Basics of Character Animation with After Effects

Overview

“Here we will know the Graph Editor and start playing with animation curves, to make our animations more natural and not to look as robotic as in our first project. ”

In this video lesson Yimbo Escárrega addresses the topic: Ease In - Ease Out, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects. Learn to bring your characters to life and showcase their true personality.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we will be watching one of the principles of the animation, called Ease In, Ease Out. Basically that principle what it says is that things, when they start to move, do not move suddenly, but gradually pick up speed. And in the end, when things slow down, they do not slow down either suddenly, lose speed little by little. In After Effects we can achieve this effect using Graph Editor, that will help us move the animation curves so that the movements do not look as straight or mechanics. We start with that. Let's start with the first one, which is going to be the Easy Ease. We...”

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Course summary for: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects

• Level: Beginner
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• 10870 students
• 8 units
• 37 lessons (5h 48m)
• 16 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects

• Areas

  3D Animation, Animation, Character Animation