Getting started with Adobe Character Animator has never been easier. The new Puppet Maker allows everyone to create their own custom characters with just a few clicks. The new Transcript-based Lip Sync produces more accurate lip sync. Try them both today.
With Puppet Maker you can create a unique puppet and start animating your own project in minutes. Select from a variety of character styles and then customize hair, skin tones, accessories, and more. Your unique puppet can then be animated. Fun, fast, diverse character creation for everyone. No need to be an expert Photoshop or Illustrator user to create a puppet. Get started now and learn rigging skills later. Choose from a variety of character styles, then use the simple interface to customize and see your character react to your movements and voice in real time. Puppet Maker comes with eleven built-in styles and you can easily add more. Puppet Maker styles are .maker files, and available from Adobe and third-party puppet sellers. Puppet Maker styles range from traditional characters to the abstract and beyond. These new styles were created by amazing animators: Motion Sickness, Jon & Emily Watts, Shmideo, Keith Negley, and Kevin McMahon. Today you can also find three additional new character styles on the Puppet Maker page. Check out Rampy and Jump Kid created by Konee Rok. These unique styles use Cycle Layers to add motion to the styles. Okay Samurai brings us Puppetbot, a flamethrowing robot. In addition to Puppet Maker, English-only Transcript-based Lip Sync is also available today. Thanks to Adobe Research and Adobe Sensei, it lets creators use transcripts to produce their character’s lip sync with more accurate results and mouth shapes. Character Animator analyzes the audio and, using the associated transcript text, produces more accurate lip sync. If you need to make corrections to the transcript, update the text in the Transcript text area, and then choose the Compute Lip Sync Take from Audio and Transcript command again. Consider using Speech to Text from Premiere Pro to generate captions (SRT) for the transcript or simply create your own transcript.

Since 1950, every year January 26 is celebrated as Republic Day in India. It was on this day in 1950 that the Indian Constitution came into existence. An interesting point to note here is that India got independence on August 15, 1947 from the British rule, which is celebrated as the Independence Day of India. However, it was on November 26, 1949 that Indian Constitution was first adopted. But the integration of this big nation and unifying the wide variety of cultural diversities was not done until January 26, 1950 i.e., when the Indian Constitution came into effect. Significance of Republic Day in India The constitution of India is a huge document which lays down procedures, powers, duties, fundamental rights and directive principles of Government of India & Indian citizens. The governing principle of the Indian Constitution is “of the people, for the people and by the people”, which signifies that the power is vested in the hands of the citizens of India. Republic Day marks the celebration of the empowerment of Indian citizens to select their own government. It is a national holiday which commemorates the process of establishment of the Indian Constitution. Celebrations on Republic Day in India The Republic Day Parade is the main attraction on this day. People in Delhi attend the parade at Rajpath. Beating the cold weather, Delhites gather in huge numbers and witness the beautiful spectacle. The president of India hosts the National Flag and honors the brave citizens of India by presenting bravery awards - Paramvir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Children's National Bravery Award. The Prime Minister of India pays homage to the brave souls who lost their lives in wars. He lays a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate in Delhi to show respect to the martyred soldiers. The Republic Day Parade is led by the three divisions of the Indian Armed Forces – Navy, Air Force and the Indian Army. Besides this, there are several cultural tableau, rally of marching soldiers, military bands, aircraft shows and display of spectacular skill and daring on military vehicles. The schools in India have a holiday on this day, but students come to school and celebrate this national day by hoisting the National Flag, performing dances, skits and having sweets. The Republic Day Parade is one of the most spectacular parades in the world. People from many parts of the world especially visit India during this time to witness the grandeur of the celebrations of the Republic Day in Delhi.

On 19 January 2021, Ministry of Culture, (Special Cell) notified that the Government of India has decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose beginning from 23rd January 2021 in a befitting manner at national and international level. This is great news for the Indians and thanks to the Government of India as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s contribution in the independence movement was colossal, albeit somehow so many years of our independence Netaji’s sacrifice was not highlighted as it should be. And in this regard, a simple line will clarify the picture, Mr Clement Richard Attlee, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955 agreed Netaji was the toughest challenge the British Empire faced. He also stated that because of the military activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra the erosion of loyalty to the British crown among the Indian Army and Navy personnel scaled up massively. Netaji was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa/Odisha. From childhood, he was a patriot and with heart and soul was Indian and he never tolerated any foreigner talking against Indians. In this context, an event may be cited. He thrashed a British Professor E.F. Otten in the Presidency College of Calcutta in 1916 for Prof Otten’s racist remark against Indians and for this, Netaji had to suffer also, however with the intervention of Indian scholars and other stalwarts the matter was settled. He was a brilliant student also. His brilliancy may be assumed when he went to England in 1919 to compete Indian Civil Service as desired by his parents and subsequently in 1920, he came out fourth in order of merit with the highest mark in English but he was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre and left his Civil Service probation in midway and returned India. After returning, Subhas Chandra joined Indian National Congress subsequently, he started working under Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, whom he always respected as a political mentor. In those days Netaji and other youth leaders were in favour of complete freedom but other leaders were in favour of “dominion status for India within the British rule” and this difference sharply cropped up in 1928 Gauhati (now Guwahati) Session of the Congress. While Subhas Chandra Bose was Congress president many admired him for his energetic role and that is why he was elected President of Indian National Congress for two consecutive terms but had to resign in the mid of second term due to ideological difference with Gandhiji as Mahatma Gandhi’s preferred Pattabhi Sitaramaiah, but he was defeated. It is believed that albeit Pattabhi Sitaramaiah was a Telugu person hailing from the southern part of India but many persons of the southern region of India voted in favour of Netaji Subhas. Anyhow, while Netaji was Congress President he carried out many remarkable works – one was his initiative to keep Assam with India as then Muslim League leaders’ had a different game plan. In 1938, Assam was passing through a great political turmoil as there was a serious political problem – Muslim League vs. Congress. During that time, Gopinath Bordoloi invited Netaji (President of Congress that time) to come to Assam and intervene. Subhas Chandra immediately rushed to Assam and strongly advocated the formation of the ministry under the leadership of Gopinath Bordoloi. As a sequel, Assamese youths were happy and a booklet on Subhas Chandra was published by some enthusiastic students of Cotton College in 1939, under the umbrella of All Assam Progressive Youth Association (AAPYA, formed that time). While Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was Head of Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj, Dr. (Mrs.) Lakshmi Swaminathan met him in Singapore and decided to join in the freedom movement as she was impressed with the charismatic speech of Netaji Subhas. She as Captain Lakshmi headed a regiment called Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai Regiment. It was the first regiment headed by a lady in Asia with around 1000 women personnel. Also, it is pertinent to mention that around 60,000 persons consisting of all religions were in Azad Hind Fauj and brigades were in the name of great personalities: Gandhi brigade, Nehru brigade, Azad brigade, Subhas brigade, Rani of Jhansi regiment. No Indian can forget Netaji’s great statement, ‘You give me your blood and I will give you Independence!’