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After Effects CC 2021: Character Animation Essential Training

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Bring your characters to life with Adobe After Effects. Explore the essential tools and techniques for character animation in After Effects CC.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Before we start
  • After Effects for animation
  • Big picture concepts
  • Version of After Effects
1. Working with Layers and Shapes
  • What art assets can I use?
  • Prepare and import Photoshop files
  • Prepare and import Illustrator files
  • Shape layer intro
  • Shape layer vs. masks
  • Track mattes
  • Precomposing
  • Artwork tips and tricks
2. Rigging Character Controls
  • What is rigging?
  • Anchor points
  • Parenting character parts
  • The Puppet tool
  • Fine-tune the Puppet tool
  • Introduction to expressions
  • Set up a slider controller
  • Version master properties
  • Useful effects for rigging
3. Working with Animation
  • Principles of animation
  • Add and adjust keys
  • Use the graph editor: Speed
  • Use the graph editor: Value
  • Looping animation
  • Motion paths
  • Work with audio tracks
  • Switch art for lip sync
  • Animate with motion sketch
4. Creating Multiplane Environments
  • Use 3D layers for multiplane parallax
  • Add cameras
  • Create a mood with lights
  • Rendering
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Alan Demafiles

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