Editing in After Effects with Dynamic Link
The good thing about working with the Adobe Dynamic Link option is that it’s all automated for us. We really don’t have to do anything beyond importing the Character Animator project file into After Effects and getting to work.
Why use After Effects?
Let’s briefly discuss After Effects before we dive into editing with Dynamic Link. After Effects is an incredibly deep program with limitless uses. And one thing it’s good at is allowing us to apply visual effects quickly and easily, something that would be more difficult to pull off in Character Animator alone.
Do we need these visual effects? Not necessarily. As stated before, you could use what we exported in the preceding section as your completed piece of art. However, since we have access to After Effects, why not see what it can do to enhance the scene?
Importing and understanding Dynamic Link
Here is what we need to do to get going:
- Launch...