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Character Animation Bootcamp
Learn & practice character animation essentials with pre-rigged After Effects characters.
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13 Projects/18+ Hours
Learn & practice character animation essentials with 13 projects and over 18 hours of video training.
Certificate on completion
Receive a SOM verified credential when you complete this course to help you with your career.
Intermediate
This is an intermediate course, ideal for those with a few years of motion design or animation experience under their belts.
Course Overview
If you’ve ever tried to animate a character in After Effects, you know how difficult it can be. In this course, you'll learn key character animation techniques in After Effects. From simple movements to complex scenes, you'll be confident in your character animation skills by the end of this course.
You Get:
18+ hours of video training
13 real-world projects
Supplemental podcasts and PDF Guides
Unlimited personalized critique on your work
Access to our 24/7 online community
Verified credential upon completion of the coursework
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Course syllabus.
What's in a Pose?
Meet your classmates, get comfy with the course format, then dive right in with a lesson on using rigged characters. Be prepared for an Evaluation exercise designed to let us see where you are starting from.
Jumping right in
Learn to create strong silhouettes and poses, which are the foundation of good character animation. Then practice setting the key poses for a jump.
Of Weight and Walk Cycles
Learn the art of "tweening," using the graph editor to nail the feel of your jump. Then use what you've learned to set up a walk cycle.
Time to Throw Down
Polish and tween your walk cycle, potentially turning it into a run. Then, learn how to manage weight shifts by creating a throw animation.
Momentum and Reference
Complete the tweening phase of the throw animation, and learn how reference can give you the power to animate any movement you can think of.
Breaking Down a Scene
Practice putting all of your skills to the test by animating an entire scene with a character. This is a great opportunity to start stringing all of the various movements you’ve learned together into a complete performance.
The Devil's in the Details
Practice putting all of your skills to the test by animating an entire scene with a character. This is a great opportunity to start stringing all of the various movements you’ve learned together into a complete performance.
Let's See what You've Learned
Put the final touches on your scene, and unlock the final project which will test all of your new skills in a realistic trailer scenario.
Meet your instructor.
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