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Character Animation Course for After Effects

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Bring your characters to life with our Character Animation Course for After Effects! This course will teach you professional techniques to create smooth, expressive animations. Start mastering character movement and storytelling today by learning from us and animating like a true professional!

This Course at a Glance

  • Expert-created course module
  • Get trained by an industry expert
  • Flexible schedule options
  • Nationally recognised certificate
  • No entry requirement to start this course
  • Instance access to course materials
  • Course assessment by multiple choice question (MCQ)
  • Learn to characters in Illustrator
  • Learn how to set up an animated 3D scene

Character Animation Course Overview

This comprehensive character animation for After Effects course is the perfect way to kickstart your career in the field of character animation. This course will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees.

This Course will teach you how to rig characters and different ways of head turnings. You will also get to know how to set up different controllers for turning the head and face. As the After Effects Character Animation Course progresses, you will learn to create a master composition of your animation.

By the end of the Character Animation After Effects Course, you will acquire a theoretical and practical understanding of the complete process of   Character Animation. After finishing this extensive online course, you will also develop the skills required for becoming a confident animator expert.

Character Animation Course Details


CPD Certification Service
CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.

 

Quality License Scheme Certificate (20% off)
The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries.

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • How to Download Project Files
  • Character Setup in Adobe Illustrator
  • How to Open Project Files

Rigging the Character

  • Rigging the Left Arm
  • Rigging the Right Arm and Legs
  • How to Hide the Shoulder Line
  • How to Hide the Hip Line
  • Put The Left Arm Behind The Character
  • Put The Right Arm Behind The Character
  • Anchor Arms and Legs to Body

Turning The Head

  • Setting Up for 3d Illusion – Turning the Face
  • Animating the Face Shape for 3d Illusion – Turning the Face
  • Animating the Rest of the Face for 3d Illusion
  • Cleaning The Workspace

Setting Up Controllers

  • Set up for Head and Face Controls
  • Extracting the Different Parts of the Face to Separate Layers
  • Create Effects for the Controllers and Parent Layers
  • Align Anchor Points

Activating Controllers

  • Expressions for Turning the Head
  • Controlling the Head Up and Down
  • Marking Limits for Head Control
  • Expressions for Eyebrow and Eye Controllers
  • Preparing Eyes and Eyebrows and Fixing Eye Blinks
  • Expressions for Eyebrows
  • Expressions for Pupils

Setting Up The Lip Sync

  • Animating for Lip Sync
  • Expressions for Mouth Part 1
  • Expressions for Mouth Part 2
  • Setting Up the Jaw and Using Expressions

Automated Blinking and Additional Switches

  • Front to Back Switch
  • Blinking and Final Touches

Animating the Character

  • Animating the Character
  • Setting Up 3D Scene

Replacement Animation

  • Setting Up for Replacement Animation
  • Replacement Animation

Wrap It Up

  • Wrap It Up

This comprehensive Character Animation Course is suitable for anyone looking to improve their job prospects or aspiring to accelerate their career in this sector and wants to gain in-depth knowledge of character animation.

You should also check out our After Effects Course to gain more in-depth training on your skill development.

  • There are no academic entry requirements for this Adobe Character Animator Training, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
  • As long as you are aged seventeen or over and have a basic grasp of English, numeracy, and ICT, you will be eligible to enroll.

This After Effects Character Animation Course assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of each module, learners must answer MCQs to step into the next module. In the assessment pass mark is 75%.

Contact us for more information about our assessment method.

Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme

Endorsed Certificate
After successfully passing the Adobe Character Animator Training MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order the Endorsed Certificate by Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. It will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate, which is £65.

 

 

Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy

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After successfully passing the Character Animation After Effects Course MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. You will receive a CPD-accredited PDF certificate free of charge, which is included with the course. There is an additional fee of £ 35 to obtain a printed copy of the CPD-accredited certificate.

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Although QLS courses are not subject to Ofqual regulation, they must adhere to an extremely high level that is set and regulated independently across the globe. A course that has been approved by the Quality Licence Scheme simply indicates that it has been examined and evaluated in terms of quality and fulfils the predetermined quality standards. 

For CPD accredited PDF certificate it will take 24 hours, however for the hardcopy CPD certificate takes 5-7 business days and for the Quality License Scheme certificate it will take 7-9 business days.  

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