Character Animation Bootcamp – Morgan Williams

Learn & practice character animation essentials with pre-rigged After Effects characters.

If you’ve ever tried to animate a character in After Effects, you know how difficult it can be. In this course, you’ll learn key character animation techniques in After Effects. From simple movements to complex scenes, you’ll be confident in your character animation skills by the end of this course.

What You’ll Learn In Character Animation Bootcamp

• What’s in a Pose?
  Meet your classmates, get comfy with the course format, then dive right in with a lesson on using rigged characters. Be prepared for an Evaluation exercise designed to let us see where you are starting from.
• Jumping right in
  Learn to create strong silhouettes and poses, which are the foundation of good character animation. Then practice setting the key poses for a jump.
• Of Weight and Walk Cycles
  Learn the art of “tweening,” using the graph editor to nail the feel of your jump. Then use what you’ve learned to set up a walk cycle.
• Time to Throw Down
  Polish and tween your walk cycle, potentially turning it into a run. Then, learn how to manage weight shifts by creating a throw animation.
• Momentum and Reference
  Complete the tweening phase of the throw animation, and learn how reference can give you the power to animate any movement you can think of.
• Breaking Down a Scene
  Practice putting all of your skills to the test by animating an entire scene with a character. This is a great opportunity to start stringing all of the various movements you’ve learned together into a complete performance.
• The Devil’s in the Details
  Practice putting all of your skills to the test by animating an entire scene with a character. This is a great opportunity to start stringing all of the various movements you’ve learned together into a complete performance.
• Let’s See what You’ve Learned
  Put the final touches on your scene, and unlock the final project which will test all of your new skills in a realistic trailer scenario.

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