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Motion Design For Breakfast - Easy Character Animation
Published 11/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 594.81 MB | Duration: 0h 51m

Learn Character Animation in Adobe After Effects

What you'll learn

Animate a walk cycle

Animate a run cycle

Animate a character using simple path, position, and scale properties

Create a boil effect(hand drawn look)

How to export your animation to share

Requirements

Required tools: Adobe After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder

Description

This very simple character animation class will teach you how to animate a walk cycle and run cycle in Adobe After Effects. No plugins required. We will be animating using the path option as well as basic position and scale animations.Character animation is one of the more complex things you will have to do as a motion designer. For this reason, I recommend this class for intermediate students. For absolute beginners, I suggest taking one of my beginner classes such as "Motion Design Jump Start - Your First Typography Animation".In this class you'll learn how to:Animate a walk cycleAnimate a run cycleAnimate a character using simple path, position, and scale propertiesCreate a boil effect(hand drawn look)How to export your animation to share You'll be creating:A character animation using the techniques taught in this classYou can complete the class project by following these steps Big Grin

ownload the artwork that is providedFollow along with my lessonsThen take what you've learned and apply it to your own character animationDownload the completed project file in the class resources, it might help if you get stuck on a lessonWhat You Need: Adobe After EffectsAdobe Media Encoder to exportTo share your class project follow these steps:Export your animation in mp4 formatUpload your video to a video-sharing platform such as YouTube or VimeoI suggest setting your video to "Unlisted" if you do not want it shared publiclyOn the projects page share the link to your videoAdobe, After Effects, and Media Encoder are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Overview

Section 1: Vol. 1 - Introduction & Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Getting Started

Section 2: Vol. 1 - Animation Lessons

Lecture 3 Drawing the Legs

Lecture 4 Basic Walk Cycle

Lecture 5 Refine the Walk Cycle

Lecture 6 Body Animation

Lecture 7 Background Animation

Lecture 8 Eye Blink

Lecture 9 Shadow

Lecture 10 Boil

Lecture 11 Final Thoughts

Lecture 12 Export

Lecture 13 Extra Lesson - Walk On

Section 3: Vol. 1 - Outro

Lecture 14 Outro

Section 4: Vol. 2 - Introduction & Getting Started

Lecture 15 Introduction

Lecture 16 Getting Started

Section 5: Vol. 2 - Animation Lessons

Lecture 17 Drawing the Legs

Lecture 18 Animating Leg 1

Lecture 19 Animating Leg 2

Lecture 20 Body Animation

Lecture 21 Ramp Up the Run Cycle

Lecture 22 Shadow

Lecture 23 Loop the Animation

Lecture 24 Boil

Lecture 25 Breathing Animation

Lecture 26 Take the Run Cycle a Step Further

Lecture 27 Optional Moving Background

Lecture 28 Export

Lecture 29 Extra Lesson - Shoes

Section 6: Vol. 2 - Outro

Lecture 30 Outro

Intermediate motion designers that want to learn character animation

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