Create SMOOTHER animation with FEWER FRAMES

[@cactuscian]

Gonna show this to all my "60fps or bust" friends

[@CreatureCreations-]

And I thought 24 was hard...

[@Vivi-Xing]

60?!?!?

[@cactuscian]

@@Vivi-Xing Yep, there are people who are so used to playing games with 60+fps that they refuse to watch animations with anything lower. There are even some who use AI programs to interpolate between frames to bring it up to 60, and then upload it to KZbin. And that's been going on since before the AI boom

[@moritakaishida7963]

​@@Vivi-Xing dumb pc gamers who are obsessed with frame rates to the point where they will boycott a game if it's at 30 FPS

[@Cubicflow]

I like 60fps

[@mertensiam3384]

Adding on! If youre gonna go with the 4 frames route, you can make it pop more if the frame before the last pose "overshoots". This will give it a lot more energy that will make the fast movement feel a lot more real. Useful for punches or similar things! You can also make the second frame go slightly to the opposite direction that it'll ultimately go, like if your character is looking to the right, turn the face on the second frame ever so slightly to the left, and then add another after that. This will make it feel like the character is "preparing" for the motion. All in 4 or 5 frames!

[@wormbag80]

That's super useful! Thanks

[@Moxalotl12]

Thanks for the tip (Love the su pfp btw)

[@mertensiam3384]

@@Moxalotl12 ofc! I'm glad it was helpful

[@user-iGb]

popular cartoons and anime Most of them are between 7 to 12 frames or 16 to 30 , they never needed to make 60 frames for any thing, sometimes less frames gives more impact to action fighting animations

[@avidadolares]

Maybe read up on the history of anime and why they historically use less frames. Its all economics and has nothing to do with "impact".

[@kezottle]

​@@avidadolares it probably has _something_ to do with it

[@itshel2677]

@@kezottle The major factor was obviously money but yeah, there were some pleasant side effects.

[@Xirken]

this video just made me realize what the extending part of a frame does instead of just backgrounds

[@ChrisCrazyHouse]

Good lesson. I always try to explain to young animators that animation is the illusion of movement. Animation is more of a magic trick than just trying to make something exactly lifelike. Our brains do a lot of the work when it comes to the illusion of movement.

[@littlemais]

The 4 frames with the circles absolutely just opened my eyes! And then the example?! Wow! Thank you so much for the video!!

[@Jay-bq1dq]

*Also "smear frames".* These are a lifesaver.

[@arturouroa]

That's exactly how I animate (and adding a bit of squash and stretch) thanks for helping me how to explain it 😸💖

[@AmyLynx]

I love how informative and straight-to-the-point your videos are. Thank you for sharing your tips! :)

[@AvaGr8ce]

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD TIPPPPP as someone who’s learning purely from youtube vids like this THIS IS GOLD thank uuuuuu

[@alex_ho]

I figured adding a near identical frame near the start makes animation look smoother, but it's nice to see the actual reason why it looks good and how to improve on it!

[@ViviElFurro]

This is so useful! I just started in this world of animation :3

[@AzureLikeSky]

I've started in 2021 and then quitted right after. Now i'm still waiting for the right time to come back. Btw, your pfp toxiccccc

[@Genericytber]

Started in 2021 in animating, I already know this but it’s nice seeing other people teaching this trick too

[@Art-ji6yy]

same

[@Alphabittled]

Thank you so much!! I was just animating and was wondering why it was looking so clunky even when I had so many frames. Ur a legend

[@Nehu_22]

Am I the only one that felt that the A circle wasn't smoother and in fact, just looked like it teleported from left to right?

[@1murkeybadmayn]

love the bit where you have the first two and last two frames to be close together...great advice, never heard tht before.

[@exaviary7555]

Just popping in to say I'm loving your videos as someone just getting into animations. It's very easy to follow without a bunch of technical jargon

[@cd2028]

3 minutes of having my mind blown

[@ForexTrading-e3b]

This is out of the box thinking. You've taught me something that's really worthwhile today. Thank you. Smoothness in animation is not always dependent upon the number of frames, but it's all about tricking the viewers brain. Did I tell you you are a genius!

[@katsu-chi1105]

This is literally so helpful !! I always have been struggling with slow in/slow out !! My animations always looks so robotics and lifeless, and I know why now and how to fix it!! Thank you so much!!

[@justtese8179]

10/10 explanation

[@Deviaox]

Also the thing i learned is Smooth is fluid motion if the motion doesn’t follow a path or arc it would look robotic so it’s good to keep track of your arcs when animating

[@hobistinyheartbag]

This is genuinely the best animation video tutorial ever

[@wartygourd]

this is the kind of lesson I would've LOVED to learn in college. instead, we got what i like to call "little challenges" where the professor would give us a concept with no clear direction and we'd have to animate it. she's a very lovely person, but the lessons were kind of all over the place tbh. thank goodness for videos like these.

[@OverbiteGames]

Every time I read something like this I think: "Man, my $80,000 car that I spent 4+ years maintaining and stressing about and losing sleep over wasn't even drivable most of the time, and I often resorted to using public transportation - after those 4 years, I have a certificate for having maintained the car but no longer have the car, only the memory and experienced gained through having maintained it.. and I still use public transportation" It's painful.

[@wartygourd]

I'm so sorry to hear that that was your experience with your car and it does sound pretty painful.

[@ZacharothAnimations]

Keep up the great work! I'd love to see a video about how you should price your commissions as an animator! :)

[@quivonix]

Your videos are so helpful with animating! Thank you so much ❤️

[@nicolebello]

I discovered this while I was doing some exercises for my animation course. I still need to improve, but it is surprising how space affects the smoothness of animation

[@someordinaryperson]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@saparapatepete]

This will come pretty handy for the animations of my game. I'm trying to use few frames to keep performance, but also want the movements to feel smooth

[@PatyakaDev]

This is Gold. Thank you!

[@pinkajou656]

i think you might have totally solved an issue i was struggling with when when understanding how to space my frames.

[@dhruvverma2951]

I would love to see a video explaining the same with more examples.

[@shauryae478]

Wow! So much knowledge in under 4 minutes. Densely packed and effectively conveyed, well-explained! Haven't even seen any other videos yet and I'm already subscribed! Great job, and all the best!

[@こんでれやの]

Thank you so much, your videos are awesome and clear, short and easy to understand, you taught me a lot and you always inspire me to animate again, also that little creature you animated is beyond adorable lmao so cute!!

[@Joel0mokaro]

This is why I love animating sakuga

[@AlexGriggAnimation]

Great vid! I've been working on a little demo on how I think about smoothness in animation too. I'd love to hear your thoughts when I release:)😊

[@AnimaAzul]

I like that method, I'm gonna use it on my next project, thanks.

[@krllvrntsv]

I've been in animation for many years, and this is one of the most informative videos I've ever seen. It really helps explain why sometimes the same technique works perfectly and other times it doesn't - something I could never quite figure out before.

[@Absbor]

Ah, this explains why some of my animations lookes animated when i only have start and finish parts. Thank you.

[@StainlessHelena]

Wow! I find animation a little less daunting now, so thank you! It's amazing what a literal handful of well placed well drawn frames can achieve.

[@sup-wo3uw]

I OWE YOU MY LIFE THANK YOU

[@kahvipaputyyppi]

Great tip, I would have never guessed the solution was this simple yet so effective! 🤩

[@arttashfilms9816]

You don't know how much you just helped me

[@HyperAnimated]

Really cool, I’m gonna go try this right now! Thanks very much!

[@x_moondancer]

This was so helpful!! I'm currently learning to animate and I could not figure out why everything looked like it was moving so slowly 😅

[@longhi8175]

There’s a technic that the lines outlining the drawings “move” . They change a little in each frame and it gives a sensation of a dynamic scene. I don’t know if you understand, but can you talk about it and how to do it in a videoo??? Thank youuuuu

[@cam_by_art]

What program does she use?

[@DavidDrawsDicks]

That is tv paint

[@azzmaticdog]

tvpaint it looks like!

[@hakkinenfan]

TVPaint

[@cam_by_art]

@ thank you I will check it out

[@butterheadcz]

Very good point and nice presentation! I sometimes use this method, though I admit that I usually resort to animating on ones.

[@Lobstrique]

this is GENIUS TIP, thank you so much!!

[@potatoesgames]

Subscribed instantly. This is so clear and on point. I am just reading The Animator's Survival Kit, by Richard Williams, and I feel like through this video I got more than he is explaining in it's first chapter regarding frames.

[@AnimatedEscapism]

1:50 This looks like Envy’s true form from Full Metal Alchemist lol

[@honeybeesandbuttercups]

tysm for this, i'm currently working on my thesis film (24fps, animating everything on 2s and occassionally 3s for a choppy look) and this showed me a better idea of how to space out poses :~] thank you!!

[@Blorckits]

What situations would higher fps benefit the animation more?

[@RedWish-ov7wb]

nice straight to the point...

[@LesegoThoane-b2z]

Thank for this kind lady

[@tmansdigistudios1675]

A circle looks like it's teleporting B circle looks smooth

[@echo5435]

thank you for this!!

[@4thdimensionalexplorer]

Neeto! I've been trying this on accident but having my extra frames added in the middle not the beginning and end. I'll give this a try!

[@pierogi-h3u]

So very helpful, thank you

[@spacerunner357]

This is really Good to know!

[@sakuralila]

you are one of my fav animation channels!!

[@LARADEKA]

No wonder anime is known to be a time saver in animation... The moment they catch the funny frame snap is the moment you realize you're caught. But who would care if the pose is sick... unless that too you messed up... and it became goofy.

[@averyottesen6343]

I wanna make my own games one day and this is really inspirational to know.

[@eliteenergy]

finally! this is awsome. i love it! subscribed! liked!

[@gimmenicehugfromabehind8692]

OOH MY GOODNESS, I LOVE IT, THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL AAAA 😩😩🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@Vidasinvida]

Yes! A channel that teaches about animation and gets to the point and explains things so clearly for me ❤❤ subscribed 😁🙏

[@stonewick0073]

Thanks, great video.

[@Kurkanos]

Stretching is very important too

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Don’t forget the smear frames~

[@ToddDolce]

This is brilliant stuff! I do wish though that you took a breath every now and then (or if you made cuts in post to reduce dead space that you refrained from that) because at about 1 minute in I felt exhausted and basically had to go into the settings and slow the playback speed down 25%. The problem with that though is then your visual examples are no longer accurately depicted. You are a VERY smart animator and super talented,....I just hate that it gets lost a bit in translation due to the high speed at which you are speaking without normal pauses. Just my opinion though and others may disagree.

[@deppitup]

Omg thank you immensely for this!!

[@Rhodococker]

I do this all the time! It is very useful technic!

[@elisatk0vasickova613]

I see A) rlly just teleporting 😖

[@unknownday8446]

I watched this video and really liked the content. Then I moved on to another video, only to look this video up again and come back to it because I realized I forgot to give a like.

[@h3y_th3re]

this is what I call ✨MAGIC✨

[@morgue1484]

to me it does look like its teleporting back and forth

[@aha2384]

should've watched this before animating a 5 second project frame by frame of 30 fps, hoo boy.

[@sumanthakur7633]

Thanks for this amazing tutorial, sadly I could only leave one like 😢

[@Jack_Ceu_e_Terra]

Cool, nice explanation! 😄💖 Thanks

[@vivekrjvlogs646]

Thank you very much this trick helps to many times save

[@treywatts-s9c]

thank you so much for this! what animation program do you use for your animations

[@sboxes5447]

Tvpaint

[@Pixzelz]

THANJ YOU

[@tiennzo]

thats so helpful thankyou sm !

[@_ghostchip]

This is so helpful!

[@elumbo]

great video!!!

[@TsukasaFanTc]

... Am I the only one sitting here thinking B looked smoother than A? 😅 To me, A looked more like Teleporting

[@fionna5342]

Damn thank you for this

[@vishal4nw]

Needed this ❤

[@BlxxdLeaf]

Thank you.

[@visible257]

Hello, idk if u will see my comment among these other ones but i just wanted to say that I'm beginner at animation and your videos help me a lot❤

[@ninjagogetta]

i abuse the slow in and slow out to make animations snappy it works great for Fight scenes on my channel

[@drstrangefingers2498]

You awesome ! So helpful.

[@Misako_Foxtail]

Amazing tutorial🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@ministerofjoy]

Thank you🎉

[@AnimatedLoopHD]

Fantastic tips

[@TukaihaHithlec]

Traditional animation may look “smoother” with higher frame rates, but it usually looks “best” with as few frames as it can get away with.

[@Orez-Suke]

Good things you added more exemple than the circle one, because to me Circle B was a ton more smoother than Circle A

[@kmdtnjr6843]

useful! thank you, what program do u use?

[@Mistychan]

This only works with people who have bad eyesight though. It just looks like the ball teleporting to me.

[@dominictanswell6122]

Can you show me how to animate swimming creatures?

[@deanoh4395]

I might be tripping but B looks smoother to me?! Maybe it's because it's a short/small movement and my eyes are tired? 😅