The Announcement Balloon
18 January 2019
Current tutorial publishing schedule (subject to change):
1 February 2019: Modifying Stickman, part 4: Rigging artwork for body rotation
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Modifying Stickman, part 3: Rigging limb joints for body rotation
In this video we will modify Stickman's structure rig to give him the ability to make a full body turn. This, of course, is an illusion, but it is easily pulled off by keeping the construction of the puppet simple and manipulating the joint positions and body scale. This can be done with complex puppets as well, but requires…
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Stickman, part 1: Basic rig using structures
This video is a complete remake of the old Duik tutorial about rigging Stickman, and was created to reflect the massive changes made in Duik Bassel’s rigging process.The Stickman tutorials, while suitable for beginners, does assume you have a basic knowledge...
JavaScript Primmer WOTM Tour
This tour is powered by the JavaScript Tour menu in the sidebar, which is a simple tool to help organize your reading of several Word of the Moment (WOTM) entries. If you are new to After Effects or have never written code, following the JavaScript Tour menu in the order given should give you…
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