I made a script.
It animates hair.
It’s free.
*I have updated the script since posting this! Please check out the new features here:
Beginners beware, I’ll be covering advanced techniques with expressions and skimming over the basics.
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
0:00 The problem with animation hair in AE
1:01 *SCRIPT OVERVIEW*
2:32 How to use AFPHairRig
6:11 layerIndex - Hair strand animation order
7:34 masterFreq - Speed up and slow down of all hair
9:45 Freq - Hair strand animation speed and loop
10:02 Amp - Hair strand bend power
10:18 FallOff - Hair strand bend power per bone (puppet pin)
11:36 Offset - Hair strand starting animation location
12:00 Delay - Hair strand bone offset (puppet pin)
12:37 WaveMath & PhaseLocator - Math needed for script animation
12:49 Subwave controller overview
14:30 MASTER_HR_Controller & GLOBAL_HR_Controller
15:36 *ART BREAKUP*
16:31 Separating hair from face
17:24 Painting back in the face
19:04 Separating hair strands from hair
21:45 *ANIMATING HAIR*
22:01 Importing art assets
22:25 Puppet pins and setup before running script
24:04 Running script & Null Bone structure
25:13 Fundamentals complete
28:15 Adding a gust of wind
31:43 Adding variance to loop
32:26 Animating other hair tufts
33:50 masterOffset - Hair starting animation location
34:40 Creating proxies to speed up render preview
34:56 Left hair tuft
36:24 How to use FallOff controller
37:33 Final steps
38:56 *FINAL ANIMATION AND THOUGHTS*
SCRIPT DOWNLOAD LOCATION (Script only supports After Effects 2015 and later in English. Note: you can change your After Effects language to English if you would like to use the script.)
-
DISCORD
Have questions? Join my discord and lets chat!
ART
Rockin art “Messy“ by Ilya Kuvshinov
MUSIC
Diary of Ideas by VESHZA
Discover by VESHZA
The Turning Point by VESHZA
By My Side by K. Solis
SOFTWARE
Adobe After Effects (duh!)
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
Sublime Text Editor
WORKSTATION
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor -
64GB RAM -
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition -
2 1TB M.2 Samsung 970 PRO Series -
X399 MSI Extended-ATX Motherboard -
Dell U3419w Ultrasharp 34-Inch -
CAMERA GEAR
Sony a7S II -
Sony Distagon T FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA -
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 -
Rode NTG-2 Microphone -
Viltrox L116T LED -
Kamerar D-Fuse Softbox -
1 view
347
104
5 years ago 00:39:22 37
Complex Hair Movement in After Effects
5 years ago 00:19:06 140
CUT OUT Hair From COMPLEX Background - Photoshop Tutorial
5 years ago 00:02:32 1
COMPLEX HAIR FLUID with vitamin.
12 years ago 00:04:27 65
COCOCHOCO Professional - advanced complex Brazilian keratin hair straightening treatment
12 years ago 00:01:07 13
Keratin Smoothing Complex & Hair Accessories
2 years ago 00:38:03 4
HOW TO ANIMATION GIRL HAIR | COMPLEX HAIR ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS
9 years ago 00:00:46 15
Ellips Hair Vitamin Pro Keratin Complex
10 years ago 00:03:28 26
Darke Complex - “Slime“
3 years ago 00:01:06 6
MD:1 INTENSIVE PEPTIDE COMPLEX HAIR AMPOULE
2 years ago 01:00:19 1
How To Make Complex Anime Girl Hair Animation In After Effects | Hair Animation | Rain Animation
6 years ago 00:16:55 4
How to make a complex real time hair in 15 min
12 years ago 00:02:22 33
keratin complex smoothing therapy
12 years ago 00:02:57 21
PEACHES — mommy complex
4 years ago 00:04:22 72
Phoebe Bridgers - Savior Complex (Official Video)
8 years ago 00:03:40 43
Animus Complex | Horizon (Official Music Video)
7 years ago 00:05:03 76
Tangled Hair : : ’Catalina’
3 years ago 00:23:45 8
Complex hair coloring, we do air touch technique, balayage + fleece. Сложное окрашивание волос.