CrazyTalk Animator 2 for Mac – A whole new 3D experience in 2D animation

Reallusion Launches CrazyTalk Animator 2 for Mac – A whole new 3D experience in 2D animation. After winning the Best of Show at Macworld/iWorld 2013 with CrazyTalk7’s talking heads, Reallusion now extends its technology to a fully featured story-telling tool; complete with full-body multi-dimensional avatars, props and scenes.

Reallusion announces a new era in 2D animation inviting anyone that ever dreamed of animating to wake-up their imagination inside CrazyTalk Animator 2. CrazyTalk Animator 2 is a revolutionary animation suite with all the necessary tools to easily create pro-level animation.

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 2 also offers creative and fun visual render styles that can turn cartoons into comic style art. 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, educators, web marketing companies and training video departments.

CrazyTalk Animator 2 Allows You to Apply 3D Motions to 2D Characters
3D motion for 2D animation in CrazyTalk Animator 2 is a major milestone for our animation technology and will provide animators and storytellers of all skill levels with tools to visually compete with big budget studios. Along with the multi-angled 2D character capabilities in CrazyTalk Animator 2 we have added the ability to import 3D motion data with the CrazyTalk Animator Pipeline. Now 2D animation is reimagined with the new developments in CrazyTalk Animator 2 making your characters easier to animate and achieve pro level animation results in 2D without the need to pose every individual keyframe. 2D artists and professionals will enjoy the ability to rig their own 2D work with our universal character rig template and then take advantage of our 360 degree motion tools, motion library and motion capture features.

CrazyTalk Animator 2 updates with a more flexible dockable user interface that lets each user decide what panels and tools to display on-screen to match the current work at hand. Now designing the workspace for your animation creativity is completely customisable. CrazyTalk Animator 2 provides two main modes for creation in the interface; character composition where you can create and edit characters or sprites and our scene editor where you can control the cameras, animation and props. Building scenes and animating with the CrazyTalk Animator 2 camera system gives new and experienced users the best of both worlds with 2D and 3D views making scene building a snap along with the drag and drop features to add any character, prop or media element like videos or images.

CrazyTalk Animator 2 Highlights:

• Multi-dimensional Character System.
• Mix and Match to Characterize into Unique Personalities.
• Instantly Stylize Projects for Different Scenarios.
• Universal Multi-dimensional Animation.
• Employ 3D Motion Editing for 2D Characters.
• Enrich CrazyTalk Animator Characters with Enhanced Depth Look.
• New Dockable User Interface.
• Import Unlimited Animations from External 3D Sources.
• Easily Create Multi-dimensional Characters from Template.

Pricing and Availability:
CrazyTalk Animator 2 is available in 3 different versions for Mac and Windows PC to fit any creator’s budget. Download versions of CrazyTalk Animator 2 are available from the Reallusion Online Store at
http://www.reallusion.com/store/purchase_cta.aspx
CrazyTalk Animator 2 Pipeline: £229.99
CrazyTalk Animator 2 PRO: £129.99
CrazyTalk Animator 2 Standard: £37.99