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If you are a lynda.com Premium subscriber, I want you to go ahead and download…the exercise files from the Web site, then go ahead and place that Exercise File…folder on to your Desktop.…Now if I double-click on this, you will see that I have got a number of chapters,…and each chapter has the exercise files for that particular chapter.…So once you have that on your Desktop, let's go ahead and move on to the…actual course.…
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Author
George Maestri
Released
9/8/2011
Learn to create and animate highly controllable characters using After Effects. In this course, author George Maestri covers every step on the way, from designing the characters in Photoshop or Illustrator, or drawing them straight from After Effects; assembling characters with hierarchies; making realistic deformations with the Puppet tool; automating rigs with expressions; creating realistic head turns; and showing advanced techniques such as using null objects as bones. Finally, the course shows how to perform a basic animation with the character and ensure the rig works correctly.
Topics include:
- Importing Illustrator or Photoshop files into After Effects
- Animating shapes
- Organizing scenes with null layers
- Working with the Puppet tool
- Creating replacement animation using time remapping
- Automating head turns
- Creating a master control node with Expression Controls effects
- Setting up a scene for animation
- Animating dialogue
Skill Level Intermediate
3h 53m
Duration
416,418
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 17s
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1. Designing Characters
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Designing joints3m 40s
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Drawing mouths2m 12s
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Drawing hands and eyelids2m 48s
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2. Drawing Characters in After Effects
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Drawing in After Effects3m 57s
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Animating shapes1m 35s
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3. Assembling Characters Using Hierarchies
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Assembling the upper body4m 47s
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4. Working with the Puppet Tool
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Controlling mesh density2m 15s
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Creating overlap pins4m 43s
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Creating starch pins3m 1s
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5. Replacement Animation
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Mouth replacement6m 6s
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Creating blinks6m 14s
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6. Automating Head Turns
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7. Automating Character Rigs with Expressions
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Working with absolute values6m 12s
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8. Advanced Puppet Tool Rigging
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9. Animating a Scene
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Animating dialogue5m 39s
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Animating blinks5m 50s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye18s
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