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(FUN) Ask Three Kaios Announcement
Yo, so I've got some big, potentially interesting news for everyone. I've been busy irl focusing on my career life, like developing my online portfolio and all that good stuff. I recently got an invitation to submit a proposal for a job, but unfortunately had to turn it down because it involved working with a program I'd never even touched before: Adobe Character Animator. If you don't know what that is, CA is an animation program that basically lets you animate a character live. You draw your puppet in Illustrator or Photoshop, then import them into the program, where you can move them with any combination of keyboard triggers, click-and-drag, and facial tracking via webcam. This allows you to move a character in real time, performing actions such as eye movement, waving, picking up objects, emoting, hand gestures, and lip syncing (talking). Basically, it's really neat, and something I need to learn to broaden my horizons. But I figured, I could showcase my learning in a way that will hopefully be fun for you guys, too. What would I be doing? Why, hosting a live Ask P.K.O. session! I'm still working out the details, but this should mean that you can ask P.K.O. all sorts of questions, which he (I) will be able to answer in real time. I'll give you more details when I get everything figured out so that you know what to expect. I may post a video in the near future of P.K.O. in action, though not a live one, just so everyone knows what everything should look like. If this is something you guys want to see, let me know, and I'll do my best to make it happen! Or if you have any suggestions for me to include on the puppet (facial expressions or hand gestures, namely), or really anything you can think of, I'll do my best to include it!
The P.K.O. puppet is coming along great. (sorry i couldnt resist)
(Warning: I am a dork who barely knows how to improvise. XD)
Well, here’s a showcase for the P.K.O. Character Animator puppet I’ve been working on, where I show a little bit of what he can (and can’t) do. I have a few minor fixes to make (I altered the head turn sensitivity since exporting this), and my method of live recording to figure out, and we’re good to go!
I don’t know yet what date and time I’m going to do the live ask blog, but I will, in the near future, do a live test on YouTube to make sure I have things figured out. If you have a YouTube, I would appreciate if I could get as many helpers as possible. What I want to do is make sure that there are no delays (audio lines up with the video), and to be sure I understand the chat function. I figure the more people I can get in on this, the more reliable the responses will be altogether. If you’re interested, please send me an ask, and I’ll give you the date and time (Pacific time zone) once I know when it will be.
It won’t be long now, guys. I’m looking forward to it, and I hope you are too! :D