Lynda - Animated Character Design with Illustrator with Angie Ta

Lynda - Animated Character Design with Illustrator with Angie Taylor

Subjects: 3D + Animation, Design, video2brain,
Software: Illustrator

2h 33m Intermediate Jan 14, 2011 | Uploaded in Feb 12, 2015 by 2boweb

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This workshop from author and animator Angie Taylor teaches how to use Illustrator's tools and features to prepare 2D files for animation in Adobe After Effects. Discover how to make the most of Illustrator's drawing tools and Autotrace feature, and to how use Live Paint and Kuler to recolor artwork. Plus, get a ton of tips and tricks for giving artwork a hand-drawn look and find out how to set up layers, aspect ratios, and transparency options for importing into After Effects. The lessons are focused and solution-oriented, and all the project files are included.
Topics include:
• Setting up the work area
• Bringing artwork into Illustrator
• Tracing artwork manually
• Creating complex shapes
• Working with paths
• Using Live Trace
• Coloring artwork
• Applying 3D effects
• Exporting artboards
• Options for saving files

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