Animated Freelancers Guide
Adobe’s Character Animator software was used to create this 14 minute animated guide to becoming a freelance practitioner in the creative industries. The video is based upon Chapter 2 of the Freelancers Handbook: A Survive and Thrive Guide For Beginners in Creative Industries by Peter Simcoe. This book is available on the Amazon bookstore website. Topics include defining what a freelancer is, myths and truths about the lifestyle plus an insight into how situation and personality can influence the suitability of freelance life for an individual. The last section at 8:43 contains a series of questions to further assist you in your decision making. Different sections of the video include:
00:00 Introduction 0:16 What is a freelancer? 1:58 Myths and Truths 6:32 Personality and Situation 8:43 Questions 13:24 Freelancers Handbook
Character Animator
Using Character Animator to create an explainer video, guide or overview is a great way to save money on the typically expensive video production costs. Once a puppet design has been created and some basic controls mastered, it is reasonably straight forward to create a series of animated sequences. The most time consuming aspect of Character Animator is refinement of the fine detail. Below are a few screenshots from the video sequence which included video backgrounds in addition to the text summaries:
