‘ANIME STUDIO TUTORIALS’ Archives
Auto-stroke Tool Problems
I'm having problems with the Auto-stroke Tool: HI Eric, Ive got a problem with my AS 7 PRO. Everytime i make a character i have this issue with the strokes. Im doing my characters without the strokes for a more cleaner lkooking character. But now after a few days i cannot get rid of the stroke. (the stroke color is black when i remove them) [...]
Battle of the Sexes Game Uses AS7
New use of Anime Studio 7 Pro Physics Engine I thought everyone might want to check this out: Battle of the Sexes Game The video test on this site (easy to find) used AS7 to make the animation portion of the video. Even cooler is the use of the new physics engine and the rotate on origin feature that moves the clocks' hands in real [...]
Anime Studio- The Best Mouth Switch Layer Rig
What is the best mouth switch layer setup in Anime Studio? In my opinion, the best way to do a cartoon character's mouth is by using GROUP LAYERS (or BONE LAYERS for Anime Studio Debut users) that contain the phoneme mouth shapes. By using GROUP LAYERS, I can separate my mouth's teeth from the rest of the mouth, and this becomes an easy way to [...]
Anime Studio- How to Import a Mouth Switch Layer
How do I import a mouth switch layer for my cartoon character in Anime Studio? Importing stuff is easy. There's actually a lot of animation content that comes with Anime Studio. The video tutorial above will show you how to import one of the mouths, complete with audio sync phoneme switch layers, into your animation and put it on your cartoon [...]
Anime Studio- How to make a cartoon nose.
How to make a cartoon nose in Anime Studio: This brief video tutorial shows how to make one type of nose for your cartoon character. Be sure to place the nose between the correct layers of the character. You want your mouth switch layers to go behind your nose (under it in the layers tree) and in front of your face. Other than that, there's [...]
Anime Studio Duplicate Layer Tool
What does the DUPLICATE LAYER TOOL in Anime Studio Pro or Debut do? As you may have guessed, the DUPLICATE LAYER TOOL will copy the layer you currently have selected in your layers tree. How do I use the DUPLICATE LAYER TOOL in Anime Studio Debut or Pro? Highlight the layer you want to duplicate by clicking on it, then click the button above [...]
Anime Studio- How to Scale Bones
What does the SCALE BONES TOOL do? The SCALE BONES TOOL allows you to resize your bone and the corresponding parts attached to it, but it only works in an animation. If you're on frame zero, it's inactive. Notice how I'm on frame zero in the above picture and it's gray in color, but once I switch to a different frame, as seen in the picture [...]
Anime Studio Pro Styles
What are styles in Anime Studio Pro? Styles are a way to edit your animation content very fast. For example, let's say you created a cartoon character that 100 different body parts that were skin colored. His hand switch layers, face, nose, eyelids, etc. for all different angles of your character. Let's say you want to use the same [...]
Anime Studio Add Bones
Part 1 of the Anime Studio Bone Rigging Tutorial can be found here. This is part 2. Creating Anime Studio Bones Whe rigging your Anime Studio character, you need to insert the bones in the right order. If you do it incorrectly, you can always reparent them later, but it's so much easier to do it right the first time. Note: [...]
Anime Studio Debut Head Turn
How do I make a smooth head turn in Anime Studio Debut? (Charles, this answer is for you.) Doing a smooth head turn in Debut is going to be a pain. You have two options: 1) Each time you want to turn the head, you need to move the eye pieces, mouth switch layer folder, eyebrows, hair, nose, ears, etc. with the same timing from position [...]
Anime Studio 7 Tutorial: Curvature Tool
How do I use the curvature tool in Anime Studio 7? Anime Studio does vectors a little differently from other vector software, but once you get used to it, it's actually quite a time saver. Watch the video to see how to use the tool. What does the curvature tool do? When you have three or more points that are not in a straight line, using the [...]
Anime Studio Tutorials: Stop Motion Animation
Can I use Anime Studio 7 Pro to make stop-motion animation? Yes. Any version of Anime Studio can do stop-motion animation. How to make stop-motion animation: 1) Remember that your layer visibility (the eyes in your LAYERS tree) does not animate (allow changes over time). It will only turn the LAYER's visibility on or off for the whole [...]
Anime Studio- How to Make Blend Morphs
How to use BLEND MORPHS in Anime Studio Pro 6 or Anime Studio Pro 7 software: 1) Open your ACTIONS window and create a new ACTION 2) You can change any parameter of your animation here. You can translate points, translate layers, move bones, change colors, change line width, etc. 3) DO NOT make any of your changes on any frame [...]
Anime Studio Pro Tutorial- How to create and use actions
Tips for using "ACTIONS" with Anime Studio Pro 6 or Anime Studio Pro 7: Actions and blend morphs are directly related, but before you create a bunch of actions to use as blend morphs, watch the blend morph tutorial. They must be created a certain way! Once an ACTION is created, any changes you make to any part of any LAYER will be [...]
Anime Studio 7- How to create a cartoon character
This tutorial covers how to make a cartoon character with Anime Studio 7, from start to finish. Here are parts 1-3. Ask your questions in the comments section below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Next Tutorial: How to create a cartoon character, Part 4: Actions
Anime Studio: Switch Layer Tutorial
Switch Layer Tutorial: If you're a beginner, this tutorial is for you.
Anime Studio 7 Pro 3D Tutorial
Ask your questions below, and I'll try my best to answer them. So everyone knows, you can attach your 3D VECTOR LAYERS to BONE LAYERS to animate them on X and Y axis. You can use your ROTATE LAYER XY TOOL to rotate the objects toward you.
Anime Studio Pro 7 Physics Tutorial
Here's my review of the new physics engine for Anime Studio Pro 7. (You can find the official tutorial under HELP>HELP..., page 130 in your Anime Studio Pro 7 User's Manual.) Important points to remember (I believe these are all correct): You can only enable physics on objects within a GROUP LAYER. Place your layers into a GROUP [...]
Anime Studio Bone Rigging Tutorial
As promised, here's my character, split apart into pieces to show you how to rig your character's bones in Anime Studio. When rigging bones this way, there's no need to separate the pieces before adding the bones. If you separate them, it'll frustrate you every time you insert your character into a scene and he's in [...]
