Using the Puppet tool from lynda.com: After Effects CS5 Essential Training

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In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork, adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage.

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[smntube]

1 Person has never heard of After Effects !

[TheFluktuationAcht]

Thanks, dude!

[24jjp24]

@destin455 make sure the check mark isn't in the box for "show mesh" right next to the puppet tool button.

[destin455]

PLZ HELP: When I use the puppet tool when i set the points and move it, it does not move the picture but instead moves the mesh or points How do i get it to where it moves the picture its self

[GTProductions98]

awesome!!!

[Bracerjack]

This will change cell animation forever !

[jmsm1930]

This just blew my mind for real!

[depelated]

Does the character have to have layers that are parented to one another? My design is an outlined character and you can only place the pins on solid color.

[pldshrtprdctns]

Hey fellow After Effects animators. We just finished a full animated pilot using this effect. Check it out on our main page and let us know what you think!

[DEO541]

takes forever and after i use 30 pins on one image af crashes lol my pc sucks