CrazyTalk Animator Readme file Copyright (c) 2010~2015, Reallusion, Inc. All rights reserved. CrazyTalk Animator is a revolutionary animation suite with all the necessary tools to easily create pro-level animation. It provides an exciting new approach to traditional 2D animation with innovative new tools that allow users to apply 3D motions to 2D characters. New powerful features have opened new possibilities for freely editing 2D motions and viewing them from any angle with a single click. In addition to HumanIK motion editing and seamless mix-and-match character customization, CrazyTalk Animator also offers creative and fun visual render styles that can dictate or enhance the mood of any scene. Powerful features like body motion puppet and auto lip-sync further reinforce its position as the most creative tool for 2D character animation. It’s designed for everyone from cartoon and movie creators to artists, illustrators, web designers, and educators. CONTENTS ========== - What's New in CrazyTalk Animator - System Requirements - Notice - Additional Technical Support Information What's New in CrazyTalk Animator ================================ . Multi-dimensional Character System CrazyTalk Animator 2 offers a new generation of character system allowing users to mix and match features to easily create multi-dimensional characters. Simply customize your character in its forward perspective, and the system will then update all character features in all other angles, automatically! . Mix and Match to Characterize into Unique Personalities CrazyTalk Animator 2 includes tons of facial templates that can be quickly assembled to give unique characters their own characteristics. So now it's easy to customize avatars to look like you, a well-known celebrity, or someone new. With these new templates, CrazyTalk Animator 2 delivers a lot more value and usability to users. . Instantly Stylize Projects for Different Scenarios In traditional animation systems, characters would only have one fixed style which would often deter companies and professionals from using pre-made character libraries as they would need to match their brand's color theme and identity, or if they would just need to illustrate abstract concepts without requiring too much character detail. Now CrazyTalk Animator 2 includes Render Style options that allow you to easily switch your characters and scene styles, color and appearance. Toggle lines ON and OFF, make a silhouette, or adjust color tones, saturation and others with instant template styles like: Line Art, Saturrific, Cool Abstract, Noir Blanc and others. . Universal Multi-dimensional Animation CrazyTalk Animator 2's multi-dimensional engine allows you to freely animate 2D characters in 10 different angles. This revolutionary feature breaks away from flat, planar 2D animation. Giving way to a powerfully new way of animating 2D content in all popular angles. Simply customize your character in an initial front-faced angle, and start animating. The system will then automatically fit all the other 9 perspectives for you. . Employ 3D Motion Editing for 2D Characters Use the new 3D Motion Editing panel to control and pose your 2D characters in a 3D space. By using the 3D viewer and universal skeleton, users can now turn 2D characters in multiple angle, giving them total control over perspectives and 3D movements. The 3D Motion Key Editor also lets you manually move character limbs in a three-dimensional space, allowing you to use the Human IK system to drag and balance connecting limbs. . Enrich CTA1 Characters with Enhanced Depth Look All CrazyTalk Animator 1 characters are also compatible with CrazyTalk Animator 2, allowing users to breath new life into previous content through free form deformation (FFD). Free form deformation enables users to scale and reposition body part sprites in the timeline, inside a 3D environment, simulating Z-depth movements and giving more dramatized perspectives. . New Dockable User Interface Work space is important, but customizable workspaces are even more. So now CrazyTalk Animator 2 comes with a flexible UI that lets you detach, move and dock panels to your own style. Work with 2 screens? No problem, undock the upper and left-side tools bars, Timeline and Content Manager and place them all on one screen while you dedicate the other screen for the main stage animation. . Import Unlimited Animations from External 3D Sources This sounds too good to be true, but it is! The new Pipeline version of CrazyTalk Animator 2 for the first time ever, allows users to apply 3D motions to 2D characters. Not only will users be able to work with everything from iClone .iMotion files - but thanks to 3DXchange5, they will also be able to work with motion captured data, and with BVH or FBX files generated from Maya, Motion Builder, or any other 3D tools. . Easily Create Multi-dimensional Characters from Template Thanks to the automatic template system for character conversion, users just need to prepare a Flash template with their characters in different perspectives following the provided naming rules. Then CrazyTalk Animator 2 will automatically turn them into animation-ready, multi-dimensional characters. You can later fine-tune layers, offsets, and joint masks for optimized results. System Requirements =================== Minimum System Requirements: . Dual core CPU or higher . 2 GB RAM or higher recommended . 5 GB free hard disk space or higher recommended . Display Resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher . Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8 Series or higher /ATI HD 3000 Series or higher . Video Memory: 512MB RAM or higher recommended Recommended System Requirements: CrazyTalk Animator will have better performance in below recommended environment.) . Dual core CPU or higher . 4 GB RAM or higher recommended . 10 GB free hard disk space or higher recommended . Display Resolution: 1440 x 900 or higher . Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 9 Series or higher /ATI HD 3000 Series or higher . Video Memory: 1 GB RAM or higher recommended Additional Requirements: . 3-button mouse . DirectX 9 and WMEncoder 9 are required for WMV exporting. . Internet connection required for online activation. . Stereo devices and player are required for viewing contents with stereo vision. Operating System . Windows 8 /7 /Windows Vista /Windows XP (With Service Pack 3 or later)/Mac OS X v10.7.5 or later . Support for 32-bit and 64-bit operating system. Suggest Macintosh computers: . Mac mini: 2.5GHz dual-core/2.3GHz quad-core (Early 2009 or later) . iMac: 21.5-inch/27-inch (Late 2009 or later) . MacBook Pro: 13-inch/15-inch (Mid 2009 or later) . MacBook Air: 13-inch . MacPro: Quad-Core/6-Core Notice ====== - If you want to export WMV files, you have to install WMEncoder9 first from the Microsoft site. - CrazyTalk Animator is ready for Windows 8, please make sure to update display driver for Windows 8 Additional Technical Support Information ======================================== If you need further information or have any questions regarding the installation or use of CrazyTalk Animator, please first visit the support section of our web site http://www.reallusion.com/support.asp Please reference your product serial number and system configuration when contacting us for technical support.