From the course: Using Character Animator in Production

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Floating characters and props

Floating characters and props - Character Animator Tutorial

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Floating characters and props

- Character Animator allows props and characters to float. Gravity doesn't only have to pull down. (upbeat music) So Character Animator has a free puppet called floating balloons, like you see here. This is one of the puppets that you can download. Just go to Start, and then click on See More, and you'll find along with the other puppets these draggable balloons. This group of balloons is already pre rigged with all the physics that get them to float. Let's take a look at how the overall build and the rigging are done. So, all three balloons are set up in one group called balloons. This was created in Photoshop, Within the balloons group there are three different balloons: The yellow, the red, and the blue. These are exactly as I downloaded them, except, in the yellow, I added one of my characters faces inside the balloon, 'cause I thought it was funny, makes it a little bit different. If you open these up, there are a whole bunch of different layers, all there really are, are the…

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