Freebie: DUIK Ángela, After Effects Rigging Tool
Download DUIK Ángela, the new version of Duik (v17), which is the comprehensive rigging and animation toolkit for Adobe After Effects. Duik Angela is the successor of DUIK Bassel (v16). It helps control and animate characters, props, cameras, and more. DUIK can also make it easier to manage keyframe interpolation, tweening, and more. In addition, it has some automation for things like wiggle, blink, spring, bounce, and walk and run cycles.
Below, check out the DUIK Angela Jumpstart video from Jake in Motion.
Wondering where the name DUIK Ángela comes from? Ángela Salazar, an Afro-Columbian activist from the Commission for Truth.
DUIK Angela Jumpstart \\ Complete Beginner’s Guide
Other Animation and Rigging Tools
Below, check out a few more tools for After Effects to help with Character Animation and rigging. These can be used with DUIK to speed up or expand your workflow even more!
Limber
Character animation for After Effects
Limber is an add-on for After Effects that makes animating 2D characters quicker and easier. Our limbs are shape layers that can be generated in just a couple of clicks. You can dedicate time to customizing and rigging them, or be animating in a few seconds.
BAO Bones
Ready to Rig, Captain!
The easiest way to rig and animate in After Effects! Setup and animate with IK in as little as 3 clicks.
Joysticks n Sliders
Pose-based rigging system for After Effects with limitless applications
Joystick controllers are commonly used in 3D character rigging for facial animation. With this tool, you simply set five consecutive keyframes to represent your origin, right, left, top, and bottom extremes. With those layers selected, you can instantly create a joystick controller on the stage that will interpolate between those extremes appropriately.
Easy Bake
Smart Expression Baker
Easy Bake converts expressions to keyframes faster, simpler and with more control than ever before. The perfect companion for DUIK and other tools!
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