A Story of Hope | Dave Legion

Dave Legion and the amazing folks at Funky Medics are behind the inspiring and informative animation: “A Story of Hope” for the FH Foundation. FH is short for Familial Hypercholesterolemia. It is an inherited disorder that leads to aggressive and premature cardiovascular disease. “A Story of Hope” is meant to inform, explain and help people control the effects of FH. Funky Medics chose to animate in Adobe After Effects, using Mettle’s FreeForm and MamoWorld’s Lip Sync. FreeForm was the key tool for the character animation because it streamlines workflow by letting you control your character more like a puppet. Among the benefits – you can rotate your character`s head 180 degrees in 3D space, using a single illustration. Dave wants to send out a big thanks and shout out to Daniel Gies, whose work and tutorials inspired and helped him tremendously. Please help spread the word by sharing this link.

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

• November 2, 2013
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• Categories:

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  • After Effects
  • Character Animation
  • FreeForm

• Tags:

•  after effects plug-in, character animation, Displacement mapping