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January 31, 2020
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Treating a Layer as a Single Object with Puppet Tool

  • January 31, 2020
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Hi,

I'm trying to rig a layer in After Effects with the Puppet Tool to give it a bouncy movement

However, the puppet tool interprets each segment of this layer as a different object, shown here:

I want the layer to be treated as a single object by the puppet tool. How can I do that, if possible? I tried this both with a pre-comp and rendering it out as a PNG image. Both cases treated the segments separately.

 

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    Correct answer Ko.Maruyama
    1. Make a New Comp of your PNG file only (named "PNG_precomp")
    2. Add a comp-sized solid to the PNG_precomp and place it at the bottom
    3. Make a New Comp ("MAIN_comp")
    4. Place your PNG_precomp into that MAIN_comp
    5. Apply puppet pin to that layer
    6. Puppet Animation
    7. Double Click (open) the PNG_precomp
    8. Turn off Solid at the bottom
    9. Return to MAIN_comp.

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    ivobachkov
    New Participant
    July 6, 2021

    After looking through the comments, I found a slightly modified solution that works best for me:

    1. Create completely empty PNG with transperancy with the same size of your precomp

    2. Precomp your graphics

    3. Add the PNG below

    4. Apply Puppet tool on the precomp

    5. The image doesn't break into elements ! 🙂

     

    Cheers!

    Ko.Maruyama
    Ko.MaruyamaCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 3, 2020
    1. Make a New Comp of your PNG file only (named "PNG_precomp")
    2. Add a comp-sized solid to the PNG_precomp and place it at the bottom
    3. Make a New Comp ("MAIN_comp")
    4. Place your PNG_precomp into that MAIN_comp
    5. Apply puppet pin to that layer
    6. Puppet Animation
    7. Double Click (open) the PNG_precomp
    8. Turn off Solid at the bottom
    9. Return to MAIN_comp.
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      WP275Author
      Inspiring
      February 4, 2020

      The directions couldn't be clearer. Thank you for your help.

        Szalam
        Szalam
        Community Expert
        January 31, 2020

        Put a solid layer or a shape layer that's roughly the shape of this behind it solid green inside a precomp with those shapes.

        Apply Puppet Pin to the precomp. Key out the green with something like Color Key.

          Ko.Maruyama
          Ko.Maruyama
          Community Expert
          January 31, 2020

          After you apply the puppet pin, you can just turn off the solid layer in the precomp. (unless you like keying stuff) 😉 

          Szalam
          Szalam
          Community Expert
          January 31, 2020

          Well, I do! 😛

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