Animate Characters EASILY (No Plugins) | After Effects Tutorial

#characteranimation #aftereffects

In this tutorial we're inside after effects looking at how to quickly and easily build character limbs and animate them using null objects along a path. No plugins, you don't need rubberhose or anything other than Vanilla After Effects.
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[chrishenson]

Thank you for the following:
1. Being exactly what I needed.
2. Keeping the video short and informative.
3. Explaining what you're doing clearly and concisely.
4. Giving the video a short and accurate title.

IDEA: You should do a How-To video on "How to Make a How-To Video."

[youcraigtube]

This is exactly what I needed to make my life a lot easier. I would love to see the rest of the setup and the actual animation curves or if you used any expressions.

[rainytoast]

i was looking for a quick solution for very simple animations and this is exactly what i needed right now!! thanks a lot! :D

[tychot]

AMAZING!!! THAT'S THE TUTORIAL I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR LONG TIME!!!!

[vegasroyal]

Nice tut, good job! Keep them coming, I'll be watching.

[nitinanumandla]

just too good. and simple
thank u for this. helped me alot

[dweebisonline]

Dude, this is exactly what I needed. You're the best, man!!

[blosslyn]

Awesome! been keeping track on these lessons since the beginning, great work Sir. :D

[joelewis]

Great video, clear, concise and most of all helpful.

[danielargote]

just what I was looking for, cheers mate!

[ahmedmoussa]

Short yet extremely useful. Thanks man!

[sarahcrawley]

thank you this was super super useful! great work :)))

[hooplernono]

Fantastic, no water! It helped to animate my homework! Great job, I hope You have enough income for stay motivated!

[kudasibanda]

I love your tutorials can't wait for this one

[wanderprod]

Thanks a lot ! You saved my As** with this tip that I completely forgot 🙏🏽

[HermotionAnimation]

This British guy has made my life easier

[DAnimationen]

Nice tut, really straight to the point :-) My next step would be to put several characters (PLUS their face-rigging) in a big scene...
Do you have (or know) a tutorial about combining several characters (compositions) in one After-Effects-scene?
You know: when a character is rigged, there are so many layers, structures, controllers in that composition, PLUS maybe another composition for the face-rig and so on... Do I put them together in one scene and animate everything right there? Or do I animate each composition on its own and use duplicates in the final scene?
Thank you very much!! :-)

[roswell]

Thank you. pretty much usefull. greetings fom RU

[OFGAnimationStudio]

That is very interesting. I have been illuminated :D

[MsUmbra]

This is very helpful! Thank you Tip Tut. I have one question. I am new to "animating characters". And sometimes it seems difficult to understand when you want to move all the body actually. Is Duik really necessary or can I solve all animating process by using your tip? What do you suggest?