Update # 22

Hello everyone!

Another small update on the tutorial set.

I am pretty much done with the rig, which does pretty much all that I want, some of the new V10 tools are also quite useful, like the new Target Constraint.

I should start animating the little guy next Monday, then I will start recording the videos, hoping that my speech will comply.

Here is a rendered pose of the character that I did for testing the rig, might post a short video showing the rig in action in a couple of days.

Cheers, Gilles

Update # 21

Hello everyone!

I was reminded about the tutorial set on the official forum, and yes, it has been overdue for way too long, and it is about time that I make good on it, so I started working on a character for it today.

Here is what I came up with for the tutorial...

The new deadline is the end of January, if my health permits it, in any case, it will be available in a reasonable time span!

The first to get it will be those who pre-ordered it, and when everyone of them has received it, it will be made available for everyone-else!

I will keep You all posted.

Cheers, Gilles

Head turn file

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I could post that smart bone file I showed a few months back, hoping you will enjoy it and maybe learn a thing or two!




Here is the file.


head-turn-v9.zip(29KB)

Also, I resumed work on the tutorial set, will post news as soon as I have some, again, many thanks for your patience!

Gilles

Update #20

Hello everyone!

Sorry if I have not posted often lately, but I had allot on my plate these past few months!

OK, after tinkering for quite a while, I have finally made up my mind on the type of video tutorial set I want to produce!

It was not easy, as I wanted to produce something unique, I wanted to stay away from the ordinary stuff We usually see, so I came up with a formula that I like, allot!

First of all, I will produce a high quality 2 minutes animated short, the kind that You show off at festivals!

Then I will make a complete how to, showing the whole process of creating an animated short in Anime Studio, including tips on...

Making 3D backgrounds for 2D animation.
Scene composition.
Character design and rigging.
And the full process of animatin 2d characters in a manner that is really close to hand drawn animation.
Anime Studio is that good!

The set will of course have the full set of production files, including the 3D background files for Blender 3D, and the full Anime Studio file set as well!

I think I choose the best method of teaching 2D animation, a method that will allow the users to produce anything from personal, small projects, to TV production, to full blown cinema quality animation!

I haven't been that thrilled in quite a while, it brings me ton of energy, which for me is a welcome change these days!

I would like your comments and ideas on that project, as I want it to reflects what peoples really want in a video tutorial set.

Here are some of the background 3D models I made today, they have no textures, but the first tests I did rendering them in Blender 3D and Freestyle, shows really good looking, and very painterly cartoon look, I hope You'll like them!

Gilles

Update # 19

Hello everyone, another update on my upcoming video tutorial set.

I am done recording the videos for the making of the head turn, and here is a preview of the resulting file.

Comments are more then welcome!




Tomorrow I will post a complete list of the content, as well as another video covering the main features of the video set.


Gilles

Update # 18

Just a word to tell You all that my video tutorial set is well on the way, and let me tell You that it will not be for the fainthearted, some heavy stuff in there, and some of my best Anime Studio work to date! :)

I am thinking about posting a preview video showing what it will look like next week, check back in a few days!

Gilles

Playing with background

Playing with background, mask and simulating reflections.

Gilles

Work

Today I worked on some character design.

Gilles

Back to business

Hello everyone

Finally back to business after a small hiccup!

I resumed working on the video tutorial set, worked on some more assets and laid out the set itself, which reads like this...

0. Introduction
1. quick run down of the interface main tools and the basics of animation in anime studio
2. The timeline, sequencer and motion graph
3. The principles
4. IK vs IK
5. The rig
6. Posing a character
7. Audio files
8. Automatic lip sync
9. Manual lip sync
10. Point animation lip sync
11. Facial animation with dialogue
12. Eyes
13. Accents
14. My workflow
15. First blocking of the action scene
16. Second blocking of the action scene
17. Tweaking the action scene
18. First blocking of the dialogue scene
19. Second blocking of the dialogue scene
20. Tweaking of the dialogue scene
21. Conclusion

Any suggestions on what else could be included are welcome, but it must be character animation related.

I have setup my self with a deadline, the 15th of December, and it is my goal to make it happen no matter what!

As soon as the set is available, it will not go online before each and every persons who preorder the set get their copy, that is non negotiable.

I also decided, since all that happened, that each individuals who preordered the set, will be entitled to any future commercial product that I will make available on this blog in the future, for free of course!

Last thing, I have the emails of everyone who preordered the set, if your email address has changed since, please, send me an email through the this blog contact form with your old email, that is the email used to preorder, and the new one, so I can make sure everyone gets it when available.

Happy animating

Gilles

Video tutorial art #2

Hello everyone!

Still working on the video tutorial files here, today I worked on some of the extra characters for the set, here is one of them. I haven't gotten him a name yet, anyone has a suggestion?

He has a very basic rig and will be used as a background extra, and probably for the flexi-bind point and flexi-bind layer video, which should be a freebie!