Available for Windows 64-bit
File size: 1 MB (Hub), 546 MB (Cartoon Animator)
The Reallusion Hub installer, will first set up to ensure the successful installation of Cartoon Animator
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System
- Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7 (SP1)
- Support for 64-bit operating system only
*Note: Windows 7 sp1 + Platform Update (KB3063858) - Know More
Recommended Requirements
- Intel 7th Gen Core i5 Processors or higher
- 8GB RAM or higher
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 /Radeon HD 4890 or higher
- Video Memory: 2GB RAM or higher
- SSD, 10 GB free hard disk space for installation
- Display Resolution: 1920x1080 or higher
Minimum Requirements
- Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 Processors
- 2GB RAM
- Nvidia GeForce GT 530 / Radeon HD 6670 or higher
- Video Memory: 1GB RAM
- HDD, 10 GB free hard disk space for installation
- Display Resolution: 1440x900 or higher
EDITION COMPARISON
| KEY FEATURES | TRIAL | FULL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free for 30 Days | USD$ 149 | ||
| Program | |||
| Motion Pilot(Puppet Animation) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Motion Path Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Spring Dynamics | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Free Form Deformation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Body & Facial Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2D Talking Heads | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Sequence Image & GIF Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 360 Head Creator | ✔ | ✔ | |
| IK/FK Character Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Prop Animation & Special Effect | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3D Motion to 2D Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Vector Pipeline (SVG roundtrip) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| PSD Pipeline | ✔ | ✔ | |
| After Effects Script for CTA | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Motion Capture Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Plug-in | iClone Motion Link (Paid) | Support | Support |
| Others | 1700+ Embedded Content | ✔ | ✔ |
| Usage Time Limitation | 30 days | - | |
| Save Project | 5 times | ✔ | |
| Watermark | ✔ | - | |
| Commercial Use | - | ✔ (EULA) |
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Cartoon Animator 5 vs. Cartoon Animator 4
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| Features *New functions in Cartoon Animator 5 are marked in bold. |
CTA 5 | CTA 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | Custom Characters from G3 Human, Animal, Spine, and Wings Templates | ✔ | ✔ |
| Free Bone-rig G3 Characters from Images | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create G3 and Multi-angle G2 Characters by Replacing Sprites | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create G3 Characters Directly from PSD Format | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create G3 Characters Directly from SVG Format | ✔ | ||
| Smooth 360 Head Turn for G3 360 Characters | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Character Proportion Modification | ✔ | ✔ | |
| PSD character/prop creation flow for Pipeline version | ✔ | ✔ | |
| SVG character/prop creation flow | ✔ | ||
| Character/Prop can be launched to external PSD Edtiors for further modification * This feature is exclusively for PSD (image) Character/Prop. Please check FAQ for more details. |
✔ | ✔ | |
| Export Scene with editable and grouped layers in PSD formats | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Enabled assembling functions to create customized accessories | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Animated Accessory Systems | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Spring Editor- assign bones to Spring Groups for multiple spring behaviors | ✔ | ||
| New spring assets for hair, cloth and accessories | ✔ | ||
| Custom templates for Free Bone characters replaced | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Animation | G3 Motion libraries for Human, Animal, Spine and Wings Characters | ✔ | ✔ |
| Enhanced Sprite-basd Face System for Smooth Expressions | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Audio Lip-sync for both Sprite-based and Morph-based Characters | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2D Facial & Body Puppeteering | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Advanced Adjustments for Face Puppet & Face Key Editor | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2D Motion Key Editing | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Advanced 2D Motion Editing for Sub Tracks | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3D Motion Key Editor for G2 Characters | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Import 3D Motions for 2D Animations | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The new Object-Based FFD Editor | ✔ | ||
| FFD Presets and Templates | ✔ | ||
| Realtime Spring Animation | ✔ | ||
| Spring Presets and Templates | ✔ | ||
| Spring Group Editor | ✔ | ||
| Elastic Motion | Apply Elastic Motion and FFD Effects from Library - Entry, Emphasis (Loops), Exit | ✔ | ✔ |
| Elastic Motion Editor - Parametric Control over Elastic Effects | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Set Up Motion, Loop Duration, Pivot, and Alignment of Elastic Motion | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create Animated Props with Elastic Motion Effects | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Modify and Save Custom Elastic Motion from current Elastic Motion Effects | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Custom Design Elastic Motion Effects using Key Frame Animation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Timeline | Basic Timeline Editing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced Timeline Editing (Time Warp, Transition Curve, Clip Loop, Speed Control, Copy & Paste) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Full Timeline Sub-track Controls (Detailed Tracks for Individual Body Segments) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2D Timeline Animation Editing - Sprite Switch, 2D Motion Key, Layer Order, Deformation, Opacity | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3D Timeline Animation Editing - 3D Motion Layer, Angle Key | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Collect Clip - Save Selected Clip Range from Timeline, and Add to Action Menu | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Adding FFD Track for object | ✔ | ||
| Spring track | ✔ | ||
| Sample key | ✔ | ||
| Import & Export | Import Image (JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Import SVG format | ✔ | ||
| Import Video (AVI, WMV, popVideo3*) - PC only | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Import Video (MOV, MP4) *Install K-Lite BASIC to cover most formats, as it supports full DirectShow Codec for Windows media playback. |
✔ | ✔ | |
| Import Audio (MP3, WAV) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Import Chromakey Video (popVideo3*) - PC only | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Import 3D Motions to Cartoon Animator directly. (.rlMotion) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Export Image Sequence (JPG, BMP, PNG, TGA) up to 4K resolution | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Export Video (WMV, AVI, MP4, popVideo3*) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Export Transparent Video: popVideo3 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Full Screen HD Video Output (1920x1080) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3D Stereo Output | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Capture Selected Items to Clipboard (PNG, AniGIF for Presentations and Web Pages) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Content Compatibility | G1 Single-angle Character (0°, 315°, .ctactor) | ✔ | ✔ |
| G1 2D Motion (0°, 315°; .ctmotion) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| G2 Multi-angle Character (10 angles, .ctactor) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| G2 2D Motion (Choose from any of the 10 Angles; .ctmotion) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| G2 3D Motion (.ct3dmotion) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| G3 Bone-rig Character (0°, 315°, .ctFBactor & ctTBactor) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| G3 2D Motion for Human, Animal, Spine, Wings (.ctBmotion) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| New Color Adjustment | Vector Color Group Tool | ✔ | |
| Direct changing color or adjusting the relative color | ✔ | ||
| New Content Manager | Direct Download Free Resource & Paid Assets | ✔ | |
| Well-structured Categories and different Views (Pack View, Item View, Custom Library) | ✔ | ||
| Intuitive Folder View and Searching & Tagging for finding your content | ✔ | ||
| Content Update Notification | ✔ | ||
| Multiple Drives Access and Synchronize with Windows Folders | ✔ | ||
| Shared folder between iClone and Character Creator | ✔ | ||
| Animated Thumbnail | ✔ | ||
| Other | Project Auto Recover when program exit unexpectedly | ✔ | |