers
6:43 Triggering Behaviors
12:12 Face Triggers

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Free example puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples (official adobe pack) and okaysamurai.com/puppets (okay samurai puppet pack)
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