This is the Best workflow for DUIK!

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After this vdieo you'll be an expert at designing character with seamless joints for Duik Bassel. Get this rig free: www.keyframeacademy.com/simpl...
As we review character animation workflows in DUIK Bassel, a common pitfall when creating your character rigs with DUIK Bassel in Adobe After Effects arises when the joints become misaligned. In this tutorial, I show you how to design your character rig in Adobe Illustrator so that when you import everything into Adobe After Effects, setting up the character rig with Duik Bassel will be a BREEZE! If you follow this character design workflow, you'll never run into this problem again.
If you follow this steps than you'll never have to deal with this problem again!
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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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Yikes! you better not be taking parenting advice from me! haha

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@PostProduction]

Very cool and useful video!! Thanks! What plugin do you use? What's the best one for you?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

It's called DUIK, there should be a link in the description

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I would like you make a full tutorial about duik, I mean, about all of it elements like conectors and another tools inside it, I apologise my bad english

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Your english is great! Much better than my spanish. Gracias for watching! and more Duik tutorials coming in the future.

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[@bsways]

Can you please do a video about rigging the spine because this is where I’m having a real problem. There’s no decent tutorials about this

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@bhaganiasaab5027]

Can you make aa video on same topic on How to Bend Hip properly bcoz when i did this i have the same effect that with this characters Arm plzz tell us sir

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Very nice

[@MangoslicePapaya]

Thank you for the tutorial! Is it an option to take a detailed illustration created on psd or procreate to use for rigging? Since you mentioned, that the process is best done in AI for alignment.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

yes is is an option. You just have to make sure your joints are lined up on the circles like I've shown here. However, I do not think that AE will be able to snap to the center of the circles on the joints like it can with a shape layer. Which means you'll have to eyeball it.

[@MangoslicePapaya]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Thank you so much, you the best

[@TechPlanetOfficial]

okay I can't tell what's the issue with first arm rotation, can someone please explain?

[@scottfranklin9772]

When you group the sleeve to the upper arm, how do you remove the line that shows back up at the elbow? Is it a layer order thing?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Sometimes I think when you group things, it will close any paths that are open. So you may just have to use the scissor tool again to cut that line out. That's assuming I am understanding what you're describing correctly.

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funny start, same like me

[@sophiemulders]

you made me laugh so hard with the bone sticking out... i neeeeed a tutorial for that lol

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Ha glad it made someone laugh finally!

[@eekerry1527]

Great tutorial! Does anyone know how to make the hands move with the arm rather than hanging down though?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Disable the expression on the rotation of the hand.

[@eekerry1527]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank you!

[@nicolaussuryadharma]

hey, i wanna ask. How about i make an animation without the wrist and palm ? are those step still same ?

[@amierulahmad8164]

I'm failed doing this but thank you

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

You can do IT! Just keep trying!

[@void3907]

hey is there a way to scale down or scale up your character once its all rigged without precomposing it? I initially had it double the size of my comp so that i could scale it down and not lose its quality but didnt know how to. precomposing it i would have to go back and forth between compositions for all the movements to match up. any suggestions?

[@night_xero8066]

Just link them to null and scale the null then delete the null when you done

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Yeah, you can parent everything to a null, but then you have to go back and reparent everything back up to the other body parts. I'll be honest, I will usually pre-comp. jumping back and forth isn't that much of a pain for me, especially if I use the mini flowchart.

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[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Welcome aboard!

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[@amirbabaei7048]

Thank you so much . I have a character with black stroke . and its in photoshop . Also its a solid object . I want to separate the parts . ? Also I don't wanna use pins cause my character is realistic and I don't want it to be like clays . is that possible or not ? I know sounds silly but any help would be appreciated .

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Hi Amir, Yeah, it is possible if you know how to duplicate my technique of creating the limbs in illustrator, but do it in photoshop. You might need to create some marker layers that are place directly in the center of the circles so you know where to place everything perfectly in after effects, then once everything is rigged up in After Effects, you can go back into photoshop and delete those markers and the file should update in After Effects. Hope this helps!

[@amirbabaei7048]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy : Thank you so much man .

[@misterklem]

If i want to have a long sleeve, does it mean i need to have another rig? or i can simply just pull the vector points down in illustrator?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

If you want a sleeve that extends past the elbow, then just design the bicep to be fully sleeved, and then the forearm you can just bring the sleeve from the elbow down to wherever you want it. No need to create a separate set of layers for a separate rig.

[@misterklem]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank you!!

[@lenishkhatiwada]

What about fingers?

[@JoshuaGigin]

those torn stockings

[@WeegieMovies]

I think a really useful video would be like a 'best practices' for designing your characters in order for the DUIK experience to be as smooth as possible. For example, I've just done a project where a client wanted me to animate their mascot, but it was sent in sort of a running pose, which made the walk cycle a nightmare to get looking good. Now admittedly that's almost certainly because I'm not goot enough yet at animation or DUIK to know how to quickly isolate and correct errors, and I'm sure there are far more efficient ways than what I've been doing, but I'm enjoying learning even though I'm a total newbie to animation.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

I actually do have a video on my channel (most recent one) where I show how I take a character and retrofit it for rigging in DUIK.

[@buzzerentertainment7450]

🥰🥰

[@bhaganiasaab5027]

What is use of create shape from vector And why we do this step plz explain in detail sir

[@yelyel6897]

Then you can change stroke and fill color and change path in after effects, rather than in illustrator, also apply a bunch of things that are available only for shape layers (repeater etc).

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

It is so that After Effects can detect the center of the circles we made for the joints of the limbs, so that when we rig everything up, the joints are lined up and don't break.

[@JairoCastilloElDragon]

Thank you very much. great video tutorial ... but as always ... they never show how to make the hand follow the direction of the arm. Since it stays in the direction of the ground. ALWAYS!

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

I actually cover this in a different video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5SoeodmaLKlsM0 Some character rigging tools have a feature called 'auto rotate' and will do what you're talking about. In the case of Duik, it doesn't have an auto rotate feature. So you have to rotate the hand manually.

[@maxmagnus777]

hey, is there an advantage in converting into shape layers? I've tried it on one characters set and ... no change

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Yes, the advantage is being able to place that anchor points directly in the center of your joints, which is why I create the joints using circles. If you leave these as AI files, AE can't snap to the center of these circles.

[@maxmagnus777]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy ehm... strange pogram AE I must say... I like most of the others for animation better

[@gergolaky3624]

USELSESS

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Why is that?

[@viralusi3770]

hello there, did you save the Ai Files as is? meaning, as in AI format? Please reply a.s.a.p

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

I used Overlord from BattleAxe Co, but you can also important an .AI file by using method 1 in our video about import .AI files: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICcZYlto8R9qrM

[@Fyhan69]

Can you create a video on how to create a character from scratch for Duik?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

I have a video along these lines. Not necessarily from scratch, but it has all the most important steps for making a character that is riggable.