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🎓 ANIMATION PRINCIPLES FOR MOTION DESIGNERS - $100 OFF (ends Nov 21) Learn the 8 core principles that separate good motion design from great motion design. 👉 https://www.jakeinmotion.com/animation-principles-for-motion-designers Don't forget to share your results and tag me @jakeinmotion and @rxlaboratories! Get Duik Ángela: https://rxlaboratory.org/tools/duik-angela/ Download my characters & project files: https://jkinmo.com/qgq3ku Buy my shirt: https://jake-in-motion.creator-spring.com/ --------------------------------------- Duik Ángela is here, and I've got the complete guide to help you start rigging and animating characters in After Effects! Character rigging and animation is a complicated subject that takes a lot of practice to get the hang of, which is why it's so important that you really understand what you're doing before you start. Fortunately, I've created this complete beginner's guide to rigging and animating your first character using Duik Ángela. You're going to learn what kinds of considerations you need to make when designing a character for rigging, how to build a skeleton using Duik's bones system, how to automatically rig the character with Duik's auto-rig feature, the best way to clean up your rigged comp for easy access to only the controls you need, and how to use Duik's auto walk and run cycles feature to animate your character. It's a lot, but it's all here. I promise that once you're done watching this tutorial you'll have a firm grasp on everything you need to rig and animate your own characters in After Effects. --------------------------------------- 🤝 Support more YouTube tutorials through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jakeinmotion 🎓 Learn from me in other places: Skillshare: http://bit.ly/jbskill Explainer Camp: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/explainer-camp Photoshop + Illustrator Unleashed: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/photoshop-and-illustrator-unleashed 🚶 Follow me online: Instagram: http://bit.ly/jbinst Twitter: http://bit.ly/2tOX7ui 🏷️ Tag me on Instagram @jakeinmotion if you learned something from me! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Character Artwork Prep 06:34 Setting Up After Effects 11:23 OCO Meta-Rigs 14:06 Creating Bones 15:48 Placing Bones Automatically 21:05 Bones From a Path 23:42 Creating a Spine 25:33 Leg Bones 27:06 Auto-Rigging Your Character 28:30 Rig & Comp Cleanup 31:30 Rig Controls 38:48 Auto-Walk/Run Cycles 41:24 Walk-Run Cycle Parameters 44:34 Adjusting the Arms Rotation 47:07 Correcting Knee Pops 48:27 Animating Your Character 51:45 Transitioning to a Run 55:54 Wrap Up