Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I've been experimenting a lot with creating cartoon animated heads and adding them over top of my real life face. It's a unique technique that leads to a lot of fun creative possibilities. In this video I'll walk through some tips on how to optimize a head performance in Character Animator, and then show how to use motion tracking and color matching in After Effects to add it to a body.

0:00 Intro
1:27 Character Animator Setup
7:38 After Effects Motion Tracking
14:14 After Effects Color Matching
17:35 Outro (w/ surprise cameo)

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