Part 3 & 4: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion

Part 3 & 4: Character Animation in After Effects by Dave Legion

In Part 3, you will learn how to set up custom sliders to control your puppet’s facial expressions. Dave walks you through the whole set up, step-by-step. In Part 4, you will learn how to set up the lip syncing for your puppet using Mamoworld’s Auto Lip-Sync solution. Dave will also share some interesting tricks and techniques along the way.

 

Part 3: Character Animation in After Effects. By Dave Legion.

 


 


Part 3: Character Animation in After Effects. By Dave Legion.

 

Mamoworld’s Lip-Sync Features:

  • Automatic Animation: Fully automatic movement of the mouth – no need for keyframes
  • Step by Step Wizard: The step by step wizard guides you though the process.  
  • Mouth Interior Animation: Optional animation of teeth and tongue – fully automatic and easy to adjust. 
  • Fine Tuning: Easy and quick fine-tuning on top of the automatic animation. Control with convenient slider controls how wide the mouth opens and how it deforms, adjust the shape of the opened or closed mouth and set markers at points where you feel the mouth should have more of an O-shape.
 


“A Story of Hope”, where Dave created the Hope character.
 

Watch the tutorial Series:

Overview

Part 1: Displacement Maps For Use With FreeForm

Part 2: Create A Facial Rig For Your Puppet

Part 3: Control Facial Expressions with Custom Sliders

Part 4: Set up the lip syncing for your puppet using Mamoworld’s Auto Lip-Sync

Part 5: Create a Working Jaw Using AE 3D Layers

Part 6: Create a Swinging Head of Hair

Part 7: Create Simple Controllers for the Head and Eyes

Part 8: Switch Out Existing Voice Over With Auto Lip Sync

 

Dave Legion is an award-winning animator in the UK.
davelegion.com
Dave Legion on Vimeo

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