Designing Characters for Microsoft Agent

[Microsoft Agent is deprecated as of Windows 7, and may be unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows.]

This document provides information that can help you design and develop a character for use with Microsoft Agent. It includes conceptual and technical information on character, image, and animation design; the size, use of color, and types of images you need to create; suggested animations; speaking animations; and agent states. Effective animation principles are also described for your use in creating visually convincing animated characters.

The following sections describe how to design characters for Microsoft Agent:

• Characters
• Animations
• Agent States
• Animation Principles

Related topics

Using the Microsoft Agent Character Editor