Learn how to bring your characters to life with the character animation functionality in Adobe After Effects.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Design creative character animations in After Effects
- Set up anchor points
- Link body parts with parenting
- Group body parts with nested comps
- Set up Master Properties
- Use Controller layers
- Graph Editor and keyframe interpolation
- 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
- Use layers as adjusters
- Rig the Puppet tool
- Rig with Master Properties
- Overview of RubberHose
- Overview of Duik
- Automate lip sync
- Trigger animation with audio
- Next steps
Taught by
Angie Taylor
