Adobe After Effects CS4 Classroom in a Book

Chapter 8. Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Place Deform pins using the Puppet Pin tool.

• Define areas of overlap using the Puppet Overlap tool.

• Stiffen part of an image using the Puppet Starch tool.

• Animate the position of Deform pins.

• Smooth motion in an animation.

• Record animation using the Puppet Sketch tool.

The Puppet tools in Adobe After Effects let you quickly add natural motion to raster images and vector graphics. Three tools create pins to define the point of deformation, areas of overlap, and areas that should remain more rigid. An additional tool, the Puppet Sketch ...