Intro to 2D Character Animation in Adobe After Effects
Easy Face Animation with no Plugins
Intro to 2D Character Animation in Adobe After Effects free download
Easy Face Animation with no Plugins
My main purpose for creating this class is to show students that you can create character animations without using any rigging tools such as Duik, Rubberhose, or Joysticks ‘n Sliders. No plugins are required for this class. We will be animating using rotation, position, and scale properties. I believe this class is a great starting point. Then I suggest moving on to more complex character animation tools.
Character animation is one of the more complex things you will have to do as a motion designer. For this reason, I recommend this class for intermediate students. For absolute beginners, I suggest taking one of my beginner classes such as "Basics of Motion Design - Start Animating in Adobe After Effects".
In this class you'll learn how to:
Animate a face & body
Import character artwork and parent layers
Animate a character using simple rotation, position, and scale properties
Others extras such as creating a boil effect(hand drawn look) and some text animations
How to export your animation to share in the project gallery
You’ll be creating:
A character animation using the techniques taught in this class
You can complete the class project by following these steps:
Download the artwork on the project & resources page
Follow along with my lessons
Then take what you've learned and apply it to your own character
Download the completed project file on the projects & resources page, it might help if you get stuck on a lesson
What You Need:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Media Encoder to export
To share your class project follow these steps:
Export your animation in mp4 format
Upload your video to a video-sharing platform such as YouTube or Vimeo
I suggest setting your video to "Unlisted" if you do not want it shared publicly
On the projects & resources page find the submit project button
Share the link to your video
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