Animating Characters in Toon Boom Animate

An introduction to creating and animating cutout characters in Toon Boom Animate.This course is an introduction to creating and animating cutout characters in Toon Boom Animate. Author Tony Ross shows how to use the Toon Boom toolset to create cutout characters, and explains how to leverage a few rules of traditional animation to help bring the characters to life. He shows how to create mouth shapes for dialogue, add realistic eye movement, and animate a full cycle. The final chapter shows how to create foreground and backgrounds for your character and export a simple, animated scene. Topics include: Working with the timeline Customizing your workspace Importing images to use as the basis for an animation Understanding how pen pressure affects brush strokes Adding color with swatches Creating multiple versions of a single character Drawing the head and body Creating phonemes for lip sync Rigging your character Using motion keyframes Creating pegs Animating the legs and arms Importing and editing sound Using squash and stretch and other animation principles Saving your character as a template