Face Animation in After Effects

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This video is a teaser lesson on what you can expect from the class! In this video, we'll cover the basics of face animation in After Effects.
If you have any question regarding the class please let us know in the comments :)

[@AmberLimShin]

ure really good at explaining animation concepts. Nice video and the girl is nice too ;D

[@richsombie]

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[@plainlysimple]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! 😊

[@annaxferrer]

With the amount of knowledge from this video alone, I can only imagine what's in store for the rest of the course! I like how the head animation was visualized in profile view. It helped me have a better grasp on the rules behind heads in perspective.

[@plainlysimple]

Thanks Anna! Glad to know you find value in this. We have so much to teach in the class 😄

[@learningaftereffects385]

How do u create shadows? Are u using 3d layers?

[@plainlysimple]

No, we're not using 3d layers here. The shadows are done using shapes (pen tool) and animate the path. 😊

[@GeryNH]

Please, make the course available on its own somewhere. I am sorry for being selfish, but I went through CLASS101 and apart from your course I didn't find anything else useful to me. It's kind of pointless to pay 200 dollars for a yearly subscription when all I will ever use there is your class. Keep up the amazing work!

[@richsombie]

12:19 how did you select multiple points? this video is super good by the way!

[@plainlysimple]

Just hold the shift key as you click on the points 😊

[@fieldsondeer7567]

Thank you

[@Joker-uf8gc]

please give character file

[@mayam518]

is it possible to for example animate lips by replacing layers? Like going from :3 to XD with facial expression. I imagine sometimes it's way too difficult to edit one layer into different shapes and so using another one is much better, but at the same time, I can't imagine how to do it. This question coming from a person who used to make old-fashioned gifs by just making different frames by hand - but this old method isn't smooth.

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! Yes it's possible to animate the lips by replacing the layers or a similar method. There are plugins that help you do this. I think DUIK has a tool for this. But it's also possible to animate it with just the path animation method. It's going to be more complex to get it right but the result is also smoother.

[@24stepsartanddesign66]

Lovely. Maybe the eyes should also look down when the head tips forward? xx

[@BATOOST]

oh my godddd the way you explained the angling of the face made so much sense!!!!

[@plainlysimple]

Glad to know this helped. 😊

[@MotionDesignTutoriais-hr7qu]

Hi! How did you active this circule when you click?
Thnks a lot for your content!

[@architabanerjee9455]

We want more contains 🥺🥺🥺🤩 please upload more 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@plainlysimple]

Glad you liked it! 😊 Unfortunately we can’t post as much that is connected to the class but for sure more content would be posted on this channel on different topics just not on this specific class

[@theu0009]

Do you have a link to the art used? to go with

[@gabriellarest4466]

How did you do this drawing?

[@CaptainReynolds-flyinspace]

3:11 i start to dance listening this)

[@alyssa221]

Maaan i love this

[@plainlysimple]

Thanks! 😊

[@sayfbahr4317]

did u create the illustration on AE?
I wonder if we create the illustration on AI how to convert it?
btw it is great tutorial thank you for sharing.

[@plainlysimple]

The illustration was originally done in Adobe Illustrator. It was done by our character designer but I recreated it in After Effects so that I can be sure that the points are exactly where I want them to be. But you can convert .ai files to shape layers in After Effects. 😊

[@aleks456]

Hello! You guys are the studios who created an animation for federalism back in 2016 I believe. May I know where to access the video? The animation and info is really interesting, I remember.

[@plainlysimple]

Hi we don't have that on our channel anymore. Just search for federalism plainly simple here on TH-cam and you'll see it reposted on other channels

[@aleks456]

@@plainlysimple thanks!

[@gaston.]

Excellent info.. thanks for sharing! Unfortunately signing up for a full year is out of my budget.. but thanks for this info!

[@plainlysimple]

That's alright 😊 I hope this video helped 😊

[@ronin.vfx.official]

Thanks a lot for your tutorial

[@plainlysimple]

You are welcome! 🙏

[@aesopemo9207]

This was so helpful!! Thank you

[@plainlysimple]

You're so welcome! 😊