I would like to animate my backgrounds.

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Hello Everybody,I use illustrator to create my characters, backgrounds, and assets. Because everthing moves so slow I send my CH scene over to after effects as png files. This method works well for me. I now need to start using animated backgrounds to make my videos look more professional and just plain better. What is the best way for me to do this? What other adobe program do I need to learn to do this? If so is there a video you can point me too to help me learn quick? Thanks. BTW, you guys are great in here I really do appreciate the help I get in here.

ElectroPuppet · Answer

First - have you tried using dynamic linking rather than exporting a png sequence? Basically, if you drag the scene from character animator into After Effects it will be dynamically linked and reflect changes immediately rather than having to export a sequence. You might need to find a tutorial to follow - but worth learning.

Regarding backgrounds we create both animated backgrounds and layered backgrounds. Animation brings more life to a background and layered backgrounds allows you to sandwich a puppet between layers of a background. If you want to stay within Character Animator you can build your background like a normal puppet. Just delete all the puppet centric behaviours like face tracking. If you want to create backgrounds for After Effects, you can just import your artwork and it can be built in any graphics program.

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