Animating (+ Commentary): Discovering Key Framing in MS Paint

Note 5-13-2020: I used to call this a tutorial, but I'm still coming up with new tips that are sometimes better than the ones I gave before, and I'm bad at teaching on the spot, which was what I tried to do here. Now when I explain what I'm doing in a video, it's mostly for commentary, without the "you have to" or "you should."
Update 10-3-2020: Here's a playlist of every animation commentary, including better, recent ones: • Drawing/Animating - Wi...

[@ChaoChao0071]

*Update 5-13-2020:* I used to call this a tutorial, but I'm still coming up with new tips that are sometimes better than the ones I gave before, and I'm bad at teaching on the spot, which was what I tried to do here. Now when I explain what I'm doing in a video, it's mostly for commentary, without the "you have to" or "you should." *Update 10-3-2020:* Here's a playlist of every animation commentary, including better, recent ones: kzbin.info/aero/PLwRP7ny9wQwgFUBry2QXg3JjwmtSuyW4B

[@aaronjboysreleasing2001]

Hey I remember, you setting up for using keyframes, cool, similar look like overseas including such as Warner Bros. Animation, Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, DHX Media, 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, Don Bluth Productions, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Universal Animation Studios, DisneyToon Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, MGM Animation, DreamWorks Animation, et cetera!

[@starkatgaming2798]

What did you use to make it animation and combine all the frames? And/or how did you do it?

[@ChaoChao0071]

@@starkatgaming2798 Movie Maker.

[@gamerfirewolf8225]

If you figured out that how did you start key framing you could tell the comments below if you want or make a video not trying to offend,threat,forcing or being mean to anyone and not offending you ChaoChao0071 keep on doing your videos' keep on watch your doing.

[@gamerfirewolf8225]

Thanks i am sure that people will get help because of your positive .

[@toongirl007]

It amazes me that you have the patience with drawing and animating with MS paint :o

[@lilyannanimates5742]

its easy if you try i animate with it

[@thegeekaccountyoushouldign5679]

I think most people just find it difficult and annoying because there's no layers and no onion skin function. Onion skin is standard for animation programs and saves a lot of time creating keyframes and in-betweens, because you can look at whichever isolated layers or frames you'd like. For someone of the same skill level with about the same experience in a dedicated animation software, the result would likely not only take less time, it would would likely be better simply because the program has some stuff MS Paint doesn't have.

[@Moocow2003]

I know there are ways to get around the lack of layers (hard to explain but they're out there) but I would personally find the lack of onion skin / the terrible workflow so distracting! I currently use Firealpaca but I really want a program which offers the ability to have multiple layers per frame ;-;

[@beans9882]

Cᴜʀsᴇᴅ actually a folder in fire alpaca counts as one frame

[@Moocow2003]

lalli bear whAAAAAT?! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME THIS OMFG

[@BillyQ.]

The fact that you're capable of making such fluid and above all quality animation with MS Paint is a testament to your talent.

[@Kittencloudy4u]

Omg I've been doing to with out realizing :0

[@jojo_pooki]

Kittygirl the wired Human that was 2 months ago lmao

[@maamtis]

w o

[@pastarru]

Kiki 👀

[@Kittencloudy4u]

@@pastarru 😳 j-jason

[@Joshkid2000]

IVE NEVER KNOWN U CAN ANIMATE ON PAINT, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR TERRIBLE PICTURES, BUT U MADE A WHOLE SHOW OUT OF IT, LIKE HOW

[@moondust2365]

@LoveBerry and skill. You don't have to be born with it. It can be learned, depending on your capabilities, of course.

[@vinspawz1138]

Better than flash animation

[@elitemation]

flash is much better than assrite ms paint. it depends on the animator

[@fjsarchives4255]

r/woosh

[@robblequoffle8456]

no

[@aldobernaltvbernal8745]

ye

[@cubeoi]

OMG it's you :)

[@BijouluvsJewels1234]

IT'S SO SMOOTH AAAHH

[@moonallmoon]

I love seeing people use MS Paint like this, for years I thought I was the only person who used it for drawing ^.^

[@AwesomeYena]

I use for both drawing and animation

[@AGA-q3f]

@@AwesomeYena You fools, i animate in MS paint without movie maker

[@AwesomeYena]

@@AGA-q3f What?! How?

[@AGA-q3f]

@@AwesomeYena So im gonna get this straight make a folder name it whatever you want example: eggman300 so open ms paint and lets just say u wanna bounce a ball make a ball in the upper left corner theres a dark blue big button thingy then press it name the picture in the down searchbar, whatever you want but make it like boi1 boi2 boi3 boi4 if u dont do this it wont work anyways in the upper searchbar name it the folder u named, eggman300 so u will see the picture in the folder now to do the other frame color the previous ball a different color to imitate the onion skin and after drawing there animation (apallause)

[@Manco65]

I used to use it when I had a regular PC. But just for drawing still images for memes.

[@gaea7464]

You use MS paint?!?!? Meeeeen n that is just... Wow your a true legend!!

[@captainchungus2140]

i animate using ms paint

[@moondust2365]

Yes and no? She's got skill, but it's not like MS Paint _makes_ your art inherently terrible. Just that most that use it are amateurs considering intermediates and pros usually have the money to buy expensive programs or download others- usually both for the stereotype that MS Paint is terrible plus the fact that they need lots of features.

[@GlaceonStudios]

Great animation style! Very reminiscent of Disney.

[@Snarfal]

That's happy tree friends, not Disney.

[@gumi_twylit2605]

He meant to say... the animation is very reminiscent of disney

[@LucidMlem]

These animations already exist. They're both Happy Tree Friends and My Little Pony.

[@chibimango5028]

​@@LucidMlem theyre saying the characters move like disney characters, they know they arent disney chars

[@angelesjojp]

I really love the way u do the frame by frame animation Using ms paint your'e really cool!!!! notice meh

[@starforce9740]

This video helped me better understand the key framing process. I plan to use it for my future animations. Also, the only problem I have with this video is the music from the radio since a lot of it is copyrighted (a notable example being the song "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys). Should we be concerned about that?

[@ChaoChao0071]

I wouldn't worry. I'll I've ever gotten are claims, and I haven't gotten a claim here yet. And all the other music is too quiet and is drowned out by my voice. And too sped-up on the, well... sped-up parts. Not to mention the quality isn't very clear.

[@alessandrasegre3077]

StarEmblem97 nice

[@SomeGaymerNerd]

"let's do purple" >picks dark blue

[@ChaoChao0071]

Looked purple to me.

[@welshianhappy]

@@ChaoChao0071 same

[@LyliePunez]

14:00 name of that sound please :3

[@jedorikku1205]

Intense Mouse clicking

[@unknownentity6226]

Higher tense “ooo”

[@marialyna8732]

Lylie Pucisse i

[@hotdog3392]

Lylie Pucisse Darude Sandstorm

[@azzyboodaisy]

The darude Sandstorm meme is so dead

[@Ryeven]

HOLY HECK. ARE YOU MS PAINT GOD?

[@It_dee_ot]

I just want to thank you for this amazing video. I cannot tell you how happy I am rn this is the kind of thing I was looking for! I have watched a lot of videos on how to animate on ms paint and movie maker and it was always same thing and I really would like to show my ideas on the internet but when i put it to action i get lazy and unmotivated because of the animation process I been through. Not only that, you explain everything so well which save me time trying to figure it out. I'd like to make funny animations or really interesting ones but never could because I wasn't satisfied on how I was doing it (it's a little hard to explain haha sorry^^;) now i can live in peace instead of looking back at my previous frames thank you VwV

[@MindMeats]

Your animation style is so smooth and the method is so tedious and difficult imo. I admire that a lot

[@applepie9185]

I actually was wrong when I said ms paint is useless

[@Yukki64_]

that must be long to animate in MS paint...

[@peppermintpaints3523]

Why is this satisfying for me to watch????!!!

[@chimbrorobert2422]

you know. this is just so much effort. an animating programme would be better. i know you are not used to it but if you try to use it and learn how to use it i assure you that it will be easier and the result will be better

[@partyP00per123]

chimbro I think she tried Flash once but she didn't like it

[@chimbrorobert2422]

Yoshi5020 Adobe flash CC is way better

[@randomtree7295]

BryBug, Nah, I tried to use flash before but it was really annoying​ and kept crashing a lot, I personally recommend FireAlpaca.

[@partyP00per123]

Blue Moon Ayy I use FireAlpaca 👉😎👉

[@chimbrorobert2422]

guys. 1) if she tried only once then she basicly did nothing. flash requires a lot of time to learn 2) flash doesnt crash. it never crashed on my pc. you might have cracked it wrong

[@not-lee7806]

EXCUSE ME?? BUT WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN BE SO GOOD AT ANIMATING ON MS PAINT??

[@Jordanime]

Hello fellow MSPaint animator. I'd just like to say, Good Lord! How did you animate before key framing? You are way more talented than me! Also a trick for getting rid of an older frame, in case you didn't know: Left click color you want gone, right click background color, then use the eraser tool and RIGHT click. It will erase only your left click color. Make the eraser real big to save time.

[@DarbyDarbyDarby2223]

can I just say??/ this is absolutely stunning like?? not one have I seen such an amazing animation in freaking paint like wow when I just draw a single picture in paint it's poor, let alone animate in it I can't imagine it! please is very inspiring and it brings different types of animations like this isn't a light

[@alesiabiri1761]

Old windows. Sheet

[@ChaoChao0071]

Uh-uh. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hV6oonWporB1mrM

[@AniMask_]

I feel like my eyes would've been crossed trying to draw over those key frames multiple times. I have a lot of major respect for you for being able to do that without getting dizzy.

[@dragonmanover9000]

How do you even draw the guidelines? For me, I always have to draw a line and curve it to know the character's position (similar to how a spine bends).

[@hermitcrab123]

For some reason it's the best tutorial I've ever seen, maybe it's because I'm stupid, but never before have I got the way people get in-between frames

[@QuintonTV]

OMG! Thank you so much for explaining this! What you did @9:47 was very helpful.

[@astronaut798]

Woah. I'm really impressed! You got every line perfect, and its really good animation! Especially for MS Paint

[@Jakesoul12]

oh my god this is done in ms paint and it's so. fucking. SMOOTH! amazing work!

[@QuintonTV]

How'd you figure out the "no fill/ solid color" technique?😯 wish I knew about that years ago.

[@valeriapabon7580]

You can also use the eraser so you can erase the color you want in the second color.😊

[@vetortheplaguewerewolf]

Thank you for this tutorial! I hope this one stays because the one where you explain that green screen one is gone. ^^

[@SteveAdmienn]

I'm really impressed by your patience and skill. Well done.

[@Panda-lo7kv]

That animations are just AMAZING!! Really smooth! You have talent and patience Your animations are amazing! You’re amazing!!!

[@darwingreenheart]

i've wasted my life, should've taken ms paint more seriously

[@TheCartoonBoy94TCB94]

Honestly, how you do it plus another similar video made some of my animations smoother...

[@TheJonGlasses3245]

While all the other animators are living in 2018, this person is living in 3018. No seriously, the animation is so smooth it's beyond belief that this could be done in MS Paint ALONE.

[@katykitty622]

OMFG SRRSLY U'RE THE MS PAINT GOD

[@NOBLEFILMS1987]

Thank You so Much for Teaching Me How to Animate in Microsoft Paint ChaoChao! I LOVE Your Characters!

[@marselmusic]

your patience makes me feel ashamed for how lazy i am.

[@gothic_angel030]

Awesome video I like it and I love htf too and you are awesome

[@keiratheturtle4676]

Everyone, you do know you can do really good and amazing animations on any animation app (including MS Paint) if you put in time and effort to actually practice on the app and be patient with it and soon you will improve. Remember- you cannot become perfect at it over night.

[@donthidefrommeh5374]

Yes, Ms Paint is not a bad software for Animation....

[@MilkyAnimations]

the best animations! 👍

[@joe2501echo]

Kinda want to hear your opinion on Pencil 2D. I stopped using it a long time ago because it was a massive headache to use, but they have since patched the most annoying bugs. It's dead simple to use if you know how animation timelines work. It's also extremely lightweight due to the simplicity. It boots instantly and it runs great even on a Linux emulation on my low end smart phone.

[@crestopticwhite5029]

I wonder how good you would be if you had flash :/

[@BlueCat98]

This is very nice! I also animate using MS Paint! Vast majority of my videos are MS Paint animations! You are a wonderful animator. ^^

[@captainwolfee_]

I value this video a lot

[@GippyHappy]

I really want to do this but it looks like a giant pain and probably requires a level of commitment and patience I’m not sure I possess

[@AndrewRayVentura]

I am practicing animation using MS Paint but I always losing my patience. Any tips?

[@Creeperboy099]

Wow; I can only imagine the patience required for this... I thought I was already good at this unique method of animation, but I still have a lot ahead of me Edit: hold up, I think I actually use a pretty similar technique when animating the limbs of characters; I draw the new limb in a different color to isolate the old limb from the body, then I erase that old limb and color the limb properly.

[@skagglesthesquirrel]

Dang here I thought you used flash too, this is very impressive :D

[@SlightlyCreative]

You are the Disney of MS Paint animations.

[@---yj1un]

*_Now i respect you more than never_*

[@whatclock3412]

First ever video that introduced me to you! Love you chao!

[@nataliem5425]

That so smooth, I never would've guessed you made it in mspaint oml

[@peppermintier4484]

This looks like a really long process, but the results look beautiful! Love animation of this kind.

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

YOUR'E ANIMATIONS ROCK WITH EXCELLENCE!

[@cubeoi]

I use flash... but this look interesting... :)

[@jadecrystalstaring5525]

Thank you so much for teacting me!

[@sleepystar3561]

wait a minute... I hear clicking noises.... DO YOU FREAKIN USE A MOUSE TO ANIMATE?!?! :O

[@luisluis8245]

Lucida Bright that was my question:|

[@movedtokingcarnival3668]

YOUR ANIMATION IS HELLA SMOOTH

[@doublekey8931]

You're really talented! I always thought it would be pretty much impossible to animate on ms paint, but this proved the opposite. Such fluid animation, keep it up!

[@sleepyprince1329]

Holy shit It's been a fucking long time since I saw that type of computer

[@ChaoChao0071]

What? Classic-themed Windows 7?

[@MomoDearestt]

my animation professor told me that onion skin or tracing between your key frames makes the animation flat. but tbh. i cant seem to go to point A to Point B without it.

[@johnbernard17]

*So you didn't use Adobe Flash CS4, CS5, or CS6 animation software, You use Microsoft Paint instead of that.*

[@AquaDoesStuff_]

I generally find animations to do with MLP or HTF or whatever cringy, but this. This is amazing. You animated all of this in MS Paint and Windows Movie Maker, somehow.

[@ComicToonProductions]

To be this Innovative with MS Paint must be a revolutionary achievement to those who has experience with that software.

[@cyschan]

I THINK THIS VIDEO ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME ABOUT KEYFRAMES BACK IN 2019 SO UH THANK U LMAO

[@SpookyGhostpeppers]

You make better cartoons in MSpaint than I do with an actual animation program (I mean it's FlipaClip so it's not that advanced but still)

[@Otosz_0]

I want to do story teller videos where i tell my own stories and this tutoril was so helpful :)

[@danielthederanged9496]

This video was one of my greatest motivations to start using Paint for videos. Thank you for the video and the series that testifies to your remarkable talent.

[@ScottBeebiWan]

THAT'S Ms-Paint?!

[@LilRegn]

I find it hard to draw in ms paint but it's probably because I use a computer mouse.

[@priscillabenson48]

I used to watch happy tree friends when I was little and liked it and my parents didn't even care.

[@jinnhyo7902]

This was animated on ms paint????????? Wthhhh There's freakin fliPaCLip mAstErs but not ms paint?????

[@carlextaxi4677]

i didnt watch HTF and MLP for a long time XD this was on my recommended and I mostly watch Miraculous Ladybug XD

[@CottenVee]

Keyframes are actually pretty useful in the animation world.

[@W0lverine1231]

I love it

[@19tet]

yoo the 10:25 keyfraME HACK HELPED HEAPS... thanks again!

[@WahhaC]

BRUH I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU FOR YEARS-- Man I thought your animation always linger in the back of my head

[@ov3rwh3lm]

At the beginning of the video I screamed WATTTT. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE

[@uftopia]

how do you save the frame you drew? do you just have to live with the order being messed up?

[@mannykilla4884]

fizzi ya and we’re on ms paint can you control the frame rate?

[@calogiga]

Imagine the time you will earn if you were using Opentoonz instead of MSPaint. You have already the talent, a better software suited for animation will increase your productivity.

[@mizznuface]

HOW EVEN? I use flipaclip, and yours still look much better! Gahhh totally not jealous or anything XD BUT seriously, amazing!!

[@Xenolay]

Call me a weirdo, but I kinda like the pixelated look of MS paint, especially if it’s done professionally. I’m trying to work on animations/comics myself and this is actually really helpful.

[@themoonlitfurbling7104]

Wow imagine how many files that had to save per frame

[@THIP1]

i wonder what you can do with flash if you can do this with ms paint

[@lattethefartlord9297]

H-h-h-how!? I thought Microsoft paint was a painting software, that you couldn't o anything with, but I was wrong!

[@KennyKatou]

Wow!!

[@EnzoTrash]

12:41 there are layers but you have to hold right click with your eraser and have the colour you want to erase on the primary colour pick and the colour you want to turn it into (the bg colour) on your secondary colour pick

[@ChaoChao0071]

That doesn't count.

[@EnzoTrash]

might not really count as legit layers but it makes stuff a lot easier ^^

[@thatyaoiartist9816]

I don't like using MS Paint but, it is really good for making Pixel animation like for a 80's themed video game or something, Sai can do the same just slightly different. Sai does have their own animation program called Sai Animation Assistant but, they don't have the Camera feature for moving landscapes n what not, which is kinda sad actually.

[@Inksanity]

have you ever tried Fire Alpaca? It's a completely free art application and it has an onion skin mode that acts the same way as the keyframe lines you have there, it also has the same tools as paint, albeit with a different interface for them so it acts the same way as this, but it also has stabilizers that are compatible with mice and a lot of brush options on top of it all, you can go and export all the layers(frames) to one folder so you won't have to save each individual frame i recommend you try it out, because I really think the process will be much faster and I feel your animations will greatly improve

[@NaruHaruShan]

You're so coooool! :D

[@waiyan7586]

hello~~~~there~~ can u please make a video on how to lip sync while animating with ms paint and movie maker ?? please please (◕‿◕✿)

[@TraitorousHomeworlder]

I'm having trouble doing this. I will admit that I'm slightly confused by the steps. My problem is that when I go to use the square shape on the image, the inside of the square isn't the color of the background image. The colors are reverse of what is shown in the video, despite having my color swatches set up correctly. Then when I go to paste my transparent selection, the image is unaffected. Do you have any idea of what I could be doing wrong? (it also has the same effect as a non-transparent selection)

[@tedtate57]

Is this just a standard Ms paint program that comes installed on Windows computers or is this something else? PS, that's pretty awesome how you do all that. Thanks for the video.

[@T--xo2uq]

I wonder what you could accomplish with Paint.net, with layers. (dont click the link, instead do a google search)

[@Haven4858]

>ms paint >windows live movie maker i- what