If you have had issues with rigging characters in After Effects using DUIK, then the newly released RubberHose tool might be for you. RubberHose for After Effects was built to take the complexities out of rigging characters for animation.
RubberHose is the first animation rigging tool for After Effects base entirely on shape layers.
The tool offers an easy way to get bendy and stretchy limbs for arms, legs and other character parts, by creating a RubberHose element in your scene that you can then edit and manipulate.
RubberHose creator Adam Plouff walks through how to set up and use the new After Effects character animation tool, covering everything that you need to know to get started. Adam also covers some of the hose styling features of RubberHose for After Effects, and dives into using the tool in a more complex workflow, showing off some of its advanced features.
RubberHose for After Effects will run you $45.00, but will definitely let you get your focus back on animating, rather than all the technical bits for setting up animatable characters in Ae. Check out Battle Axe’s RubberHose for After Effects for more information.
