The Puppet tool

- [Instructor] After Effects offers animators the ability … to manipulate characters through its Puppet tools. … Much like controlling a marionette with strings, … the Puppet tool lets users define pins … that can move, hold, and rotate … The end effect is controlled warping of a layer … that is a very powerful tool in the animator's tool set. … I've got two characters here in my scene … that's depicting a robbery in progress. … You can see that we've got this thief … trying to steal the ideas from another guy, … and if we preview this, … what you're looking at are the Puppet tools in action. … I've got two layers here, … each with a Puppet effect applied to it … and a handful of keyframes. … Stop this and dive into one of the characters. … You can see that this guy is created with just one layer. … Now, I didn't break this character out … into multiple components since I can rely … on the Puppet tools to move some parts for me. … So, how do we use them? … Let's come over here to Puppet Tool Start, …