[Todd Kopriva]

This is the same technique that Dan Gies has shown, right?

For those who aren’t familiar with Dan’s methods, here are some great resources:
https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2011/10/character-rigging-and-animation-series-from-daniel-gies.html

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[Todd Kopriva]

This kind of work is not going to be a problem for the colorist(s). If you were adjusting colors in After Effects, that would be a different matter.

Just make sure that you’re rendering and exporting from After Effects to a format and codec that lose as little information as possible. Compression artifacts are a nightmare for coloring work.

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After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

I like it.

Was Freeform used for animating the head/face to allow for the quasi-3D animation with head turns and such?

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[Todd Kopriva]

Are you sure that you’re using After Effects CS6?

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[Todd Kopriva]

What exact versions of the applications?

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[Todd Kopriva]

You can bend 2D layers in 3D using the ray-traced 3D renderer:
https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/bending-2d-layers

It’s limited, but it may be enough for you.

Walter’s tip about the CC Cylinder effect is also good.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

You misunderstand.

This is a list of bug fixes for both operating systems. One of the bugs happens to be for Mac OS.

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[Todd Kopriva]

https://adobe.ly/AE_CS6_1103

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After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

Just choose QuickTime as the format and Animation as the codec in the export settings.

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After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

information about collapsing transformations:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ed7a.html#WS064964FC-424C-4e5a-A5C3-2160B3DFBCA4a

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After Effects quality engineering
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