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Character Animation: Simulating 3D Turns with Adobe After Effects

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About Character Animation: Simulating 3D Turns with Adobe After Effects

Intro

Project

Preparing the Files

First Steps

Head Rotation 1

Head Rotation 2

Animating the Arms

Animating the Legs

Final Project 1

Final Project 2

Looping the Animation

Rendering

Final Thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • Level up your character animations by creating fantastic 3D turns from 2D illustrations with Adobe After Effects..
  • Join Carminys Guzmán's class and learn how to create fantastic motion graphics, simulating character 3D turns with 2D animation, easily and without using any plugins..
  • What will you learn?.
  • We'll start by organizing the illustrations in Adobe Illustrator to work efficiently in After Effects..
  • Then, we will get in touch with the After Effects interface and see the main keyboard shortcuts for this course..
  • You will also learn how to prepare your character to animate it simply in After Effects..
  • Once this is done, the funniest part will begin, creating wonderful 360º turns of your characters!.
  • Finally, we will create the final project, where you will learn to integrate your character with an animated scenario..
  • Who is this class for?.
  • This course is ideal for animators, illustrators, graphic designers, creative artists, and, generally, anyone who wants to learn how to make awesome character-based loops fast and easily..
  • This is an intermediate-level course. So, if you have not used After Effects before, I recommend you take my beginner's course, "Animate your illustrations in record time using Adobe After Effects," first.
  • Requirements:.
  • To complete this course, you must have Adobe After Effects & Adobe Illustrator installed on your PC and, above all, a desire to learn..
  • If you want to learn how to create amazing illustrations for 2D Animation from scratch, I recommend you take my new course, "Illustration for Animation: Create Beautiful Designs & Animate Them.".