After Effects: Character Animation Techniques

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About this Course

Learn how to bring your characters to life with the character animation functionality in Adobe After Effects.
Expert shares tips and tricks for animating within this powerful motion graphics and compositing application. Learn how to set up anchor points, link the different parts of your characters together in a parental hierarchy, and create a simple character rigging system.

Get tips for using the Puppet tool, including how to create a sense of depth in your animations and fix glitches with Starch pins.

Plus, discover how to link master properties to your Puppet tool rig; leverage RubberHose, a rigging script for After Effects; and easily automate a lip-sync animation.

 

Topics include:

  • Setting up anchor points
  • Linking layers together in a parental hierarchy
  • Creating rigs with master properties
  • Motion capture with the Puppet tool
  • Improving your Puppet animations
  • Using a temporary layer to adjust values
  • Rigging the Puppet tool
  • Working with RubberHose
  • Triggering animation with audio

 

Contents

 

1. Traditional Layered Setup
Set up anchor points

Link body parts with parenting

Group body parts with nested comps

 

2. Rigging and Structures
Set up Master Properties

Use Controller layers

Graph Editor and keyframe interpolation

 

3. Puppet Tool
Motion capture with the Puppet tool

Use bend pins and advanced pins

Fix issues with Starch pins

Create depth with Overlap pins

Tweak Puppet tool animations

 

4. Advanced Rigging
Use layers as adjusters

Rig the Puppet tool

Rig with Master Properties

 

5. Rigging Scripts
Overview of RubberHose

Overview of Duik

 

6. Audio Tricks
Automate lip sync

Trigger animation with audio

1. Language: English. 

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