Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #51188
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Puppet Tool Starch
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:26:53 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Angie, thanks for the links.  I like your dancing bottle.  I don't have a Lynda subscription, so I watched your video2brain tutorial.  You also seem to have made a brief mention of the Starch Tool.  And, the result of adding a Starch Pin wasn't obvious to me.

Your post brings up another question about Pin positions:  

Is there a way to change Pin positions after you've created them without distorting the mesh?  

Let's say I did an animation of my character's arm, but it would look better if the pin was on his wrist, rather than his fingers.  

I've tried other key combos, and looked for an Offset in the Effects parameters.




On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Angie-Taylor <angie-taylor@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Hi Jim,

If you're a member of lynda.com here's a link to my puppet starch tool video, it might help. Incidentally, I find that playing around with the position and extent settings can help when they cause problems.

http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=126232&playChapter=False?utm_medium=ldc-partner&utm_source=SSPRC&utm_content=524&utm_campaign=CD14836&bid=524&aid=CD14836

There's also this one although it doesn't go into much detail as it's an overview;

https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/animating-characters-with-the-puppet-tools

hope this helps,

Angie

15 October 2013 01:27
Thanks, Gary, that did the trick. Just adding more Puppet Pins that don't animate held the head in place just fine.

I watched three tutorials about the Puppet Tool today, and two of them glossed over the Starch Tool. In one (the Richard Harrington video on Adobe TV), the guy added several Starch Pins, and then a few more, and the layer section containing them was still moving around.





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