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How to Build an animated vehicle rig in Adobe After Affects

In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to build an expression-based vehicle rig that automatically calculates the rotation of its wheels based on the movement of the vehicle chassis.

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Build an animated vehicle rig in Adobe After Affects

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