Dec 21, 2011 Join Chris Meyer for an in-depth discussion in this video Overview of the Puppet Pin tool, part of After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet. Puppet Pin Tool mode: just apply pins; Layer mode: multiple layers can be swayed in 2D or 3D. Photoshop CS5 Tutorials. Forum Signature Tutorials. Matte Painting Tutorials. Advanced Tutorials. Scripting Tutorials. Add even more capability to your Adobe After Effects software and make your projects much more interesting.
In this course, Trish and Chris Meyer introduce a series of creative tools inside Adobe After Effects. The centerpiece is Paint, where Trish demonstrates how to use the Brush, Eraser, and Clone Stamp tools to draw on a layer, remove portions of it, or repeat elements around a composition. These tools can be used for artistic purposes as well as to repair problem areas in footage. Chris shows off the Puppet tools for distorting layers, and the incredible Roto Brush, introduced in After Effects CS6, which allows you to separately define foreground and background elements so that you can replace backgrounds and selectively add special effects.
The After Effects Apprentice series was created by Trish and Chris Meyer. These tutorials are designed for After Effects CS4 through CC, and can be used on their own or as a companion to the Meyer's book,. Instructor. Chris Meyer is a principle at Crish Design, a renowned graphic design studio in New Mexico. Has created opening titles, promos, and graphics for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, The Learning Channel, PBS, and PAX; corporations ranging from Apple to Xerox; and several movies, including Almost Heroes and The Omega Code. Chris is a refugee from the music industry where he designed musical instruments and digital recorders for Sequential, Digidesign, and Roland. He still consults on intellectual property issues in the music industry, and has been turning his attention to creating mixed media art.
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Chris also co-authored, with his wife Trish, the highly respected After Effects books Creating Motion Graphics and After Effects Apprentice. Trish Meyer is a principle at Crish Design (formerly CyberMotion), an award-winning graphic design studio in New Mexico. She has created opening titles, promos, and graphics for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, The Learning Channel, HBO, and PBS. Crish Design's corporate clients range from Apple to Xerox, and Trish has worked on several major movies, including Now and Then and The Talented Mr. She works in a wide range of formats, and her projects have included IMAX movies, the NBC AstroVision sign in Times Square, and the four-block-long Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Trish founded Crish Design after an extensive career in print, including a stint as the art director for a music magazine.
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Trish also co-authored, with her husband Chris, the highly respected After Effects books Creating Motion Graphics and After Effects Apprentice. By: Chris Meyer course. 3h 21m 13s. 1,384 viewers. Course Transcript - Instructor I'm going to quickly clean up my display by closing the Smoother panel, and if you like you could go ahead and Close All to close your other compositions, and there's two more puppet pin tools we haven't experimented with yet.
One is called the Overlap tool. So if you have the files, go to the Comps folder and double click 05-Puppet-overlap.starter. I'll click the Puppet effect to see my pins inside the user interface panel. I'll show you a little bit of a problem with Puppet tool.
Initially this is flat artwork, and After Effects does not know if any of these pixels are supposed to be in front of or behind other pixels. For example, if I grab this pencil and drag it upwards, you'll see that it crosses his neck. But if I drag it downwards, you'll see it actually goes behind his hip and leg. Well, what if I wanted the opposite? What if I want it to pass in front of his hip here?
To do so, I need to give sections of this mesh priority in terms of how in front or how. Practice while you learn with exercise files. Watch this course anytime, anywhere. Course Contents. Introduction Introduction. 1. The Brush Tool 1.
The Brush Tool. 2. The Eraser Tool 2. The Eraser Tool. 3.
Painting to Reveal 3. Painting to Reveal. 4. The Clone Stamp Tool 4. The Clone Stamp Tool. 5.
Roto Brush Quick Start 5. Roto Brush Quick Start. 6.
Screen Replacement Using the Roto Brush 6. Screen Replacement Using the Roto Brush. 7. The Puppet Tools 7. The Puppet Tools. 8. Idea Corner 8.
Idea Corner.