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Puppet Pin Rigging in After Effects

Create rigs and animation using the Puppet Pin Tool in After Effects!

Learn the Magic Behind the Puppet Pin Tool

In this beginner-friendly course will go through the process of rigging and animating a character using the Puppet Pin Tool in After Effects.

Animating with Pins

Throughout the course we will be importing a PSD file, grouping layers, applying pins, and creating a simple animation. 

Graduate to Bigger and Better Things

The Puppet Pin Tool is a great way to start learning animation in After Effects. Several animation plugins take advantage of it, giving you a leg up when it comes time to learn new tools.

Contents

Downloadable Source Files

Source files used to follow along with this course.
AE_Puppet_Pin_Rigging_Files.zip

Introduction

Learn what this course is all about!
What You Will Learn in this Course
Preview

Preparing Your Character

Learn how to import a PSD file and rig it up for movement using the Puppet Pin Tool
Designing Your Character
Assembling Your After Effects Comps
Exploring Puppet Pin Options
Precomposing Main Groups
Creating Multiple Meshes

Animating Your Character

At the end of this section you will understand the basics of animating characters with multiple meshes
Readying Your Layers
Animating the Jump
Animating the Landing
Animating the Wave

Polishing and Refining

In this section we will take the animation we laid down and spruce it up.
Polishing the Jump
Animating the Character in Scene
Further Animation Polishing
Adding Stiffness with the Starch Tool

Wrapping Up

This final section contains exporting tips and final thoughts.
Exporting Your Animation
Final Thoughts

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