Return-Path: Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4891554 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:27:56 +0100 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id p5so3999722lag.28 for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:30:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=5WlBE7ImbXqqecPuel+OFTr2ynZUc5u/x2RmOSv5eqk=; b=nERVOs4yIZObJ7P+AM+jBrDy7z1Of49hrftpfr2pEkn3Lo++UwYcmhg/4GhEPoo6dC zRPcmIGh6AqN0Q7v9GD1A1EphisG++iNw/7PoL+qjjc4nW7WCtOGdnoZEyL0mJPMwy6z LTPzwmhP3JttznM8VG/JermJCEK0bYAnVnsGzJcbG4oaIAshy9EnMh0AoB7VJawkqhcJ DxCeIwTSAhynt+Vx79VqDRZIdPk4/Z3y9K3ofSTWqiLdW4vLl6t+Sz5Nasm4Cju7ZdE4 PMTfYtDPKDKhRJpjALwXgRQvg7udFrkaIG1BoCYc+Tgg+PHLpNHdY93PaCHGJX63lTGE GJXg== Received: by 10.112.101.1 with SMTP id fc1mr4351032lbb.41.1352140256271; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:30:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.44.67 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:30:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 13:30:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Good Puppet Tool tutorials To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04016aa3a95d7304cdc3affb --f46d04016aa3a95d7304cdc3affb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Darren, there is a script / tool called DuIK that is a bit tough to wrap your head around, but does wonderful things combining IK rigging and the puppet pin tools within AE. Definitely read the tutorials first but it has saved my butt on several occasions. Like when the client asks for a new fully animated character sequence in 24 hours... http://duduf.net/?page_id=167 On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Darren H wrote: > Thanks Todd. I'd actually settled for this exact page and I'm looking > through now. > > I'm animating a dancer and it requires a couple of large sweeping leg/arm > movements so I'm trying to work out whether to split limbs in Photoshop and > parent an IK type rig or try Pins on each limb, or both. Seems like pins > benefit whole shapes more. > > Thanks. > > > On 5 November 2012 18:05, Todd Kopriva wrote: > >> See the "Online resources for the Puppet tools" section here: >> http://adobe.ly/INpCtW >> >> It includes some great stuff from Trish, plus much more. >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of >> Darren H [dow.hanson@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 7:38 AM >> To: After Effects Mail List >> Subject: [AE] Good Puppet Tool tutorials >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm needing a crash course with the puppet tool. Just wondered which >> tut's you recommend. Google throws a lot up, just thought some of you might >> know the ones to check for thoroughness. >> >> Thanks. >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --f46d04016aa3a95d7304cdc3affb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Darren, there is a script / tool called DuIK that is a bit tough to wrap yo= ur head around, but does wonderful things combining IK rigging and the pupp= et pin tools within AE. Definitely read the tutorials first but it has save= d my butt on several occasions. Like when the client asks for a new fully a= nimated character sequence in 24 hours...

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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:21 PM= , Darren H <dow.hanson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Todd. I'd actually settled for th= is exact page and I'm looking through now.

I'm a= nimating a dancer and it requires a couple of large sweeping leg/arm moveme= nts so I'm trying to work out whether to split limbs in Photoshop and p= arent an IK type rig or try Pins on each limb, or both. Seems like pins ben= efit whole shapes more.

Thanks.



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