A complete guide to OpenToonz & Tahoma2D for 2D animation - Full course for FREE animation software

[@DarrenTAnims]

*Thanks for watching. Link to the course:* bit.ly/OpenToonzCourse Watch the free lessons and see the full lesson list there.

[@DarrenTAnims]

All my OpenToonz tutorials: *kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZKnf3qMn5lpjsU* For help setting up and using OpenToonz, chat with animators & developers and enter animation challenges, join my OpenToonz Discord: *discord.gg/FYy4Mg7*

[@Mihimal4]

@@DarrenTAnims Thanks sir, This playlist is really Helpful ❤️

[@MykeWSwims]

Is it mostly covering Open Toonz or will it cover Tahoma2D as well?

[@DarrenTAnims]

It's mostly OpenToonz, which works for Tahoma anyway, but I've a few Tahoma specific lesson in the too. If you take a look at the course page you'll see the full curriculum and I've highlighted which lessons are specifically for Tahoma.

[@MykeWSwims]

@@DarrenTAnims Oddly, OpenToonz has been far more reliable for me than Tahoma. I have started the course.

[@chesterhackenbush]

I think you've become the patron saint of OpenToonz.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Bless you, my son

[@chesterhackenbush]

@@DarrenTAnims lol

[@tripeatin]

There is absolutely no doubt that Darren is an expert at animating with Opentoonz. He's very thorough and explains each concept with multiple examples, making it really easy to grasp. To top it, I also think his voice has a soothing therapeutic quality. No kidding! ;D For real.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate the support. 😊

[@Ranakade]

You are absolutely the best person to learn from for opentoonz. Thanks for putting out those tuts for opentoonz over the years :-)

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you. It's been my pleasure :-)

[@AlonDan]

Dear Darren, congrats on the course! 💙 I recommend anyone who's interested learning OpenToonz to get this course and dive deeper.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you, my friend 😊

[@MovingToonani]

Congratulations on the start of Darren's lecture. I sincerely wish you all the best.^^

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you 🙂

[@natrajkamboj]

Dear Darren Blender and grease pencil have an option to increase the resolution scale, which increases text and icon sizes. To access it, open Blender, go to Edit, Preferences, Interface then Display, and finally Resolution Scale. It would be nice to have such a facility in Tahoma and OpenToonz.

[@DarrenTAnims]

It would. You can change the text size, or the size of other controls by editing the themes. I've covered this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/np2piqCCh92We7c

[@natrajkamboj]

@@DarrenTAnims Thanks

[@Exsulator2]

I've been watching various tutorials and I always come back to Darren T's tutorials, simply because they are meticulous about content, and the format is so smooth. What, there's a complete course? Take my money (of which I don't have a lot, but it's well worth it me thinks)

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you, my friend. The course had been put together in a similar style to my videos, but covering more areas than I could on KZbin. Having a course allows me to explain more than I can elsewhere. If you do decide to join the course, will you follow the link in the description. It'll support me more, than searching directly in udemy.

[@Exsulator2]

@@DarrenTAnims OH NO TOO LATE, I don't remember how I bought it! It's done, but I hope I used your link

[@DarrenTAnims]

​@@Exsulator2 - If you bought it directly after adding your comment, yes you did. Thank you 😍 I'm sure you'll enjoy the course and learn a lot. Let me know how you get on - Both in the Q&A section and my Discord. Good luck :-)

[@Exsulator2]

@@DarrenTAnims allright my man

[@infermex]

Great job Darren

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks buddy 🙂

[@CreativeSteve69]

I just bought your course few weeks ago during a Udemy Sale. I'm glad i did. I'm having fun learning open toonz alongside you. its a pretty fun program. :)

[@DarrenTAnims]

Hi Stevie. That's great to hear. Glad you're enjoying the course. It's a great program; a lot of fun.

[@rsrehal30]

Bought the course Darren... Really excited to complete it ✋🏻😃

[@DarrenTAnims]

😀✋ Thank you my friend. I'm sure you'll get a lot out of it. I've put a lot into this that I've not mentioned elsewhere. Let me know how it goes :-)

[@si9dan936]

I do hope there would be some tutorial about Fx. There are so many of Fx items and mostly they are complicated.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'd like to make a tutorial specifically about the effects. I've had it on my list for a while. I do cover effects in a few of my videos. I've got one about glow (with a candle flame) and by 4-part beginners series also covers a few effects.

[@riyunimation]

Because of you I learned opentoonz, thank youuuuu😍♥️

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you. And that's cool to hear. It can be tricky to just pick up and learn, even with help, so I'm pleased you have 🙂

[@roshoydaley807]

Awesome .... please make a video on the the perspective ruler in Tahoma next 🙏 ......

[@DarrenTAnims]

If you can keep a secret... between you and me... That will be my next video, for next Friday ;-)

[@DarrenTAnims]

In fact. If you want to buy me a coffee, you can watch it now ;-) Link to the coffee shop in my video.

[@roshoydaley807]

@@DarrenTAnims awesome I can't wait now I can make backgrounds 😁😁😁

[@roshoydaley807]

@@DarrenTAnims nice . I will when I get off work .. am gonna buy the your program too

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@roshoydaley807 - Thank you my friend. Be sure to follow the link in the video as that helps out more than searching for it independently on Udemy.

[@lovebaking2503]

Congrats!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you 🙂

[@seeker1602]

Hello Darren... Your Udemy course is my summer project... I see that you created it a few years ago. I also see that you've updated it recently (2/23) and that you use both Tahoma and Opentoonz proper... Can you advise me on which version of the software I should install so that the course content is the most similar to my own screen? Thanks. PS. I've been a teacher for nearly 40 years (seriously...) so I can safely qualify myself as an "expert". You sir, are an excellent teacher.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you. I really appreciate that. The majority of the course was recorded with OpenToonz, but works exactly the same in Tahoma. I recorded a few separate lessons with Tahoma where there are differences. But the main course is for OpenToonz. I intend to add a few more lessons shortly, to cover some recent improvements in OpenToonz.

[@AdamEarleArtist]

Well done mate

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you 🙂

[@MadApplesWA]

I am to blame. I have the other half of your glove. I am a dart player and the glove fits the thumb and the first 2 fingers. Thank you. 4:46

[@DarrenTAnims]

That's where it went! Grrrr. I want it back! My thumb's getting cold 😬

[@Tindager]

holle! Have you ever meet the fill tool can not used in opentoonz? I met the problem in vector .I really sure i close the line. It really annoyed me.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Filling in vector doesn't always work, even with closed lines. It's probably one of the worst things about it. This is why I made this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGevpWWPnKecZ6c

[@niranjana1072]

Congratulations

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you 🙂

[@remynguyen5680]

Hello Darren! Is it possible to add animation into a real video (filmed from my iPhone) with Opentoonz?

[@DarrenTAnims]

Absolutely it is. If you save your video as MP4, don't forget you'll have to setup ffmpeg first (details in the online help guide). I'd suggest editing your video to be as short as possible because importing video can take a little while, so be patient when you do import it. But a new guy has recently joined my Discord who makes videos like that. And he's recently turned to OpenToonz for making them. Here's his channel where you can see the kind of video he makes: kzbin.infovideos

[@remynguyen5680]

Darren T thanks you!

[@jamesmatheny2458]

Darren, I 've been watching your videos and they have helped me so much. But after adding a mesh to one of my characters after I saved it every time I open the project, opentoonz crashes. All other projects work except this one, is there some way I can save all my work?

[@DarrenTAnims]

Are you a member of my Discord? This sounds like an issue that I've discussed there (in the faq section). There seems to be a bug that sometimes scenes with keys in them aren't saved correctly. The fix is: 1. Take a copy of your scene's .tnz file, so you can revert back to it if this doesn't work. 2. Open the secene's .tnz file in a text editor like Notepad++ and see if you have ** anywhere. If so, delete everything between *

[@jamesmatheny2458]

Darren T thank you so much! I will try that for sure

[@kalelbolas2773]

Good job

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks buddy :-)

[@natrajkamboj]

Dear Darren what is the future of 2d animation vis a vis 3d

[@DarrenTAnims]

I think the future of 2D Animation is looking bright. Especially for small, independent, studios. There's more popping up all of the time. And I think the fact you can work on animation for a studio anywhere in the world from anywhere else in the world helps a lot. I think we'll see a lot more of it on streaming services like Netflix. As well as there being plenty of animations being developed by independents on KZbin.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Here's a great example of that: www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/don-bluth-launches-new-studio-to-usher-in-renaissance-of-hand-drawn-animation-196399.html

[@samdavepollard]

i'm a complete unknown but FWIW here's my review of Darren's course, which I recently posted on the udemy site. (I don''t know Darren and I'm not affiliated with him in any way): --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darren knows his stuff AND knows how to present material in an engaging way. This is NOT one of those courses where someone got a microphone for Christmas and thought it would be fun to become a teacher; this has clearly been put together with a lot of thought, so that you get a ton of content, all nicely organised, with clear explanations throughout. OpenToonz is probably one of the more complicated animation packages (reflecting its awesome power) making it really tough going if you're trying to work things out for yourself, cobbling together a bunch of youtube videos etc. If you're looking for someone who can help you navigate the software and get up to speed with its main features, you've found him. (And I should add that I'm difficult to please - had many refunds from udemy for courses that didn't deliver what they promised. No such problems with this one.) Many Thanks, Darren.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you Sam, for these kind words. I'm glad you're finding the course useful and will continue to do so. Happy animating, Darren

[@velu4832]

Hi i am vel murugan i am live in Thoothukudi my own city chennai

[@DarrenTAnims]

Hi

[@simonmartin1060]

Niiiiceeeeeee

[@simonmartin1060]

I love opentoonz

[@DarrenTAnims]

Me too :-) Both the original OpenToonz and the new Tahoma are great. And being open source means they'll only get better :-)

[@epix4300]

Thanks (:

[@DarrenTAnims]

🙂

[@Mihimal4]

❤❤❤

[@DarrenTAnims]

🥰

[@tiegoescrobar4304]

hello your course is not free it costs 20 euros

[@DarrenTAnims]

Correct. The software is free, which is what the title refers to.

[@riyunimation]

Earlyyyyyy haha

[@DarrenTAnims]

😁

[@RE-mb7ny]

Hi Your videos are great. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it. I am new to Tahoma2D and Script. Is there a way to create a random color ball? Since the fill level is on its own layer, I was thinking maybe if there was a way to create a random radial gradient color ball using javascript: scene = new Scene("test.tnz"); scene.getLevel("fillTest"); function newGradient() { var randomColor1 = "#" + Math.floor(Math.random()*16777215).toString(16); return randomColor1; } // Create gradient // (x0,y0,r0 (starting circle),x1,y1, r1(ending circle)) var grd = scene.createRadialGradient(100,65,5,100,65,50); grd.addColorStop(0,"white"); grd.addColorStop(1,newGradient()); // Fill with gradient scene.fillStyle = grd; scene.fill(); I would appreciate any suggestions.

[@DarrenTAnims]

No. You can't use javascript like this with OpenToonz. It only has a very basic scripting interface.

[@RE-mb7ny]

@@DarrenTAnims Thank you for letting me know, I really appreciate it. :)