Join George Maestri for an in-depth discussion in this video Using the exercise files, part of Creating Animated Characters in After Effects.
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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Released
9/8/2011- 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
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 13s
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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 34s
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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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