Animating Traditionally with Toon Boom

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This course was originally created for students participating in Skills Ontario's Animation Challenge (similar to the 11 Second Club), as a way to quickly get them comfortable with both the fundamentals of traditional animation as well as practical knowledge of Toon Boom's software. To do this, the course is designed to walk through the completion of a scene starting from analyzing dialogue, to story-boarding, to creating actual animation, while being sure to emphasize the core principles of animation.With this in mind, the course is best suited for animation students that are either new to the medium, or those looking to bring their traditional skills to the digital realm, using Toon Boom. While there are many videos available online that feature Toon Boom's software, most of them focus on cut-out style animation, or puppets, rather than traditional frame-by-frame style animation. After getting many remarks from even industry pros surprised that Toon Boom can actually not only support traditional animation, but do it amazingly well, I felt it high time for some video tutorials focussing on the basics.This course features Toon Boom's Storyboard Pro, and Harmony 11, industry standards in animation software. Although, to keep up with all the version changes, I've made sure to focus on features that are also available in both older and newer versions of Harmony (including Harmony 17), as well Toon Boom's former Animate, Animate Pro, applications. And for those absolute beginners, there's still plenty of information that can be used, whether you're still drawing with a pencil, or deciding what type of software to pick up for your next animated project.This course includes 19, densely-packed lessons, over the span of exactly an hour.A great way to fast-track your working knowledge of both animation and Toon Boom basics!

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Create an animated scene, from scratch, using traditional animation principles and workflow
Create a simple storyboard and animatic using Toon Boom's Storyboard Pro
Create frame-by-frame animation using Toon Boom's Harmony

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  • Drawing
  • Storyboarding
  • Design
  • Acting
  • Animation

Course programme

Start Here 2 lectures 01:12 Introduction Course Introduction Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Start Here 2 lectures 01:12 Introduction Course Introduction Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Introduction Course Introduction Introduction Course Introduction Introduction Course Introduction Introduction Course Introduction Course Introduction Course Introduction Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Project Files Download the Project Files for the course. Download the Project Files for the course. Download the Project Files for the course. Analyzing Dialogue 2 lectures 03:26 Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Analyzing Dialogue 2 lectures 03:26 Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Welcome Let's listen to our audio clip. Let's listen to our audio clip. Let's listen to our audio clip. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Dialogue Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Before we can start drawing, we have to listen for clues that help describe our characters and scene. I'll be analyzing the provided dialogue, and you'll get to see what type of things to look for when listening to a dialogue clip for the first time. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Practice Exercise - Dialogue Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters.Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters.Find an audio clip with dialogue a few seconds long (no more than 11 seconds). Preferably a clip from a movie or TV show, since you want to work with good acting. Likewise, don't use a clip from a song, as you want to focus on the dialogue.Without referring to the source material, analyze the audio clip for clues about the location and the characters. Character Design 1 lecture 01:39 Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Character Design 1 lecture 01:39 Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Chararacter Design Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Starting with simple shapes, I'll be going through the process of designing a character for animation. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Practice Exercise - Character Design Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Create a character that you'll be using to animate in your scene. You can use the template character provided, or design your own. Most importantly, keep it simple. Storyboarding 7 lectures 23:59 Welcome to Storyboard Pro Introduction to Storyboard Pro, and starting a new project. Storyboard Pro Basics - Part 1 Discover the interface, navigate workspaces, layers, vector vs bitmap basics, and the Select tool. Storyboard Pro Basics - Part 2 Working with Tool Properties, customize the Brush tool, working with Captions, and important hot-keys. Scene 1 I create our first storyboard scene, discussing staging, perspective, and adding tones. Scene 2 Here, I add a second scene, discussing more on staging/layout; as well as demonstrating the Cutter tool, and an alternative way to tone your drawings. Scene 3 Create the last scene, using additional panels to depict a change of action in the scene, and the Onion Skin to see drawings between panels. Creating an Animatic Use Storyboard Pro to create an animatic from our drawings, adding our dialogue clip, and time out the images to the audio. Then, export the animatic for Harmony/Animate/Animate Pro. Practice Exercises - Storyboarding Create a storyboard (on paper or using Storyboard Pro), to plan out the action of your animation. For practice purposes, you may want to minimize the number of separate scenes. Though feel free to use as many panels in a scene as needed to choreograph your character's movements.If you're using Storyboard Pro, after completing your storyboards, add your audio clip and create an animatic. If you don't have Storyboard Pro, you can use After Effects (not discussed in these tutorials) to put your animatic together. Otherwise, simply use a stopwatch, to time out the duration of each action and note it with your images. --------------------Hotkeys featured in this section: 1 = Zoom out2 = Zoom in Hold Space and drag = Pan the drawing areaCtrl+Alt and drag = Rotate the drawing areaShift+M = Reset the drawing area Hold O and drag = Resize the Brush/Pencil Tool Hold E = temporarily changes to the Eraser ToolCtrl+S = Save the project Storyboarding. 7 lectures 23:59 Welcome to Storyboard Pro Introduction to Storyboard Pro, and starting a new project. Storyboard Pro Basics - Part 1 Discover the interface, navigate workspaces, layers, vector vs bitmap basics, and the Select tool. Storyboard Pro Basics - Part 2 Working with Tool Properties, customize the Brush tool, working with Captions, and important hot-keys. Scene 1 I create our first storyboard scene, discussing staging, perspective, and adding tones. Scene 2 Here, I add a second scene, discussing more on staging/layout; as well as demonstrating the Cutter tool, and an alternative way to tone your drawings. Scene 3 Create the last scene, using additional panels to depict a change of action in the scene, and the Onion Skin to see drawings between panels. Creating an Animatic Use Storyboard Pro to create an animatic from our drawings, adding our dialogue clip, and time out the images to the audio. Then, export the animatic for Harmony/Animate/Animate Pro. Practice Exercises - Storyboarding Create a storyboard (on paper or using Storyboard Pro), to plan out the action of your animation. For practice purposes, you may want to minimize the number of separate scenes. Though feel free to use as many panels in a scene as needed to choreograph your character's movements.If you're using Storyboard Pro, after completing your storyboards, add your audio clip and create an animatic as reference, including live acting...

Additional information

This course features Toon Boom's Harmony and Storyboard Pro. While recommended, they're not required as the lessons focus on traditional animation fundamentals Also compatible with Toon Boom's Animate, Animate Pro, and Harmony 17 As a digital animation course, a Wacom tablet is highly recommended for drawing in the software No prior software knowledge required

Animating Traditionally with Toon Boom

£ 10 VAT inc.