An ULTIMATE guide to After Effects Character Rigging

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There are so many tools for character rigging in Adobe After Effects. With so many tools to pick from, we'll help you know which one is best for you and your situation.
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Is the puppet pin tool worth it?
1:37 - Duik Bassel Overview
3:28 - What I like about DUIK
6:08 - Why DUIK might not be the right choice.
6:53 - Rubberhose Overview
10:59 - One of DUIK's pitfalls that Rubberhose solves
11:42 - Some of the limitations of Rubberhose
13:06 - Limber Overview
16:55 - Some of the Limber's shortcomings
19:22 - Character Tool Overview
20:05 - My biggest gripe with Character tool
21:17 - Puppet Tool Overview
22:42 - Puppet tools biggest weakness
Character animation for Motion graphics is becoming more and more popular. If you've ever try to delve into character animation in Adobe After Effects, you've probably heard of Duik Bassel. Duik Bassel is the de facto character rigging tool for Adobe After Effects used by people all over the world. But did you know that there is a plethora of different character rigging add-ons available for After Effects? Each tool has it's own unique approach to character rigging in After Effects.
Rubberhose: www.battleaxe.co/rubberhose/?...
Limber: dash.aescripts.com/limber/?af...
Deekay Tool (previously called Character tool): aescripts.com/character-tool/
Puppet Tool: aescripts.com/puppettools/
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@mohammadshahin3550 4 жыл бұрын

I was searching for a character rigging tutorial, and I found this gold. Thank you man

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@fandydiadline 3 жыл бұрын

and which one do you prefer?

@Veldryn17 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite aspects of Rubberhose 2, and one I haven't seen in anything else, is the auto-flop aspect. The fact that it smoothly changes the directions of the bend as you go above or below the threshold is a game changer.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

True that!

@killerWATTstudio 3 жыл бұрын

This is a feature of Character Tool too :) Although in my opinion, Rubberhose is still superior.

@JohannesLabusch 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you for not having a shitty intro.

@honkpill686 2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO!

@sanidayz Жыл бұрын

This video was super helpful, thanks for taking the time to edit this! ✨

@saransekhar6618 Жыл бұрын

firstly I would like to wish you well and to say a huge thank you for uploading these videos as they have been an invaluable resource to

@tinabasim6676 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your tutorials It went from 'nice tutoet science' to simple logic! You have a new subscriber

@bryanmonteiro8917 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial, it's much faster than any other method I came across.

@Pardix 3 жыл бұрын

I got every one of these tools, and sometimes I'm more comfortable with Rubberhose. But I have to say, in the beginning, Duik was a great discovery for me, complex but great. Now I work with the Battle Axe's tools and I'm super happy with it. Great Video!!!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough!

@uavdan Жыл бұрын

It Worked perfectly after trying other methods this one was the best one, Thanks.

@muflic 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. I am already choosing one. I choose limber and roberhose. Thank you for such informative and visual video. It’s great that you showed the differences and wick sides.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Good choice!

@zahraranjbarian3946 3 жыл бұрын

This tutorial is amazing! Life changing 💙

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@siriuscrocodile74 3 жыл бұрын

"What intro?" Brilliant. This is the first video I watch on this channel, but it took only 20 seconds to hit Subscribe

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you've joined us!

@Mario-fz1pc 4 жыл бұрын

The video that I have been trying to find

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you finally found it!

@tamialade9630 3 жыл бұрын

same here

@prashantchoudhary7297 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best informative video on youtube 😍

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

@edgemotion7515 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! I've been looking for a thorough comparison of these tools before purchasing. Thanks!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it!

@mrjoe3409 Жыл бұрын

Wow. You're the best. I couldn't understand what you were saying but I just followed instructions. Thank you so much

@raulszabo7411 Жыл бұрын

What a legend only one ad in the beginning . Your so damn underrated

@nicholascoker6154 10 ай бұрын

I've been animating a simple character for a series of videos without any rigging tool pretty much all year now. It's time for one of these, lol. *It's between Rubberhose and Limber for me.* They both seem like the best balance of intuitive and powerful.

@MyNigellus 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thank you for the knowledge!

@angelaguadalupegonzalezayu4899 Жыл бұрын

This works. Recommended to try this out. Thanks a lot for your help

@spicytuna3387 4 жыл бұрын

Another beautiful video! Love it, thanks :)

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@roundblackbear6586 4 жыл бұрын

my guy, thank you for the tutorials. I'm broke and cant afford online courses. your tuts is a very big help!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@goo4450 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this! I had no idea these things even existed! I have been moving and rotating arm and leg pieces individually for a while with just the position and rotate settings lol. This looks like it would help out a lot!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! And I'm glad you finally found this!

@goo4450 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank god for youtube, i wouldn't know how to animate anything without it....

@zoyaishfaq4004 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this one tutorial for days and now finally it's here

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you finally found us!

@wolfreicherter748 3 жыл бұрын

what a refreshing video. Thank you. Very Helpful

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@zmejkart 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this guide! I am working with Duik Basel for a year, thinking move to Rubberhose in near future.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kharathos4121 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, deserves a lot more views.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@akarts7211 Жыл бұрын

What a video bro! Can't thank you enough! Thank you so much you made life so much easier!

@TheKeyframeAcademy Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@vassalex2414 Жыл бұрын

Very informative as I'm just starting character animation in AE. Thank you! 😁

@mehdigalaxy8087 4 жыл бұрын

Best intro I have ever seen

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Oh stop, you're making me blush.☺

@mejdejo 3 жыл бұрын

this is EXACTLY what i needed, thanks

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@hotallypfranco4672 2 жыл бұрын

Very Helpfull Video! Thanks a Lot!

@Andonchoto 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly helpful, we can now see what does what, and also see the correct way to set them up. Thank you.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@armanchahal1 3 жыл бұрын

you got a sub bro loved it

@ShahzadisOp 2 жыл бұрын

Yoo tnx dude, everytNice tutorialng works. I LIKE IT

@bonjovibayots7425 Жыл бұрын

Respect to your good work, thanks a lot

@MuntasirZisan Жыл бұрын

Bro! it's Amazing You solved my problem! Thanks!!!

@LC-yo3bj 3 жыл бұрын

Great video man, extremely helpful

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@naughty-gaming8046 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial, thank you.

@laurarimku142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was exactly what I needed

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@ericlochstampfor6545 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very informative and helpful.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jean-marcyapo2444 Жыл бұрын

I love your tutorials

@GabrielliCamilo 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, very helpful!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@davidpietrandrea 9 ай бұрын

Super helpful! Thank you

@aman_design 3 жыл бұрын

best intro till date!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@robbclayton101 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for... thanks.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@DOMINGOX6 5 ай бұрын

I really love this video, it's very helpful, but it's been more than 3 years since it was published and a lot has changed in these tools since then. Have you thought about doing another comparison with these new features in mind?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 5 ай бұрын

YES!! There is one major update coming to one of these tools that I am waiting on, and then I will produce that video!

@DOMINGOX6 5 ай бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Something tells me it will be an update for Limber 😄 I used to mainly work with Rubberhose before, but your videos made me see the amazing potential of Limber, so I hope to use it in my next project! Anyway, can't wait for that new comparison video, glad to hear you already had it in mind, keep up the good work!

@Dani_Krossing 3 жыл бұрын

I have been sitting with DUIK since last night, and I just COULDN'T get the right "smooth" animation effect with it. Even went so far to go back to After Effects default pin tool 😅 But Rubberhose solved it for me perfectly hehe. Thanks a lot for the video overview 😊

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@steverubio6072 2 жыл бұрын

Thats for professional

@nokindesign2258 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much you take my life to another level thank you thank you so much i was gone leave the motion graphic business and I'm just beginning you can see my channel from Egypt i said thank you man

@marvin5325 3 жыл бұрын

man this videos just so good and helpful.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@dhirajkadam2469 3 жыл бұрын

man this was super great!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rostykdashko4260 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Thank you!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@NewarKPrince7 3 жыл бұрын

This was good gave me options.

@manolomaru 3 жыл бұрын

Ultrasupermegahyper Guide bro! Thanks for this video ;)

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@Yusuf3D 3 жыл бұрын

that is a great video, and it would help others a lot on choosing their tool .. thanks

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@varamozhithulika5919 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ..Mr. John ...Very helpful tutorial you made ...for me it is a new ideas about Rigging app ...as new member of animation world ...very interesting notes ..Hats of you bro.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@angelpalomino858 Жыл бұрын

thank you so much , it worked

@davemoy330 2 жыл бұрын

Good Vid. Thanks!

@rosezif 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, thank you so much, they are so informative, i also love the fact that you don´t have intro, is like, i don´t need it because my content is so cool for itself :D

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@marhawi565 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it helped but i had a little bit of problems. Good Tutorial

@TechofTheCentury 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Thank you i will try Duik

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck

@joco9958 3 жыл бұрын

Having spend a lot of time with both Duik and Rubberhose I'd say your remarks are spot on. I mostly use Rubberhose for all the limbs, Duik for the chest/hips and JoysticknSliders for facial precomps. Small caveat when using Rubberhose: it uses the comment section of each layer to store parameters. Dugr (the amazing layering system from the Duik guys) uses this comment section also so the two are not usable in the same comp. Adam told me he'd look into it but I haven't checked if he did. Cheerio!

@cupofjoen 2 жыл бұрын

This might be random. But, do you know how to make the outline of the limbs connected between shapes on the rig? When I rotate it the outlines overlap.

@geethanjalir8294 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid!

@robloebel 3 жыл бұрын

thanks, great video .. really helpful!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Mohajer-jt5tk 3 жыл бұрын

Really helpful thank you so much 🙂🥰♥️

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@NgocMinh-tn8eu Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A GOD... NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

@barukidsmodainfantil7217 Жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial

@lucasarnack2610 3 жыл бұрын

Cool music, and really good introduction È nois

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it

@antraxhkill9985 Жыл бұрын

thanks, bro for the freebies.

@TheKeyframeAcademy Жыл бұрын

You bet

@APLinetv 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro 💜💜

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

No prob bro!

@victorluizbianchini 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for your review. I've been using Bao Bones too. It's a great rigging in my opinion.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've seen Bao bones but have never personally used it (why it wasn't included in this list) But I'll have to check it out!

@bachkov 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Yep, I use Bao Bones as well, when I'm really in a rush and just have to animate ai layers for 5-10 seconds, otherwise Duik is King! Cheers! :)

@jarvis_kjellberg 3 жыл бұрын

do a full animation making process tutorial...

@santiskapiuna Жыл бұрын

Impecable! gracias!

@waynemccauslinmotion5870 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

@JesseMoffett 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@gogg1138 2 жыл бұрын

يارجل انت الافضل

@BenjaminHernandez23 3 жыл бұрын

- "Let's roll that intro." -"¿What intro?" you've got a new subscriber

@user-pj9nn2th9s 2 жыл бұрын

It’s very useful lecture.. 감사합니다..!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@dinerooo468 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks love em all

@ephsk0t 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I've used both RubberHose and Duik on two separate projects and played around with Limber and Joy Sticks N Sliders. I really liked RubberHose but hated the lack of tools for foreshortened limbs and tapering. Of course, tapering was added to RubberHose 2, but the Project was already done. I played around with Limber for foreshortening, but it felt like a hack and I wasn't getting the results that I wanted. For a future video, can you show how to do foreshortening with RubberHose or Limber? Can you also have a detailed focus on different parts of a character rig? Like a hand rig, arm rig, face rig, mouth rig, etc? I've done a full character rig, but I did a "replacement rig" for the hands, feet, mouth. I want to add more control to my rigs. Thank you in advance!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

All good ideas, and be on the look out for future videos because I have varying opinions on the usefulness of a hand rigs for most situations. Foreshortening is certainly limited no matter the tool you use, but I think you get the best results with limber. You can kind do forshortening with rubberhose, by shifting the middle joint (although I think that feature is an opt-in/experimental feature) But good ideas for future videos!

@AgredoAlejandro 2 жыл бұрын

just... THANK YOU!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Just....you're welcome

@sailorsblues 2 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing. I would love to know how you created that arm in Rubberhouse using outlines.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@gaston. 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent info, thank you! Rubber Hose didn't have mid point adjustment, for foreshortening. Character Tool does as well as Limber. Correct me if I am wrong, with latest updates.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Rubber hose does, but it’s a experimental feature that you have to enable in the settings

@jorgeferreira8923 Жыл бұрын

todo funciona, eres el mejor

@vipingusain6637 3 жыл бұрын

Nice & help full video thx

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help

@fayyazb 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool! Would love to see an UPDATED comparison with addition of DEEKAY TOOL!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

I have one in the works, but actually Deekay tool is the rebranded version of character tool with some small updates.

@pcprobot 2 жыл бұрын

I like your window on the computer case.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thats my old case

@maheshsingh1522 Жыл бұрын

nice tuto, I had the sa issue

@DiggyKalborn Жыл бұрын

Dude, thank you for this. Could you go into more detail about how you rigged the detailed muscular arm at 20:20? I tried creating a shape layer and parenting it to the Rubberhose controllers, but it's always wonky and doesn't stay with the hose when I move it.

@hilalrefaiehhilal.designs3795 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear your opinion about joysticks and sliders, also love this video please keep it going!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I will be making a video about my thoughts on JnS. I have made several tutorials though if you are interested in those.

@jouriverhoeven 3 жыл бұрын

Nice and clear overview. One question; I have a fearly fast computer, but DuiK (or better; the viewport) is getting slow even with only two characters in the scene. Do you have any experience with that?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

This is the problem with AE. For some reason AE is not really good at rendering a bunch of shape layers. I guess it just hasn't been optimized for that. And Duik is heaving on the shape layers and so when you have two characters, fully rigged with DUIK it can start to bog down AE. I always turn off any layers that are not needed (like structure layers after everything is rigged up.) But it doesn't seem to help that much.

@bharathkumar2065 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍👏👏👏I love❤ it...

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@hirenprabtani8796 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@tumpakin1479 Жыл бұрын

now i am in a good mood

@BenCaesar 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see an entertaining tutorial 🔥 this may be a dumb question but is there an equivalent for character animator ? Or will duik work with it too ?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Character animator is basically Adobe's attempt at something like DUIK. So duik would be redundant inside character animator. I can't comment on which is better. I haven't seen very many things I like that have been created from Character Animator.

@vvenkitachalam9535 Жыл бұрын

Hi Sir, Thankyou so much and brilliant actually! Can i ask you one doubt, which one would be the best plugin for face rig? if you replayed that would be great.

@kiaraaanimation 7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the tutorial... What about the Deekay motion tool?

@MichaelMurdockArt 2 жыл бұрын

This is great info - Question - is there any resource you know of that can show more about that follow through option in Duik? Trying to duplicate it and am getting nowhere..

@nicolaslockheimers Жыл бұрын

It's been a few years since this video was made - Although DUIK is still my favorite tool, do you have any thoughts on Adobe Character Animator and its many features?