How to Keyframe in 2 Minutes

[@pixelsocket]

Thank you for putting these tutorials on KZbin! I’m just starting animations and I don’t know how much I actually can do with school and all, and I don’t have time to take a course, so this is a really wonderful find for me! Thank you again! :)

[@ayanart8763]

You don't have time? I don't have money 😞

[@champu823]

​@@ayanart8763 same brotha

[@archidux1079]

bruh same . 🤜🤛

[@zikoreanpoets]

Us bro us

[@zikoreanpoets]

Sir which software you are using

[@TammyJerkChicken]

I don’t wanna be that person that asks what software you use but I don’t recognise the ui and I’d like to try it out😊

[@AlexGriggAnimation]

Heya all good. This is Tvpaint. It's a weird program but I've had a license for ages and enjoy it. The longer class is done in animateCC

[@TammyJerkChicken]

@@AlexGriggAnimation aww awesome thank you! I’ve used animate and Toonboom it’s a bit different

[@Geulimchief]

Tvpaint

[@zorbzorbIHATEYOU]

@@TammyJerkChicken I do FlipaClip :’) I don’t have any fancy softwares I’m only 13

[@harmonica_gaming8741]

Was about to ask that, but you saved me from embarrassment!

[@jjju3]

Oh that 6 frame to 12 frame thing is absolutely ground breaking holy shit

[@ziril3972]

I'm a little lost on what it means unfortunately aaaa

[@zetamsn6739]

Yeah, it’s a great way to perceive it

[@amira9759]

@@zetamsn6739 can u explain it to me please I don't get it :,)

[@lukasrooney9194]

@@amira9759 if I'm understanding it right, when you block out your animation with only those few keyframes, and you get the timing to feel right to your brain, (for example it feels right to have the space between to keyframes 6 frames long) you need to double that once you add actual inbetween frames. (in the example you need 12 frames, even if you draw only 6 and hold each for two) cause your brain sort of distorts time when there's only 3 frames.

[@madebymarco]

So how many frames were exactly drawn here?

[@smile--]

This video taught me more about animation than an entire highschool semester of animation class

[@SteeperHornet52]

yeah, highschool doesn't teach you anything honestly. I will be a senior next year, and after taking 2 years of spanish I can barely introduce myself.

[@seth_bortner]

Just found you today. Brilliant!

[@LycansPlace]

:O *aggressively makes notes* Been wanting to get into animation for ages , certain helpful info!

[@tommytress77]

Do you have a mobile device? If so, flipaclip is pretty beginner friendly.

[@jshsjsnsk]

Any good tutorials you can recommend... if you know any? For flipaclip that is. @@tommytress77

[@freshlybakedmaroon]

Omg I spent all day yesterday looking for a simple and quick tutorial like this, found it while mindlessly scrolling! I can finally get started on that animation I had an idea for

[@bellablackmist5033]

You just made something less complicated in my brain that I have over stressed about for years

[@MoostruckCoyote]

SAME ive been struggling so bad w an animation im working on and this fixed all of my problems lmao

[@crackasilly]

They gotta have a way to add shorts to a playlist so we can refer back to things like this 😥

[@Thereallyjonez]

Copy and paste the links into a note

[@dashBoard818]

you can see shorts as normal videos in your liked videos playlist

[@StarryInkArt]

agreed!

[@HihiMiHwa]

I like how you taught how to keyframe in a very short time but still spoke at a rate that's understandable fjsnxnxm Like sometimes these shorts that are like "Learn how to do this in 1 min" goes really really fast and it takes more like 5 minutes fully understanding everything qwq

[@Nedularr]

So good man! Explained so simply but so well

[@dplj4428]

The more i read about animation, the more i need to learn. Like this breakdown. The 1s and 2s. In-betweens. Storytelling poses, blocking out the motion, overshoot and anticipation

[@nani0logy]

FINALLY! Quick and straight to the point! Thank you!

[@InevitableTruth.]

How come I only find this channel now when I absolutely needed this a year ago for my animation classes.

[@thewriterzshow]

Great one ! I’ve got to work more with the key frame poses, I usually just go impro !

[@knightkore1828]

I recently started watching these videos to try and understand how Dokkan animations work, this is a great help!

[@delfinal7560]

That's pretty useful information. Before I watched this video I was picturing in my head how to do proper keyframes. I came up with it finally, but I was too lazy to try it out. Now seeing your video, you prooved that my thinking was almost correct, and you gave me motivation to finally start practicing, so THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@englishshadrick5296]

i love this guys art style.

[@princessthyemis]

This is fantastic!!!! I just started teaching myself animation!

[@hi_its_jerry]

good luck

[@Amelia_PC]

I added the same keyframe positions with the same fps on Cascadeur, added some in-between just to smooth things, and... man, it worked so well! Awesome lesson. Thanks!

[@cd.6878]

As someone who rarely "likes" videos, this one absolutely deserves one. I have been trying to make a video timed to a song but I can never get the pacing right to line the pose I want to the beat and this tiny little video completely changed how I look at it

[@animator---noob8939]

Just to clarify the last point, although the animation is 20 frames total, the spacing makes our brain thinks that it is 12 frames long , counted from the last key pose at 20th frame. So in order to make it more fluid, u put ur inbetweens from 10th frame to 20th frame (using both 1's and 2's) . This makes ur animation much more dynamic and energized. Did I get it right?

[@Hinge45]

this is too confusing.

[@tknklr]

Yeah I'm still struggling to wrap my head around that bit. But I will say, this guy has some pretty helpful animation guides. Probably the best explained out of most of the animators tuts on YT who just go "lol i dunno i just draw some frames and stuff...". A lot of the beginner stuff goes unexplained which sucks if you're learning on your own.

[@animator---noob8939]

​@@Hinge45 ​ Okay so I have brainstormed a lot and did some experiments and I have got the answer to this. Here let me rephrase everything; Basically the first part of the vid is ur basic [Key frames, Breakdowns and extremes] sequencing. I urge you to watch a more detailed video to grasp it. Now the real gist of this video is to tell you to manipulate the timing and spacing in a way that is more intuitive. This makes animation much more thrilling to draw. How to do that? Well , I assume you know drawings on 1's and 2's and then space ur drawings{poses} far/near to the previous and next pose depending you wanna show fast/slow movement. You must also be aware of timing charts for ur spacing process. I know that I am assuming a lot from you but this is a short vid. Now here is the MAGIC SAUCE!!! you IGNORE the previous mechanical way I just told you and just start drawing all your poses, yes ALL of them[ Keys, BDs, Extremes]. And then u arrange ur poses in a way that you want. In this vid, Alex made the first frame HOLD for 10 frames but the motion doesn't start until much later. As you can see he broke the 1's and 2's timing rule and is just randomly mixing timings like 1's, 2's , 3's or 10's to find his RHYTHYM... He also disregarded the timing chart rule as u can see many poses are at places per his creative vision and not always spaced exactly in the mid of two keyframes. Hope this helps, srry for the length.

[@animator---noob8939]

@@tknklr **REPOST** Okay so I have brainstormed a lot and did some experiments and I have got the answer to this. Here let me rephrase everything; Basically the first part of the vid is ur basic [Key frames, Breakdowns and extremes] sequencing. I urge you to watch a more detailed video to grasp it. Now the real gist of this video is to tell you to manipulate the timing and spacing in a way that is more intuitive. This makes animation much more thrilling to draw How to do that? Well , I assume you know drawings on 1's and 2's and then space ur drawings{poses} far/near to the previous and next pose depending you wanna show fast/slow movement. You must also be aware of timing charts for ur spacing process. I know that I am assuming a lot from you but this is a short vid. Now here is the MAGIC sauce, you IGNORE the previous mechanical way I just told you and just start drawing all your poses, yes ALL of them[ Keys, BDs, Extremes]. And then u arrange ur poses in a way that you want. In this vid, Alex made the first frame HOLD for 10 frames but the motion doesn't start until much later. As you can see he broke the 1's and 2's timing rule and is just randomly mixing timings like 1's, 2's , 3's or 10's to find his RHYTHYM... He also disregarded the timing chart rule as u can see many poses are at places per his creative vision and not always spaced exactly in the mid of two keyframes. Hope this helps, srry for the length.

[@full_metal_mofoe]

yeah....what are 1s and 2s?

[@christianbunch9047]

I've been putting action into every single frame and frustrating myself beyond belief. Between extremes, breakdown, and holding motion for 1s and 2s, this is genius and far more help than I expected in a short. Thank you!

[@Quido89]

This is exactly type of videos I need to learn. Thank you!

[@Mindstormer]

I honestly never thought of filling in color post animation. That makes so much sense.

[@MH-lr6ue]

This was very impressive for 2 minutes I didn't expect to learn so much!!!

[@VortekTheUnfunny]

Meanwhile my braincells experiencing perpetual agony while trying to understand this:

[@azronal]

Thank you! I have an animation class and this will help a bunch!

[@ellietran8408]

going to try this in flipaclip! Moving things around will be a challenge though

[@rizkydharma8373]

Simple, amazing, on point! Love it man!

[@ThatNoobKing]

That is simple yet genius Very helpful!

[@S4NSE]

first person that actually explains the logic, thank you so much!

[@Azurey903]

This helps alot, I am a 3D animator currently working on a project thank you for this.

[@Gudsur]

I went to college for Digital Design for my second degree; and animation is way too much work than I care to do. This is why I respect animators so much. It takes loads of work and patience to create the videos we're blessed to witness

[@haleozcan6075]

never thought this was learnable in this amount of time .thank you sooo much

[@heikichikazu5942]

Before I watched this bid I actually started doing this when animating my 3d models, it's much easier to get the right motion when you know where your supposed to end

[@puffnstuff7905]

Great video! I wanted to ask, what program were you using to animate?

[@user-iz1tx5hn9l]

TVPaint

[@thinthle]

If you watch this and still feel lost. Or don't wanna quess where frames go. I'd suggest looking up Timesheets, Timing charts, Spacing and smear frames. It helps understanding the terms if even you work out your own way(s).

[@hyzmarie]

YESSSS I NEEDED THIS! Sadly I have zero software to do this with: one pixel app that animates pretty well, but it’s very hard to do a lot of things with pixels in general. And one drawing app where I just edit the drawings into an animatic but can’t do more than 2fps because I have no way to inbetween.

[@EnglishChattyrocks]

Which app did you use for animation

[@prodSXMMIT]

TVpaint

[@snowyttarius]

I love how the audio is so crunchy yet clear?

[@Tsuru8688]

Needed that to understand animation better.

[@ralphchristianbernardo2929]

You are really great at explaing. I understood it pretty well i just need to repeat what i dont understand but eventually it will get into my head. Thank you for this, greeting from the Philippines 😊.

[@specialmamon2405]

Thank youu! Finally found an example❤❤

[@ReezyResells]

Thanks for these videos ❤ They're the best. Do you have any iPad apps you recommend for keyframe based animation?

[@tobee_gamer5816]

This really helped me better understand keyframes, thanks man

[@Malakaiser]

Loving your vids so far! Think you can make one on how to sync animation to music? For example, a character is walking with their footsteps thumping in sync with the drum thump of the beat.

[@_1r4y1_]

I did this for one of my animations before, didn't know this tip existed ^^

[@Vexthewolf03]

omg thank you so much, i stress over this stuff

[@soda_klk]

after practicing some more, you can start implementing more details like more complex arcs, secondary action (e.g. with the pulling out the sword you could animate him moving his body toward the sword and putting on if his legs on the rock to show weight, more exaggeration and etc.

[@marktokkiri3289]

I like to learn more!!!! Im so interested right now!

[@crobno]

effects just make the animation so fresh ombg

[@darkninja373]

Hey I really loved all your videos Especially for beginners, you are just a blessing! Thank you so much for such valuable content... My question is from where did you learn all these things? Can you suggest some youtube channels and tutorials?

[@renae-parfait]

This is great, thank you!

[@Skittles_25]

You're so helpful. Thank you

[@Geordiecrafts]

New to your channel, love your content, subbed!!

[@leannaking9531]

You answered a question I had for so long 😮

[@rillhye]

Amazingly helpful especially explains what the brain expects

[@Zenith07]

I dont even draw or animate but it is my dream, but besides that this is convincingly very effective and and i can see myself using it if i happen to give animation a try

[@user-ck8fe8rp6q]

i Love the keyframes cuz it's quite easy :)

[@ExodusEversole-qu4kx]

That’s pretty useful, that looks great

[@SYD.0_o]

im currently in university for animation and this is super helpful!

[@taten_da]

That was so helpful, thank you

[@_helloooo]

which software you use and thanks for this totorial its save my lots of time❤❤❤

[@anyo_mations]

He taught half of The Animator’s Survival Kit in 30 seconds

[@kangmyo]

following you now..keep going mate!.

[@Lem-yo5tm]

That's a beautiful work place You got there. So peaceful and relaxing. That drawing tablets is Expensive. I use my 5inch and 6inch smartphones

[@Bittamin]

This is so great I would watch this all day but no way in hell could I pull it off 😅 I was already messing up on Pivot stick figure animation 😂

[@lexicast2608]

AMAZING AS ALWAYS

[@igoohit]

great tip, very useful :)

[@gabrielcouto1696]

Yeahhh thanks a lot !! Do more please!!

[@Exploration_S]

Thanks! Very helpful!

[@ewwitsantonio]

These are great!!

[@Screw064]

The real kicker for me is trying to use a program that isn’t so annoying with add, deleting, or jus moving keyframes cuz I’m hella indecisive😭

[@dee_kay]

thank you so much!!

[@THEDOPESHOW_FrankMidnight]

Great video.

[@stockjjk]

this really helps!!!

[@hadadalcomic]

Very informative, thankss!

[@scribbliedoo]

This was the best explanation i’ve ever heard… my next question would be can you explain the marks i see on animations with the circles lines and numbers? I know its to keep track of timing but i cant figure out how to read them

[@rin5781]

Idk who you are but you saved me. Thank you and have a nice day

[@kyoto.yeah.no.]

Thanks bro this was pretty helpful im about to start my youtube channel but I just need a little bit more practice

[@redd8844]

Ayo this 2 min video teach me more than the usual 10 mins😭

[@aqtrl]

im loving the tutorials. what is the software youre using?

[@vaba3224]

Thank you!!❤

[@mateuszdabrowski7078]

That's pretty cool!

[@justinsjourney3224]

Nice work. 🙏

[@mr.shgamingguy]

That’s cool

[@lCE8]

You just got a new sub

[@navneetrout8193]

Holy cow! That's exactly my process.

[@AlexGriggAnimation]

You're a pro now!

[@cryptid_lives_here6883]

Oh i really like this!!

[@thebestcommenter22]

WAIT PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME PLEASE I LOVETHIS ART STYLE PLEASE MAKE TUTORIALS I NEED THIS

[@thebestcommenter22]

Please

[@AM-jx3zf]

I have seen theories for 3-4 years and experimented with stuff, so now I know how to make animations and color mixing... But realised I'm just bad at drawing lol 😅😅 i used to think if i learn how to do it, i can draw well enough to do it... But naah

[@carafurry7862]

If you do it right you can skip the in-betweens and just make it ease in and out. I like doing that in smaller projects that I don't want to take forever.

[@Morrimik]

Keyframes and “extremes” are two different things. Keyframes are the storytelling drawings that define the “what” of the action, the breakdowns are the “how” it happens, and the inbetweens smooth out the motion (or they’re supposed to anyway!) “extremes” are the drawings that use the farthest points of an arc of motion, defining that motion, and can be either one of the afore mentioned keyframe, breakdown, or inbetween.

[@allblaster13]

What is the app you are using to draw and put the key frames together

[@chaoticsquidintuos1337]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@mvutali]

Thankyou!!

[@avaemberrose]

Thanks!

[@LlightW]

Thank you a lot

[@CaptainItalia12]

Is this TVPaint? What is your main tool for frame by frame? Thank you if you can help me out with this advice! 🥰