Character Rigging in Adobe Animate (OLD - New Video in Desc)

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Today, we're in Adobe Animate taking a look at rigging a basic character using the bone tool. We apply proportional speed to our character's limbs and limit or constrain their movement based on more realistic limits (like your elbow only bending one way!) Let's do it!
00:00 Intro
00:19 Tutorial Begins
00:29 Making Your Character From Symbols
00:57 Correctly Positioning Anchor Points
01:47 Rigging Using the Bone Tool
03:38 Adding Null Objects for Extra Control
05:01 Correct Layer Positioning
06:06 Change the Armature View Mode
06:44 Limiting & Constraining Joint Movement
07:58 Proportional Speed for Limb Movement
09:37 Pinning Bones in Place for Unique Control
10:53 Tweaking Control Points to Fix Elbows and Knees
12:29 Limiting Rotation & Translation Amounts
16:41 Armature Animation
20:19 Member Shoutouts
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[@premforever316]

This is the most comprehensible tutorial I could find on KZbin. Thanks a million. Do share more.

[@TipTut]

Thanks! More on the way!

[@_mark_787]

@@TipTut this is so much easier than the puppet animation of Alfonso the Cat

[@local-cryptid666-1]

Man, thank you! You saved my homework and I'm grateful for that, I'll share your videos with my classmates. I love how you explain all the stuff that I'm like "wait but why doesn't it do this for me" and in the same second you say "maybe for you it might not work because you have to turn this on" and that's incredibly helpful. I also appreciate u kept the part where you are looking for the pin. Thank you!

[@perfectfutures]

Thanks so much, this is a great introduction to bone rigging. I like the way you leave in your mistakes and how to clean them up. That's got to be more helpful than just pretending it's perfect first time off.

[@literallymike_]

This tutorial brought it all together and saved my life. THANK YOU.

[@lukaskarlik7045]

Awesome tutorial, keep it up at this level, it's great. And I'd also love to watch the tutorial about magnets. Thanks a lot!

[@sampsonvassallo795]

Hey man, just found your channel today and I just want to say thanks, your videos have been incredibly helpful, and not incredibly boring. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@TipTut]

Glad I could help!

[@karro_thatisall]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! You explained everything which made it so much easier to understand. I did not now this was possible in adobe animate, so again thank you! And if you havent already done it, I would love to see the magnet tool tutorial also :D

[@nyctilia]

Awesome, just in time when I’m about to animate my first character :D I’d love to see the magnet tool tutorial too!

[@TipTut]

Still figuring it out but I know how to do it solidly ill upload one!

[@RantyCat]

@@TipTut did you upload?

[@colacho_art]

Hey man, I dont care is this is an Old video, I LOVE YOU! I was asking to myseflt what in the hell I did decide to study animation but this is GOLD!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@savepolarbears7725]

this video was extremely helpful, this was my first time ever rigging character and Im super happy with how it turned out, thank you!

[@TipTut]

You're very welcome!

[@user-bb7ii1hf6p]

Awesome tutorial, mate. Just the best. Much thanks to you!

[@sarahlazaro6886]

You're tutorials are a life saver so nice and detailed thank you!!

[@TipTut]

Glad you like them!

[@h44mi]

Brilliant work, thank your time and effort.

[@azibjoe6622]

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[@jessicabegley4748]

This video was so helpful. Thank you!

[@caligu48]

Thank you, it was very helpful!

[@jangeltun]

Excellent tutorial and great teaching skills. Two thumbs up.

[@TipTut]

Glad you liked it!

[@QuangNguyen-fx2qd]

super duper in love with your contents

[@anyway5377]

I am waiting for it 😍

[@TipTut]

Hope you like it!

[@partysolutionssurprise8700]

this is really awesome. im searching to your videos looking for the process how to make this character. i learn a lot from you sir. im watching none stop on your guide. maybe its not too late for me to learn this :) thank you

[@TipTut]

Thank you so much 😀

[@beepie7673]

So clear to follow thank you!

[@TipTut]

Glad it was helpful!

[@oxenfurt9987]

thank you very much tip tup for the resource from your website, it helps me, u made my day man, thxx.

[@clanfilmescinegrafia1671]

Thank you for sharing this tutorial

[@reneedoehrel3713]

Thank you. I'm glad you still have this older tutorial available. I am going to try your new one with the EDAPT plugin, but I really need this one right now.

[@TipTut]

Happy to help :)

[@reneedoehrel3713]

@@TipTut I'm having the worst time with rigging everything on the head. Well, what I really mean is that if I nest all the parts for the head in a graphic symbol, then I can't animate eyes and mouth on the main timeline. I guess that is just the way it works in Adobe Animate? Sorry, I used different software before so I'm just getting used to A.A. I'm think about using that basic parenting for this particular project. hmmmm. Anyways, if you don't happen to reply, please know that I've appreciated many of your tutorials. 👍🏼

[@reneedoehrel3713]

@@mrsbanimationclass Thanks for the comment. I can't seem to figure out how to get that timing to work and can't find a tutorial on it. I think I've resigned to just animating the head separately.

[@TipTut]

Set the head symbol to 'play once'. The first frame in the head symbol will start at the first keyframe that the symbol is on in the main timeline. If you've got animation already that you want to keep. Highlight the frames in the main timeline and right click, Synchronise Symbols. You'll learn to love nested timelines. Trust me.

[@reneedoehrel3713]

@@TipTut Awesome - I will try that! I DO love nested timelines. I'm just not used to THIS particular software yet. They all do things differently.

[@Sargentostickman]

Great video, the menu works great

[@DCP_648]

fantastic!! Thank you!! by far the best tutorials I've found so far :D A question: Can you use "easy ease" with a rigged animation? or is it just for tweens - the movements of my rig look kinda...stocky O.O

[@TipTut]

Just for tweens, but it works on any kind of tween

[@raliv69]

Great tutorial, tanks from Portugal

[@alexschar8573]

Such a great tutorial!

[@TipTut]

Thankyou!

[@Starrytchi]

If I ever can I’m becoming a member. I love your tutorials!

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much! :)

[@Nativetv]

the best tutorial ever

[@paperbeatstone7306]

Very clear and useful ! Thank you!!!

[@TipTut]

Glad you like it!

[@redexsuperior5462]

OMG thank you so much! ive always wanted to learn!

[@TipTut]

Happy to help! Thankyou for being a member!

[@raqueliatheimpatientgardne8196]

Yes would like to see a Magnet tut. Nice Work.

[@cy1523]

Thank you for this tutorial it helped me a lot!

[@TipTut]

Glad it helped!

[@lourdesmartinaguilar5124]

Great tutorial! Thank you very much

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@aaagtk]

awesome tutorial!! thanks

[@TipTut]

You're welcome!

[@pugituppugitup1315]

Answers to what i actually searched are normally in TipTut videos lol Thanks!

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@yellownote9245]

Thank you so much! I have a problems with bones in Animate. And crying about the. I think in Animate never can did bones animation. But today! A found your tutorial! With all my problems and questions and i happy! Thank you, dear!!

[@TipTut]

Glad I could help!

[@reppledepple616]

Great video thanks

[@leilavlog3380]

Great tutorial, would love to see how the magnet tools works :-)

[@TipTut]

Noted!

[@josephineegedy8659]

Hey ! Great tutorial. I just have a problem, when I do the rigg for the head, then the head is in the front (my eyes are in a different layer so we don't see them when the head is in the front for instance) and even if I press control shift down the head is still in the front :( Any idea? Thanks

[@SenorCalavera]

Thank you, you helped me a lot.

[@raglanareaschooldigitech3944]

Thanks so much, this was amazing, so easy to follow

[@TipTut]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hirad.a7718]

Thanks man This video really helped me By the way is it possible to ease in and ease out the bone's movements at the same time? I tried to do that but I could apply only one of them for each movement

[@shyanarauf4958]

Awesome video thanks a lot

[@andreilumbang1112]

Hats off! Thank you

[@TipTut]

You're welcome!

[@OhPonyBoy]

Hello there ! Great stuff =) My English is not perfect but I have a question : I think one of the last update give the possibility to save movements of the rig (for example a walkcycle) and apply it automatically to a character when you need it. Do you know if it is possible to make a database of poses / cycles and reuse them for different characters (assuming that these characters have a roughly equivalent shape) ? Thanks a lot !

[@TipTut]

Yes thats exactly what you can do! I think you can just add the rig as an asset to the library!

[@ibanezmono]

You're the best animate teacher! I'd love an SMR Tool tutorial

[@TipTut]

Noted!

[@realbrhancitygeming22]

Thank you so much this is really helpful :D

[@TipTut]

Glad it helped!

[@hi_its_jerry]

great tutorial!

[@TipTut]

Glad you think so!

[@Lorskitv]

Thank you TipTup, I have learned a lot from your vids.

[@TipTut]

Glad to hear it

[@bellayurieva10]

Thank you for a good video!

[@TipTut]

Thank you too!

[@pattyPuuu]

Amazing tutorial for bone rigging! It's super easy to understand :) I love that you also explained the functions of important property settings. :) One question tho, is there a way where we can convert an animation for this kind of rig into a template? if let's say, i want to re-use an animation for a crowd with the same rig structure.

[@liamjcoleman]

I have this same question

[@oaktrees808folder]

You can export your character as an asset by going to File -> Export -> Export Scene as Asset. Once there, you can then export and save. Then you can open up any new animation file and you should be able to see it in your asset tab.

[@rahulrajesh3362]

Best 🔥🔥❤

[@SourabhBadal]

thank you sir

[@abeerelsaeed1873]

Thank you it's really nice .l love to hear more about the Magnet tool plugin you talk about.. 🌹🌹🌹 thanks 💝

[@abeerelsaeed1873]

Magnet tool

[@goosek.i.a.1301]

Thank you

[@vjuncker]

Loved the tutorial, but I need to ask: in what aspects is this more advantageous than using a character rigging plugin (like Duik or Rubberhose) in After Effects?

[@TipTut]

Different strokes for different folks :)

[@michaelmyers8930]

I'm wondering if you can help me with a question. Once I'm done rigging, I want to move my character, but it pivots on the small white diamond at the base of his neck. There are no pins, but I can only move the character's limbs, I can't move the entire character around.. Can you help me understand why?

[@terrariaOfficial]

Very useful

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much!

[@ryan_deakin]

TIP TUT IS AWESOME WOOOOO

[@TipTut]

Thanks!

[@PrashantG-qf2fb]

Even after turning off the (auto set transformation) my bone tool is not able to add points in my mesh, and it is only allowing bone points to anchor point..

[@ddeon]

how do you choose whether a limb goes in front or behind the body?

[@MilePellettieri]

Hello, thank you very much for the video! I have a problem, I can't move the central bone, which belongs to the center of the body, therefore I can't make my character jump or crouch. Do you know why? Thank you!!

[@RobertsReviews]

I see when you click a place to put your first bone in it adds in the armature layer. Why is it when I put my first bone in it overwrites the layer I have for the torso and now it is armature? Thank you for the video.

[@Dramadonia]

Oh nice!! I have to check and see if you have one for 4 legged animals as it seems like a very complicated process so I'm a bit intimidated yet excited to learn it.

[@TipTut]

I dont but thats a great shout! I'll add it to the list.

[@Dramadonia]

@@TipTut oh thank you so much!! I'd really like to incorporate the walking cycle for animals into my animations.

[@Ray-zy7vb]

Do you need a specific plugin to have the mt object in the library? mine animation doesnt have that object and google is coming up inconclusive

[@TipTut]

Nope, it's not needed in this tutorial.

[@nyctilia]

My character is not incredibly complex but I want them to also turn around and show them from different angles ... would you still recommend using the bone tool and just make lots of different symbols and layers for each side or would you recommend to draw it by hand?

[@TipTut]

Both ways are great options, you can use frame picker to show the different angles

[@maplethesilkwing891]

Hey! so I use a Mac and I can't find the preferences for the bone tool

[@khaledbin7276]

hello. can you tell me how to lip sync when using the bone tool please and also how to change symbols too?

[@TownsRelaibleBronxstenian]

this is useful ya know thx.

[@TipTut]

You're welcome

[@candyisthebest6877]

How do you do classic ease, linear ease in/out quadratic ease etc, on the armature

[@uklaughingboy]

great video. Is there a trick if you have a black outline on your characters. Makes it tricky when moving joints

[@suryanshpandro-167]

i can't find it (mt) or null object (magnet tracker) are not in my library after all the rigging so i had to replace them normal circles and turn down the opacity

[@marzibeast]

I have one more question! is there a way to save a version of a rigged object to make subtle changes without affecting other symbols? I have a symbol of broken branch that I want to fall off of a moving tree (I used the bone tool to make the branches sway). Thank you so much!

[@TipTut]

You can drag a rig to the assets panel to save the rig, then drag out copies and edit them as much as you like.

[@robinsonchukwu7295]

I love ❤️❤️

[@untukgame1020]

from 3:33 - 3:35 your second layer named char_idn is gone. can you explain what are you doing ? i'm confused at there.

[@MOOSANOWAH184]

Thanks

[@glucoseucardinal3195]

hey man for me it says, bone cannot be made to a stoke or a group...what should I do?

[@tommylikeschicken]

I’ve noticed that when you turn off joint rotation for the arm, you can no longer rotate the torso. Is there a way to turn off joint rotation for the arm socket, but still be able to rotate the torso? Actually, literally 5 seconds after writing this comment, I realized that to fix the problem, you can constrain the rotation for the torso. This solves the problem, however, I feel that you shouldn’t have to constrain that join to make this work.

[@comfyghosts6983]

TipTut smashing it out the park again. This is the kind of tutorial people pay a lot of money for.

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much for the kind feedback!

[@karenjeromeskillins4465]

Me too! tHe magnet tool!

[@spacykid]

I know this is the old system, but is there anyone way to control easing in/out or any motion speed between the poses?

[@JECohen84]

how do you get multiple bone points on the same body part.for the main body, it wont let me do that.

[@thiagolopes5286]

This is an amazing tutorial! How do you work mixing rigging with bone or mapping and expression? For example, this character, if you want mone him, blink the eyes, and lip sync in the same scene.

[@TipTut]

I do all of that inside the head symbol :)

[@janeygadil7161]

thank you so much for your good tutorials :D Question though ^^ is it okay for all the drawings to be in symbol: graphic mode? of no, what are the cons if all the parts are in symbol:graphic mode? (im rigging a character preparing it to be animated) (expect me to post this comment again in another video ^^ i really need to know the answer T_T)

[@MooChimp]

When you say you “chopped him up” do you mean you drew him all on one layer and then chopped him up into the bits ? Which tool do you use for that ? I’ve got a few toons I drew all at once on one layer and I thought because it’s on one layer it’s now not able to animate him? But can I just cut the drawing up using a tool ? Great video thank you

[@TipTut]

No I drew them on separate layers, but you could try the lasso tool for selection.

[@ElRubioAnimation]

Great, Thanks. One question, Would you use the constraint tool to attach the ayes and the mouths to the head so they move along with it? Because I tried to do that once since no tutorial about bones in adobe talked about the rest of the symbols, just like them, but I couldn't because the bones in CS6 didn't allow me to see where I was pinning the bones, since they are bigger than those ones you got there.

[@TipTut]

I'd put them inside the head symbol

[@TipTut]

Then use frame picker to move between preset poses for the face.

[@ElRubioAnimation]

Hmmm I think I got you. For instance "talking head, angry face", etc.?

[@ElRubioAnimation]

Hey, I hadn't thought of that, thanks a million!

[@Startrixstudio]

how do i put the smr tool on my adobe animate?

[@TipTut]

Check their website but its not used at all in this tutorial.

[@therisingarmy101]

How did you connect all the shapes , please?

[@Bella-ux4yz]

So pre-rigging is the first part of the video right? Divide and point the joins

[@singhjaskiran]

I rigged my character after watching your tutorial. However im puzzled as to what is wrong that my character. it is in squatting position and im unble to make it stand up. Can you help? Where can i send you animate file?

[@CaptainItalia12]

Hey, have you tried Moho Pro? Isn't it an easier approach to rigging and bones and characters? :)

[@d.j.7454]

Hey, would you Color all the body parts before rigging everything or after ?

[@TipTut]

It's a constant process of tweaking, so you can revise and add colour and additional detail as you go.

[@SantanuProductions]

I think to save time it would be a great idea to perfectly rig one character and keep duplicating the skin (duplicate symbol) for different characters thus keeping all the bones in place.

[@TipTut]

That's the benefit of rigs!

[@arushigaur7208]

i am not able to use. i have turned my parts of the character to symbols, but somehow after adding bone tool , some of the layers just disappear! why??

[@raajabalaajeps]

Thank you So much.....

[@TipTut]

You're most welcome

[@VolhaFurs]

Hi, nice and comprehensive tutorial! The bone tool worked so smoothly for you... I had a huge several hours fight with it: somehow the body parts moved around and changed and sometimes randomly disappeared on some frames. All of them were symbols. I created a tween and tried to edit key frames there and it would not work smoothly and the anchor points would change it's location... then I tried to publish it/view and animate just crashed (around 10 sec of animation, all vector parts apart background picture)... So I gave up and decided to take a little brake... for now :D I wonder if bone tool is somehow undeveloped or it's me who he is struggling/doing something wrong... Rigging with layers felt like a walk in the park comparing to this. p.s. I was working in html5 canvas (so I can export is for html) and there is no parenting option available there. :/

[@TipTut]

There are different options for AS and HTML5 due to limitations of the publishing format. The bone tool is a little cumbersome, but I've not experienced the issues you're showing, sorry!

[@CallMeVidd]

For me adding a bone either flings all the character's body parts in random directions or won't let me connect them

[@universegivesinc3600]

Thanks so much for your tutorials! Really helpful stuff. I am animating two characters dancing Waltz - couple rotations and stuff.Any tips on handling this type of action? So far I just got one of the characters what could be tap dancing and looking rather drunk. LOL

[@TipTut]

For that complex animation where they spin around you'd need to do it frame by frame.