Question – “How do I make add a blend morph so that it doesn’t start on frame zero?” How To Use Anime Studio Pro Blend Morphs Let’s say we want to insert a head turn blend morph into our main timeline for our cartoon character. We want him to start turning his head on frame [...]
“I was using Anime Studio 8, and I had an image layer in one of my scenes. I saved it. Then, after cleaning up some of my files the image was gone from my cartoon and there was only an image place holder showing. What happened and how can I fix my animation?” [...]
Here’s the review you’ve been waiting for on the new Anime Studio 8 character wizard. The character wizard has some limitations, and in my opinion, Smith Micro has missed the mark in a couple of areas, but overall I really like it. Anyone who’s needed dozens of cartoon characters for a background in a scene [...]
I just got the notice that Anime Studio Debut 8 and Anime Studio Pro 8 will be released next week, on June 8, 2011. The newest version has some amazing features, and I’ll be sure to post links to any of my tutorials and reviews right here, so stay tuned. After you’ve tried it, feel [...]
HI ERIC, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PUTTING ANIMATION ON TOP OF RECORDED VIDEO IN ANIME DEBUT 7. CAN IT BE DONE? IF SO HOW IS IT DONE? THANKS IN ADVANCE, VERNE How to add animation on top of a movie: It’s really easy. Just click File>Import>Movie… Import your video, then animate as normal. Just [...]
A question came in from one of my YouTube channel viewers. First of all, thanks for communicating your question clearly so that I could understand it. I appreciate that. Secondly, thanks for asking a question that I haven’t already answered in one of my Anime Studio tutorials. I really can’t stand when people create more [...]
Hi, I was trying to move a body part behind another body part during my cartoon. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance, Jimmy Yes, Jimmy. You can move a layer farther back into your scene during the animation. This happens often. You may have a character that scratches his face and [...]
Eric, Please help me. I lost my toolbar with all my tools like my draw, fill, bone, layer, camera, and workspace tools. I have no idea where they went. Can you help? Where did my Anime Studio toolbar go? This is a common problem, but so far I don’t believe anyone’s ever gotten back [...]
I have another question. Can you copy actions from one character to another? I want to make my [characters] dance together in unison. Anime Studio Tutorial: How to make your characters move together No, you can’t copy Anime Studio Pro actions from one character to another, unless… Here’s the thing. An action corresponds to a point in a vector [...]
Eric, How long does it usually take you to render a video in Anime Studio? I made my first video below [for my project]. The main part took about an hour. I think maybe I’m choosing too high a quality, but I’m not really sure. Also, do you have tutorials on using bone [...]
Thanks Eric,I have another question for you. If you have animation where you’re switching scenes with the same character, like in one scene he’s in bed in his pajamas, in the next scenes, he’s in a car driving to work… do you create a bunch of switch layers for the scenes with a separate instance [...]
How do I bind the bones in the group layer? Eric, I created a character based on your tutorials with a Head Turn switch layer inside a bone layer. I’m having trouble binding the bones inside the Head Default group layer. I was able to bind the Head Turn layer to the main bone in [...]
Anime Studio Pro Tutorial Anime Studio Pro Tutorial For Rigging Your Character This is probably my biggest time saver, and I wasn’t actually going to share this character rig with anyone. Oh, well. I guess I can be nice. How To Rig A Character In Anime Studio Pro You need to take advantage of actions, [...]
Anime Studio Debut 7 Features I thought it might be handy to post this official video of the Anime Studio Debut 7 features. I don’t actually own Debut 7, but you can at least consult this video for more information. I have Anime Studio Pro 6, Anime Studio Debut 6, and Anime Studio Pro 7. [...]
How do I make a cartoon character walk in Anime Studio? There’s no point in making my own tutorial. I found this one online, and it works just fine. Don’t mind the intro. It won’t actually show you how to make your cartoon walk like that one. The tutorial’s much better, and actually shows what’s [...]
