After Effects CC Puppet Pin Tool
Pluralsight
Course Summary
The Puppet Pin Tool in After Effects CC allows for the creation of bone-like structures for full-body character animation. This course shows you how to open up a whole new world of possibilities using the Puppet Pin Tool's features in countless ways. Software Required: After Effects CC.
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Course Description
The Puppet Pin Tool allows you to create bone-like structures for characters and change the shape of compositions, images, and footage. By placing a series of Deform points, your asset becomes a piece of clay, allowing you to create animated effects otherwise impossible inside of After Effects CC. Along with the Puppet Pin Tool, you will learn how to overlap points with the Puppet Overlap Tool and stiffen areas with the Puppet Starch Tool. All three of these tools work hand in hand to give you complete control over your rig. When you're finished with this course, you will know how to use the Puppet Pin Tool to enhance a frame-by-frame cycle, animate a close up of a face, and animate a full-body character. Software Required: After Effects CC.
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview- 1m 25s
—Course Overview 1m 25sEnhancing a Frame-by-Frame Animation- 43m 50s
—What Is the Puppet Pin Tool? 1m 55s
—Setting up a Looping Animation 9m 52s
—Squishing the Down Poses 8m 53s
—Stretching the up Poses 5m 55s
—Enhancing Remaining Poses 9m 39s
—Polishing and Refining Deform Points 5m 38s
—Summary of Deform Points 1m 56sCorrections and Distortions- 34m 3sMolding and Animating- 58m 40sInterpolating Body Animation- 1h 0mCleaning up Body Animation- 41m 4s
