Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:44:17 -0700 (MST)
From: "Roland Kahlenberg (RoRK)" <aemaillist@broadcastgems.com>
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Subject: Re: [AE] Good Puppet Tool tutorials
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Most of the Puppet Tool examples show static puppet pins. The pins can of course be animated. And when animated, they should ideally track a viable moving object. Here's a simple, yet powerful, proof of concept - 

http://youtu.be/n58i9FyMqsk


HTH
- Roland Kahlenberg
Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations
Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor & Adobe After Effects ACE/ACI (version 7)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Meyer" <chris@crishdesign.com>
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:50:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] Good Puppet Tool tutorials

Puppet forms the mesh once; therefore it doesn't deal well with layers
that self-animate. But you can animate it's Transform properties in AE,
as Transformations are calculated after Effects, and Puppet is an
effect. (Unless the layer is continuously rasterized, which rewires the
rendering order for transforms to come before effects.)


- Chris