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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
How to get started in Anime Studio: Here’s an Anime Studio question I got from a user, and this is probably one of the most asked Anime Studio question, ever. In Anime Studio Debut 7, how do you make a character? ( Is there like a certain area where you make the character ) Do I [...]
Sorry, but this download is no longer available here. It’s now a bonus that comes with this Anime Studio training. Anime Studio Living Room – Free Content Here’s a free living room scene for Anime Studio that you can use in your cartoon animation. Cartoon House Options The door has multiple stages of open and shut [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to make a cartoon nose in Anime Studio: This brief video Anime Studio tutorial shows how to make a 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Setting up your cartoon character’s head turn correctly is very important and will save you a ton of time in the future! If you follow these steps and take advantage of the origin and flip layers tools, you will save yourself a lot of work. Steps for your head turn: Anime Studio Pro users: Put all [...]
Part 1 of the Anime Studio Bone Rigging Tutorial can be found here. This is part 2. How To Make Bones In Anime Studio 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 [...]