本视频教程是由Digital-Tutors机构出品的AE二维角色人物动画教程，时长：12小时37分，大小：5.85 GB，FLV高清视频教程 ，附工程源文件，教程使用软件：Photoshop CS6, After Effects CS6, Duik Tools ver.13.0.2 and FreeForm Pro Plug-in for CS6，作者：Dan Gies，官方发布日期：2012年9月1日，语言：英语。。

After Effects是Adobe公司推出的一款图形视频处理软件，适用于从事设计和视频特技的机构，包括电视台、动画制作公司、个人后期制作工作室以及多媒体工作室。而在新兴的用户群，如网页设计师和图形设计师中，也开始有越来越多的人在使用After Effects。属于层类型后期软件。

Digital-Tutors Creative Development Rigging and Animating 2D Characters in After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial we will learn how to assemble, rig, and animate a richly detailed and dynamic character inside of After Effects. Throughout these lessons we will see just how powerful After Effects can be when doing advanced character animation. We will venture well beyond the basic paper cutout style of character animation that is often associated with this approach by breaking down the steps required to assemble, rig and animate a richly detailed and dynamic character inside of After Effects. We will start out by reviewing renrencg.cn the Photoshop file used to paint the character’s layers and quickly move into After Effects where we will begin rigging the character using the puppet tool, null objects, nested compositions, basic expressions, Duik Tools for Inverse Kinematics and FreeForm Pro for the 3D head. By the end of this series you will have a thorough understanding of the many processes behind bringing a layered Photoshop character to life within After Effects.