Hello and welcome to this course. In this course, you will learn how to create a simple head rig using Duik connectors. Duik is a comprehensive animation and rigging toolset for Adobe After Effects. It provides the main rigging tools, found in any 3D software, like IK, controllers, and bones, but adapts them to 2D animation in After Effects. With Duik you can rig complex characters and use advanced animation techniques usually used in 3D softwares. If you do not know what rigging means, it may be because it is a bit too soon for you to use those tools. Please refer to the section entitled Should I use Duik?Duik has plenty of animation tools too managing keyframes and interpolations, traditional animation, animation exposure, etc. and automations too, like wiggle, spring, swing, wheel, etc. which allow you to animate more quickly and easily. Duik also has some other useful tools, such as camera controls, that are not solely tied to animation but can be really useful for both animators and riggers. Duiks comprehensiveness and ease of use have made it a script used in numerous movies across the world. The Connector is a very powerful new tool to allow you to link almost any After Effects property to any other properties, a bit like parenting for layers. Its very easy to use, even if its possibilities are huge! You can even control an animation with a color property! YES! With that being said, let’s overview what you will learn in this course.A complete understanding of connectors in duik basselCreating a head rigCreating a realistic pupil animationusing principles of animation such as (Arcs, Anticipation, followthrough and overlapping action.)The course starts with a brief overview of Duik, then we start rigging our character with connectors, and lastly, we will start animating with connectors we have made. And this is not the end! we will also use tons of effects and tricks in order to have a smoother animation. for class projects you guys have access to three types of files from easy to hard. You can practice with each one in order to master them. Once again welcome I hope you enjoy this course.
