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Discussion on George - Character Animation DIY Kit

Discussion on George - Character Animation DIY Kit

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Hello

You are working on the project 24 FPS

Could I change it to 30 FPS

It’s not any problems or not !!!!

Hi there,
You can just create your main composition in 30fps and start using the animations. You shouldn’t have any problems.

Another way is to work in 24 fps for your entire project. When you’re finished you should render it and import back the rendered footage. Select it and press Ctrl+Alt+G (interpret footage) and set the frame rate to 30fps. Now you can add it to e new composition that is 30 fps and render it.
Hope this helps!

thank you

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I’ve this issue: I’d like to make an animation using 2/3/4 different “George” in the same video by changing their appearance, but any time I change colors to “George1” also “George2” and “George3” get the same clothes. Can please someone tell how can I solve this “identity problem”? Thanks In advance, I’ll much appreciated it.

I got It! Sorry, I didn’t see point V on the .pdf. Anyway I still have some issue with the accessories, I can’t change them even if I renamed all the single george

Please contact me via my profile page (the form on the right) and I’ll try to help.

Hi, we would like to use George in our next imagefilm project, but we are a little bit worried about the additional license clause it says that you might not be the owner of the rights. (Sorry I am German, maybe I understood it wrong) Would you please tell me in simple words if we can use George in our Imagefilm Project without any rights constrains? Many thanks for a fast answer as we are in the middle of the production.

Hi,
In general “This item may not be property released” means that in the video there might be objects or trademarks that exist in the real world.
If there is a tie in the video (a real world object designed for example by a cloth designer), by buying the template you would not get intellectual property rights in the real tie (sold in the stores).
You will notice that almost all App Promo videos have the same message in the description, probably because there are phones in the videos (a real world object).
I think the idea is to notify the buyers, that if you buy a video with a Coca Cola bottle you can’t use the license to start manufacturing these bottles without Coca Cola’s permission.

This is of course my interpretation. If you like you can contact Envato Support as they are the experts on that matter.

I bought the template but i can not find the mouth poses for the lip syncing. Could you please advise. Thanks

Hi,
you’ll find them in the Project panel under _ANIMATIONS/Lip_Sync/Lips.
You can have a look at the Lip-Sync_DEMO to see how to use them.

Hey I didn’t receive the SEPTEMBER UPDATE…...Plzzz I really need that Lipsync Talking animation….Plzz send those update Materials VIA EMAIL

To be able to get the update you need to buy the project first.

This is some great work! Any plans to release a male character who has a chin and more defined face, instead of just a fat neck, like Anna?

Thanks! This is a nice idea. I’ll have it in mind.
At first with Anna I tried to keep the same style as George and Bobby (no nose, no neck, egg shaped body etc.), but for a girl it didn’t look appealing at all :) So I went for a bit more standard look.

I do not even know how to open this, Can you give some detail for the first step and then the rest?

Yes, this is the archive. You need to extract everything that’s inside it in a folder first (press “Extract To”).
Then you open George_DIY_Kit.aep with After Effects.

Dont understand…Can you do a video on how to and send it to me?

What I see on the screenshot is that you’ve opened the zip archive with WinRAR. Now you need to take all the files out of the archive before trying to open the project with After Effects. (After Effects needs to access all the files and it can’t do it directly from the zip.)
You can search on youtube.com for example “winrar extract archive”. There are plenty of tutorials actually for every step.

this is awsome flasheasy…exactly what i was looking for to make my promotional startup video, just wondering if i can make two videos for my two different kind of customers to promote my startup with a regular license?

Thank you! :)
About licenses it’s best to contact Envato support as they are the experts on the matter.
Here are the licenses in detail and License FAQ.

Hi Flasheasy.. I have recently purchase your video named “George – Character Animation DIY Kit” but unable to download the same. The download gets interrupted in between. Could you please help me. I am santosh katekari, Invoice: IVIP13078801, Orderid 42982292 dated 5 Oct 2016

Hi there, thanks for choosing my project! The download has to go through the Envato system and we are not allowed to provide external links.
Please try to contact Envato support here and explain the issue. I’m sure they’ll find a solution.

Hi,

I want to put logo on his T-Shirt, BUT only from second half of animation. In firts half I don’t want logo. How can I do that? Same problem: I want to change his appearance just in some of compositions.

Hi there,
Have a look at “V. Using multiple characters” in the PDF documentation. This way you can use many variations of George in the same project.
Another way doing this is to work in separated project files, render the animation and combine them in your main project.

Thank you

Well done . . . Great update!

Thank you :)

I bought this project and was wondering if you have any additional documentation/tutorial on how to use the project?

Hi,
did you check the Video_Tutorials folder?
If there is something specific you are struggling with you can contact me via my profile page and I’ll try to help.

I upgraded to the newest Premiere pro software all I get is color bars when I import the George DYI software, I have missing dependencies. Any suggestions

Hi,
you have to open the project with Adobe After Effects.
After you extract the zip archive make sure the project file and the “Sources” folder are always in the same directory (don’t move them).

I understand that it is an AE app. I still don’t understand why it won’t load properly. It worked fine before the update. It still says “missing 75 dependencies.”

It seems like it cant find the source files.
You can try to click twice on one of the missing files in the project panel and find the directory where it is. After you select the file (one file from the sequence) it should automatically fix the all the rest.

Great work..! smooth animations. Keep it up. good luck with sales..

Thank you :)

Just wondering if there is a way to get George to stop smiling at the end of each scene. It seems his facial expression always reverts back to a smile even after a frown, or confused expression. Can you offer any advice how to adjust this?

Hello,
Unfortunately there isn’t a way to control his facial expressions separately.
The animations start and end in the same pose (where he is smiling) so they can be combined with each other.
Sadly, it’s a fundamental part of how the project works and I haven’t find a way how to implement such feature yet.

Hi, Great character pack, thanks for the hard work! Are you planning on creating (or already have) a female version of George?

Thank you!
Yes, there will be a female version. It’s not ready yet though :)

The female version is ready! You can see it here:
Anna – Character Animation DIY Kit

That looks fantastic! Loved working with George, so I’ll certainly be purchasing that when our next project rolls around :D

Looks like I can customize it to look like am using two different characters at the same time? May I take a look at the customization video before purchasing? I want to buy before the end of the week. Thanks!

Hi there,
Yes, you can use two George characters in the same scene with different colors and accessories. For example one with blue shirt and police hat and another one with glasses, red shirt and green pants :)
About the video you can contact me via my profile page.

Hi , wanted to know if we can change the character, to our own mascot.

Hi there,
you won’t be able to change it, I’m afraid. It’s is a substantial part of the project.

Just purchased George DYI. Not sure how to link the comps so that I can create a complete scene. For example walk in, wave, cross his arms and walk off. I,m missing something.

I’m sorry for my delayed reply.
You can watch the video “Combining_Animations_Screencast” in the “Video_Tutorials” folder. You’ll see how to combine a few animations together and how to create a walk animation.

I would love to get some additional animation for this character, similar to some of the extra one you add to santa claus…

like walking towards us, and coming on screen in walking, talking also would be very useful.

These are very nice ideas, I’ll have them in mind!
Talking is on my list, but I haven’t thought of walking (front view).
Thank you!

I’ve just updated the project and now there are two talk loops (short and long), walking towards us animation and lip-sync mouth poses. ;)

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