The animations had to be lively, and seeing early on in our design meetings that we would be using a lot of avatars in this video —you guessed it— I started building a rig for them where I could consolidate all those layers into one composition and use that single comp layer to control all the properties I'd need to animate for the avatar. That way, I can spend more time honing in the animations and creating characters to reflect each user on their clicks and as they direct you through the video, and not just a cursor moving along the screen. Aside from merging all the layers into one, this rig's main objective was to have total control over how everything moves – cursor clicks, spins, delays, color, and what avatar is displayed. All this, packed into one layer, made adding more avatars a breeze and tweaking stuff super easy. Ultimately, this innovative approach was pivotal in meeting our project deadline, enabling me to allocate valuable time to other critical aspects of the animation.