Adobe releases Character Animator 23.6

Check out the new features in the real-time puppet animation tool, including the option to edit replays.

Friday, August 11th, 2023

Adobe releases Character Animator 22.5

Puppet animation tool gets new free-to-use Starter mode, available to anyone with an Adobe account.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

Adobe releases Character Animator 4.2

Puppet animation software gets workflow updates including auto-recovery of damaged project files.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

Adobe releases Character Animator 3.4

Puppet animation app's Speech-Aware Animation system creates head movements from audio files.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

Adobe releases Character Animator 3.3

See the new features in Adobe's tool for generating real-time puppet animation from video footage.

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

Adobe wins tech Emmy Award for Character Animator

Real-time 2D animation app wins Technology & Engineering award for innovations affecting television.

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Adobe unveils new Photoshop and Character Animator tools

See previews of a neat update to Content-Aware Fill and Character Animator's new keyframe system.

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

Adobe releases Character Animator CC 2.1

2D animation tool gets Character Trigger extension for Twitch streamers, workflow improvements.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

Adobe releases Character Animator CC 2.0

New update adds AI-driven tool for transferring the art style of any source image to your animation.

Monday, October 15th, 2018

Adobe releases Character Animator CC 1.5

2D character animation tool gets support for collidable particles, new tools for managing animation takes.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Adobe releases Character Animator CC

Videos: Commercial release of the 2D animation tool adds pose-to-pose option, new collision system.

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

Adobe releases Character Animator CC Beta 2

Intuitive puppet animation tool gets new walk cycle system, plus option to edit visemes in the timeline.

Thursday, April 20th, 2017

Q&A: Kratos character animator Bruno Velazquez

The man who brings God of War's antihero to life reveals his tips for better games combat animation.

Thursday, November 10th, 2011