5 Reasons Why I Ditched Duik for Limber | 2024

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

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[@EliseyRodriguez]

Animating - not rigging - that's what I really enjoy! It's really frustrating I have to deal with all that layers mess with Duik. So maybe I should try character animation again, now with Limber.. thanks for the video!

[@ARStudios2000]

I feel this on a personal level

[@ЮляДемидова-б7у]

thank you so much! i'm starting to learn AE rigging plugins and i think this video saved my nerves by preventing me of starting with duik

[@animatrix3k]

Bought limber a few years ago, but didn't understand how to replace the default graphics with my own, so I used Duik. But now years later with more knowledge and after this video I'll give it a try.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Check out the rig and pose button, super useful

[@animatrix3k]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thx I'll try it tomorrow. Just downloaded the new version.

[@jacquesbroquard]

Solid bro! Thanks so much for breaking it down so efficiently.

[@thatlucidguy]

Great video - so my only possible dealbreaker is DUIK has a walk cycle button, press it and boom, walk cycle done, including tons of fine tuning with pre-coded sliders. If Limber has that too, I'll use your link and get it

[@The_Real_Dream_Chaser]

nice video, very informative, will think about buying Limber!

[@kelvinchuks8885]

Great smack down, Limber is truly built to save time, but Duik is free, I think that counts. I'll love to see you do a smack down between Limber and Deekay tool, or Limber and Hot Dog, that will be great.

[@shubhendrapatel]

True 💯

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

That is true DUIK is free, but the amount of time Limber saves you I think more than pays for itself.

[@NeoKurane]

Indeed, Duik is the alt to Limber

[@nikyabodigital]

What about RubberHose?

[@kelvinchuks8885]

@@nikyabodigital Limber gives you everything in Rubber hose and much more

[@maciejysakiewicz2132]

Duik can be a serous performance hog if using multiple precomps in high res, mostly due to heavy scripting. How is Limber in this regard?

[@_casg]

Bro is it possible to combine limber and joystick and sliders with a character? Also how much longer cost? It’s the first time I hear of it

[@saschageier]

used DUIK for many years for a brand which uses cartoons for their energy drink… yes complicated, but if you‘re do it daily for years… will look at limber for sure once they support psd which is essential for this type of cartoons

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Soon!

[@horsepowerfc337]

Great video! I'll now set the sails and look for Limber...🤫🤫

[@bearimo2867]

Great video and reminder for me to dig back into Limber! I use Rubberhose a lot too, that's also great, Right tool for the right job! For that reason, definitely worth experimenting with and understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each plug-in. Thanks!

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Rubberhose lack of FK just kills it for me.

[@maxmagnus777]

I've just opened Limber and it has a button called "match IK >> FK". It made me chuckle a bit. Man that is a good feature.

[@portersblackboard]

Thanks for such great videos. I used DUIK a couple of years ago and I thought the results were great, but yes, it was a pain to rig. When I did that I rigged the body as well as the face. Can Limber be used to rig facial expressions? If not, I was looking at Joystick. Can that be used in tandem with Limber?

[@PukyPikenko]

Can you do puppet pin rigs in Limber?

[@claudiomolina4994]

Friend, very useful information thanks. I have a question, do you know which is the difference between Limber and Limber Lite? Thanks again

[@cessers]

Dang. I literally bought it over the weekend. Imma need to donate to you, man.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Haha it’s all good! Just make cool stuff!

[@cessers]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy While I appreciate that, I need to support people who have punted me further down my career path like you. I'll be picking up your "Launchpad" course soon. Thanks.

[@cessers]

I’m in! Looking forward to learning during downtime. Cheers

[@Mihau0794]

In my experience the most frustrating thing about DUIK were theese snapping joints. I was never able to get it right, especially when working in postproduction studio, where everything must have been perfect. On the other hand DUIK has this misterious "automations" pannel, that i never used, but some people said that it's helpful in motion design.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Yeah, the joints are very a finicky thing

[@jamesfinnemore116]

Starts at 01:33

[@katcatstudio]

Great video as always! I love using Limber, it's so much easier. I wonder though if there is a way to use it with Photoshop artwork, for example when you have lots of textures and can't easily reproduce this in Illustrator and convert to shapes?

[@honsonic]

you look at moho for that

[@seansiegler]

Here is my big question for Limber. Can you use artwork from Illustrator as the actual elements you are animating? I And I don't mean converting them to shape layers or using them as a template to re-create in AE. I mean animate the actual Illustrator layers. Because from everything I see, it doesn't seem like that is possible, but maybe I'm missing something.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

If you're using illustrator layers, what would you gain by not converting them to shape layers?

[@seansiegler]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Some of my artwork doesn't seem to convert to shape layers perfectly and leads to time spent doing cleanup work. I also like being able to make tweaks in Illustrator and have it update in AE. I am going to give it a try though. The workspace seems nice and I'll be curious to see if I can make it work by converting my artwork to shape layers.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

@@seansiegler Sounds like you could benefit from Overlord, www.battleaxe.co/overlord/?aff=keyframeacademy It is THE only way you should be working between Illustrator and After Effects

[@seansiegler]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Ohhh very interesting indeed! More tools to look into!

[@leftclot]

Can Limber rig limbs with more than 1 joint like for insects?

[@nguyenguyen]

Dang....Seem like Limber is a tool make the rig base on shapelayer it maked, it easy to use and some point better than. But DUIK not only for 2D Char(vector - cartoons) it also work with PSD file, puppet tool, controler, automaton and more as well, much tools on that. This is reason DUIK always in top tool of AE user. There are so many differences in systems and properties, only a part of which cannot be compare

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

DUIK is top because it is free.

[@morganmendieta3738]

I use longer for these same reasons, but I've also been using deekay too I love it

[@legrainproduction2760]

any idea how to make my hand connectes to my wrist in limber, following the angle of my arm? i have to apply a rotation on the hand to follow my arm...

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

in the dynamics section of the wrist controller, set the end rotation to 100%

[@legrainproduction2760]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank you :)

[@mateocrespo1634]

I need help How can I get the arm to stay behind the torso and the forearm to be in front of the torso using limber?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

duplicate the arm layer and then you can turn on and off the visibilty of the upper and lower limb groups in the shape layer.

[@taifobaid3369]

i Download limber but i didn't now how to use it

[@shortclip1314]

What about limber vs stick and sliders

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

These are different tools for different purposes so it's really like comparing apples and oranges.

[@sophiemulders]

So nice , i love limber. Especially after your tutorials and your character course!!! I would recommend everyone!!!!!

[@legrainproduction2760]

the main issue for me in limber, is to make a nice leg design...i cant make what iwant with the leg taper

[@legion8legion947]

thank you man

[@markparenteau2395]

So one can't use art layers from Illustrator or Photoshop... just Limber's selection of auto-generated shapes? That's a deal breaker what? // My bad. It's there. Can it do 'envelope deformers' on shapes (ie. change the contours on the fly... bulging muscles, breathing etc.)?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

No, you can use art layers from illustrator, but they must be converted to shape layers first. Bitmap layers aren't a thing right now....

[@eaglemotion]

Can we render with limber character rigging animation in lottie ????

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Yes! You just have to convert your limbs (expressions) to keyframes first.

[@DoooBeeDoooBeeDooo]

does limber allow psd layers (character design outside AE) to be rigged?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

you can kind of do it, but its not really built for that...at the moment. So I'd suggest something like DUIK or Bao Bones (pricey though)

[@facupov]

Interesting, while I agree Duik doesnt have the options of your last segment "dynamic animation", I think most of the other issues here are just bad designed characters, you are not using rounded shapes to connect the parts of the body.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

...but...I am using rounded shapes on my characters.... You have to....I am not really sure which issue I mentioned in the video that specifically solves. Can you elaborate?

[@cportellamotiondesigner]

why not Rubberhose 3?

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

No FK

[@alfredoascari7701]

I use Duik only to rig psd layers from my collage animations since Limber can’t do that, that’s how I remember it at least… I wish it could as it would be much easier!

[@animatabledotco]

We're working on it

[@alfredoascari7701]

@@animatabledotco Amazing! Really looking forward to it!

[@SoheilRt]

i'm using duik but after watching your video i prefer using the limber.

[@leanderwhite]

🔥🔥🔥

[@cardermedia]

Does limber have walk cycle presets like Duik has?

[@NanerBag]

You should be able to use the duik walk cycle tool even on rigs built with other tools

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

No it doesn't

[@cardermedia]

@@NanerBag That's interesting to know, thank you. I bought Limber this morning, so I'll give that a try on the next project.

[@animatabledotco]

Limber doesn't have automated walk cycles because animating walk cycles is seriously fun and we wouldn't want discourage anyone from having fun.

[@kelvinchuks8885]

@@NanerBag there's a tool that creates automated walk circle for rigs created with any script, it's called walker tool. You need to check it out

[@babubatliwala9227]

Hey John, can u make a video about Deekay Tool ??

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

What do you want to know about it?

[@babubatliwala9227]

@@TheKeyframeAcademy i Mean Just the Basic Stuffs, and some comparison with ur favourite Limber tool, i Guess the animation Library it provides which i saw in a promo video is Something that attracted me

[@crokey_animation]

Wow I have never even heard of limber but I think I'm gonna have to switch

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

DO IT (Code KEYFRAMEACADEMY for 10% off. ) 🤐

[@idiocracy1604]

Try Duik Angela

[@talha_boy]

Is duik also use more ram? i have animate walk cycle and I have 16gb😱. literally it consume all and want more. so I even can't playback in after affect

[@merlinoner]

Even if Limber is not very expensive, Duik is completely free.

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Ture. But you pay for DUIK by taking twice as long to complete your rig. Time is money.

[@HelenaKyle]

I love deekay tool

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Deekay is cool, but no FK which is a fundamental part of character animation so its a non-starter for me.

[@tangelone2164]

HELP! I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO INSTALL LIMBER IN AFTER EFFECTS 2023 Could you PLEASE release a demonstration video on how to install limber. I have After Effects 2022 and I am still learning. The only video I have seen thus far is an infuriating NO NARRATION video on KZbin which is dodgy and explained nothing. Your subscribers I am one would benefit from being armed with this information Thanks.

[@tangelone2164]

I have After Effects 2023 included in my Creative Cloud Subscription. I still DO NOT know how to install LIMBER. I will use the link you provided to purchase it once I learn how to install it.

[@dixieechann]

Limber is so much easier to use

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

Sooooo much easier!

[@animatabledotco]

Thanks Dixie!!!!

[@jaysonfontela5761]

💖

[@SleepyChonkyCat]

28 x 2 = 65 😂 @3:12

[@oiganamitio]

3 words: Duik auto WalkCycle

[@TheKeyframeAcademy]

I don't personally think the auto walk cycle looks very good, and it is very recognizable whenever someone is using it. Plus, if you really want to, you can use DUIKS auto walk cycle with Limber. There really isn't anything proprietary about DUIK rigs that make them compatible with the auto walk cycle. So in the end, Limber still comes out on top for me.

[@legrainproduction2760]

ok my last comment lead me there...ahha

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