16289414-Anna – Character Animation DIY Kit.zip

Create catchy explainer videos with this unique, modular animation kit!

Update 09.03.2020

I received some feedback about Anna’s eyes looking a bit crossed, so now there is an option to switch between two types of eye positions in the “character” controls.

• For After Effects CS4 and above.
• Works for 1080p and 720p projects. (the animations are in 1500×1500)
• No plug-ins required.
• Easily change the colors of the 3D character’s skin, hair, eyelids, eyebrows, shirt, pants, shoes and the shadow opacity in all animations together with custom controls.
• All animations can be combined with each other.
• The accessories work smoothly with all animations.
• It’s possible to use a few accessories simultaneously. (e.g. a cylinder hat and glasses.)
• All colors of the accessories can be changed. (e.g. change the police hat body, eye-shade and shiny element separately)
• On the badge and sign you can add your logo, text or image.
• Full control over the idle time. (e.g. control how long the character stays with her hands on her hips or how long a text is presented on the board)
• Unlimited number of placeholders in the animations where the character is showing content on the board and catching texts. You can add texts and images inside the placeholders (videos are not supported).
• Lip-sync capability
  10 different mouth poses. One hand gesture and one blink animation for lip-sync.
  (The lip-sync is based on the same principle as in George DIY Kit. See the end of the preview video of George DIY. Have in mind that the lip-sync animation wouldn’t look as smooth as in the begining of this preview video where its animated in 3D)
• Speech bubble and thinking bubble animations are included.
• Video tutorials and example scenes included.
• PDF Documentation included.
• The font used in the preview is free. There is a download link in the documentation.
• You can get the music used in the preview HERE. “Upbeat Fun” by soundengine.

The accessories extend the possible applications of the the animation pack and it can be used for presentations in niches such as medical, pharmacy, food, restaurants, security, construction, education, fire safety, business services, farming, religion, IT, etc.

List of all animations

agree/OK, blink, board presentation, catch text, confused, disagree, drag something left/right, giggle, hands on hips, happy, hello, idle loop, look up and down, look left/right, look left/right -> disappointed, look left/right -> surprised, look left/right -> angry, look left/right -> happy, phone talk, point bottom left and bottom right, point middle left/right, point up and down, point top left and top right, point left/right three times, present left/right, sad, smile, talk loops (short, medium, long), think, think/idea, thumb up, walk left/right, walk front, wonder, wink

List of all accessories

hairstyle 1, hairstyle for hats, shirt, pants, shoes, badge, sign, builder hat, cap, cook hat, cowboy hat, cylinder hat, doctor hat, fireman hat, glasses, graduation hat, halo, devil horns, party hat, pilot hat, police hat

If you are just starting with After Effects I recommend taking a look at Bobby Promotes and Bobby Promotes 2. These two project are very easy to customize and require basic AE skills like importing image, adding text to a composition and rendering a project.

Update 17/04/2018:

• Lip-sync capability
  10 different mouth poses. One hand gesture and one blink animation for lip-sync.
  (The lip-sync is based on the same principle as in George DIY Kit. See the end of the preview video of George DIY. Have in mind that the lip-sync animation wouldn’t look as smooth as in the begining of this preview video where it’s animated in 3D)
• One new Wink animation included.