Introduction to Photo Animation
Caring for the character
A course by Andrei Franz Mallmann , Animator
About the video: Caring for the character
Overview
“The time has come to understand how far the character can be animated in a natural way. For this, I will explain how to use the rigging technique.”
In this video lesson Andrei Franz Mallmann addresses the topic: Caring for the character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Photo Animation. Bring your images to life with exciting techniques in Photoshop and After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“character care In this class, I will show you what the rigging technique is in a photo and how to animate correctly, without creating distortions and naturally. I already left the composition separate just for the model. I double click, enter this composition and here I will create the so-called "rigging". Rigging is a kind of body structure where we add points that we want the movement of the body to follow. It's like a skeleton structure that we created to enable animation. Here, for ease of viewing, I'm just going to isolate the body layer clicking on that first point here, which is Solo...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Photo Animation
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3D & Animation -
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Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Motion Graphics

Andrei Franz Mallmann
A course by Andrei Franz Mallmann
Andrei Franz Mallmann is a Brazilian animator who entered the motion graphics world in 2007, specializing in photo animation, a technique used to animate static images.
In this capacity, he's produced work for companies such as HP, Nestlé, UOL, and Habib’s. He currently also works under a wider, more general umbrella, which helps him continually develop his unique artistic eye and produce exclusive pieces.
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