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Multi Parent Rigging Guide - v1.0

The document discusses multi-parent rigging in After Effects, which allows users to create multiple parents on layers to control position, rotation, scale, and opacity through individual sliders. This enables modular animation where animations can be created on separate layers and fluidly incorporated using sliders. The document provides instructions for installing the Multi Parent Rigging script, avoiding errors by allowing the script to write files and access the network, and loading the script through the window or file menus.

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Multi Parent Rigging Guide - v1.0

The document discusses multi-parent rigging in After Effects, which allows users to create multiple parents on layers to control position, rotation, scale, and opacity through individual sliders. This enables modular animation where animations can be created on separate layers and fluidly incorporated using sliders. The document provides instructions for installing the Multi Parent Rigging script, avoiding errors by allowing the script to write files and access the network, and loading the script through the window or file menus.

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M U L T I PA R E N T

RIGGING
modular based animation
Multi Parent Rigging?
Multi Parent Rigging is an “After Effects” script that
allows the user to quickly create multiple parents on
any layer. The parents give you access to sliders in
which you can individually use to copy the parented
position, rotation, scale, and opacity. This can be
used to create modular animations

01: multi parent rigging


What is Modular Animtion
Modular animation is where you are able to control
animations in a modular format, instead of committing
to one animation and using just that animations
keyframes. You can instead create your animation on
a separate layer and use that animation at anytime
fluidly with a slider.

02: what is modular animation


Installing The Script
Once it’s been downloaded you just need to place
the “Multi Parent Rigging.jsx” file into the ScriptUI
Panels folder located here:

Mac OS: Applications/Adobe After Effects <version>/


Scripts

Windows: Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects


<version>\Support Files\Scripts

If the folder ScriptUI Panels does not exist, create a


folder and name it “ScriptUI Panels”. Then paste the
copied files into it.

03: installing multi parent rigging


Avoiding Those Pesky Errors
“Multi Parent Rigging” needs access to writing
files, and the network. This will stop any pesky errors
from popping up while trying to load the GUI. To
allow access go to here:
Mac OS: After Effects > Preferences > General

Windows: Edit > Preferences > General

And make sure “Allow Scripts to Write Files and


Access Network” is ticked.

04: write files and access network


Loading The Script
Scripts can be found within two locations in After
Effects. The GUI can be loaded from either location.
But, is only dock-able if loaded from the “window”
sub menu. Following the above, to load the script
you can head over to “window” - “Multi Parent
Rigging”

Alternatively you can run the script from “file” -


“scripts” - “run script”

05: load the script

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