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Limber Character Rigging to Secondary Animation in After Effects

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About Limber Character Rigging to Secondary Animation in After Effects

Welcome

Class Project

Install Limber

Limber 101

Prepare Illustration

Get Set Up

Build the Bike

Create Limber Leg

Animate Legs

Create Limber Arm

Animate Torso

Animate Hair

Animate Shirt

Animate Shadows

Animate Earrings

Animate Dog

Bonus: Loop a Composition

Wrap Up

What You Will Learn?

  • Learn how to efficiently rig a character created for a specific action and bring it to life with animation in Adobe After Effects. Plus, learn how to add secondary animation for a more realistic look..
  • Character animation can be a powerful storytelling tool to help viewers picture themselves in the character’s shoes and relate your message to their own life. Yet animating characters can be time-consuming, especially when you add in the time it can take to rig them..
  • In this class, I’ll show you my go-to tool for efficient, custom character rigs: Limber..
  • Limber is an After Effects add-on that allows you to quickly create flexible, shape-based limbs. It has all the necessary features like the ability to create custom limbs using your own artwork, auto-rotate hands, and seamlessly switch between animating in IK and FK (Not sure what that means? That's okay, it's explained in class!). Plus, it’s compact, not overly complicated, and easy to learn..
  • You’ll be able to follow along with the class with the free version of Limber, called Limber Lite, and by doing so you can decide if it’s a tool you want to invest in..
  • This class is for 2D animators who are comfortable in After Effects and, ideally, have a basic familiarity with character rigging and animation..
  • You should know:.
  • By the end of this class, you'll be able to:.
  • Learn how I animated the background in this bonus lesson:.
  • Want to learn more about character animation? Check out:.
  • You also might like my other classes:.
  • The links to Limber and Overlord I've provided are affiliate links. I get a small cut of the sale at no additional cost to you. I promise that even if I didn't make a penny by recommending these tools, I still would; I use them myself!.
  • Music Credit: Beach Buggy by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com.