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Puppet Pin Rigging in After Effects (Skillshare)

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In this course I will take you through the process of rigging and animating a character using the Puppet Pin Tool in After Effects. Throughout the course we will be importing a PSD file, grouping layers, applying pins, and creating a simple animation.

More specifically, main topics for this course include:

Overviewing character setup and design
Importing multi-Layer assets in After Effects
Assembling main body parts into compositions
Adjusting Expansion and Density for puppet meshes
Creating multiple meshes
Creating animation with the pins
Polishing animation
Exporting animation

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