Export Transparent Video (.mov format)
In ver. 4.5, CTA users who use Window OS are now able to export transparent video (with alpha channel) in .mov format. This helps users send their animations to other video editing software without a complicated green-keying process for further compositing or editing.

 

Usability Improvement:

1. Isolate selection:
A new feature icon is added in Cartoon Animator. The "Isolate selection" is a button that quickly shows selected layers and hides unselected layers. In the past, you needed to repeatedly click on "show/hide" to check the layers, making it troublesome when you had many layers. The button helps you display multiple selected layers in one-click, to facilitate the editing process. Moreover, it helps you conveniently export in groups.

2. Render Setting UI Optimization:
A new render setting UI is optimized for better usability.

3. Per sec settings:
Users can now set projects by per second rather than per frame.

4. Set as default project:
a) Users can now determine a specific project as a default project, so when users launch Cartoon Animator the default project and its setting will automatically open in the working area.
b) To set the specific project as a default project you can go to the Content Manager, right-click on the project and click on "Set Default Project". If you wish to initialize default project settings, then you can go to the preference interface to click on the "Restore" button.

Improvement of Export to After Effects
In version 4.5, Reallusion enhances the functionality of Export to After Effects, including:

1. Enablement to export:
- Audio clip by object(.wav)
- Camera settings
- Project sounds
- Background image
- Transparent Video (.mov)

2. Add hierarchical structures to classify objects in projects (same structure as the Scene Manager). With categorized objects, users can choose specific category(s) to export, instead of exporting entire scenes.

3. Rearrange export file folder structure:
a) users will have a folder and a .json file named after the project name.
b) In the folder, CTA automatically classifies into 4 folders by file format: Audio / Video / Sequence image / Single Image

4. Users are able to add extra object(s) from CTA to AE without overwriting a current AE project. For more details and instructions, please refer HERE.

Refinement of Default Mouth for Auto-lipsync
In vCTA 4.5, Reallusion refines default mouth shapes for the embedded characters, with smoother and better auto-lipync performance. For users who have their own characters and want to create their own mouths, Reallusion updates the guidelines to follow. For details, please refer HERE.

Fixed
- Possible program crash when applying G3 Human Motions to characters loaded from PSD files.
- No response when using Launch to External Image Editor.
- Possible program crash when switching from the Composer Mode to Stage Mode.
- Possible program crash when applying Hybrid Heads to actors.
- When character was imported from the Content Manager, the body layer changed.
- When reloading project, body layer changed.
- Some characters failed to import to the program.
- Possible program crash when applying motions to Spine actors with Talking Heads attached to the spine bone.
- Incorrect fitting results after converting image to Morph Heads in the Composer Mode.
- Failed to launch characters to the PSD editor when the naming of the file contained a reserved name.
- Failed to open file from Krita/Affinity if the naming of the file containd a reserved name.