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Video 13: Creating an icon grid for lip synchronization, part 3 of 3
Welcome to the final video in the Controllers & Expressions Series. In this final installment, I going to show you how to lip synchronize your puppet's mouth to a audio track using the icon grid built in the last two videos. This will also show you how keyframes…
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Duik: Introduction to Duik
Although not created for character animation, Adobe After Effects has been adopted by many filmmakers to produce some excellent animated films. Duik Tools is a free After Effects® script that offers many automated features to assist you in rigging puppets for…
inverse kinematics
In animation, inverse kinematics (IK) refers to equations that calculate how the joints of a limb or body should change position when the end point is moved. For example, if inverse kinematics was applied to a shoulder > elbow > hand arrangement, moving…
Mubwon Chronicles
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