Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

After Effects is your friend too

A course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán , Motiongrapher

Motiongrapher. Madrid, Spain.
Joined January 2009

Learn how to create an animated character, from the initial sketch to the final rigging in After Effects

  • English, Spanish
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11393 students

About the video: After Effects is your friend too

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn how to import your PSD file into After Effects and you will remove the fear with a couple of basic concepts of the program that will serve you during the rest of the classes. If you know After Effects, you still know everything that I explain, or maybe not, you never know. ”

In this video lesson Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán addresses the topic: After Effects is your friend too, which is part of the Domestika online course: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement. Learn how to create an animated character, from the initial sketch to the final rigging in After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“BUILD A FRIEND UNIT 1: FROM PENCIL TO AFTER EFFECTS LESSON 5 We are finally in After Effects and the first thing we will see when we start the program it will be this. You do not need to do anything. We give Close, we close and this is the "interface" that you will see as soon as we start the program. We will import our character first. We can do it in several ways. We come to File, Import, File. It can also be done with Control or Command + I, if you are on Mac, or we can double click in the project window, what is this After Effects panel, where we will have everything that we import into...”

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Course summary for: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11393 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    3D & Animation
  • Software

    Adobe After Effects
  • Areas

    2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Rigging

Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán

Carlos Albarrán (Zenzuke) has more than ten years of experience working as a creative director, a 2D and 3D animator, and a motion graphics artist. As a co-founder of the motion design studio Maaambo, he regularly collaborates with some of the most prestigious producers and agencies in Spain. He also combines his creative work with teaching and has been sharing his knowledge on motion graphics and 3D animation for more than six years at some of the most well-known schools and workshops in Madrid, as well as online with Domestika.


English, Spanish
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11393 students
  • 16 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 15 additional resources (11 files)
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  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement. 3D, and Animation course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán

Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

A course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán
Motiongrapher. Madrid, Spain.
Joined January 2009
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11393 students