Final Class

Options:

Character Animator – https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/how-to/adobe-character-…, https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2044263

Download templates here – https://assets.adobe.com/link/a5397774-62ae-4726-774a-e0a16ee045b0?secti…

• Building a puppet from scratch in Photoshop:
  • Create Layer Group
    • Main group containing everything can be named anything (character’s name) and put a + before the name (“+” selects “warp independently”)
      • “Head”
        • new layer “headbg” that is the background of your head
        • use Pen tool, set to Shape” and put a single dot on the head for the pivot point and call layer “origin”
        • new group “+Right Eye”
          • Right Eyeball
          • +Right Pupil
          • Right Blink
        • repeat, or duplicate and rename for left eye
        • new layer for “+Nose”
        • you can either create a mouth from scratch (many layers) or bring one over from a template and modify as needed”
        • new layer “+Right Eyebrow”
        • repeat, or duplicate and rename for left eyebrow
      • “Body”
• Animating in Character Animator:
  • use the Pin tool to fix points to the scene so they don’t move
  • use the Dragger Tool (looks like a mouse icon) to put Draggable points on body parts such as hands
  • use the Stick Tool (looks like a propeller blade) to draw sticks for the arm (one for upper, one for lower arm)

After Effects Continued:

• Camera Tracking:
  • https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/stabilize-3d-camera-tracker…
  • https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/cinema4d-motion-tracking-af…
• 3D! – https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/insert-objects-after-effect…

Open class work time and review