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After Effects: Character Animation Techniques

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Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1 hour 6 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

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Overview

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Learn how to bring your characters to life with the character animation functionality in Adobe After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction

Design creative character animations in After Effects

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

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Angie Taylor

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4.6 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 138 ratings

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