How I Think of Camera Angles and Movement in 2D Animation

[@HowardWimshurst]

About the SOFTWARE I use in the video: A huge amount of my production involves Adobe CC (my affiliate link tinyurl.com/v7fvqgo) I use Adobe photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Audition and sometimes Animate. I would be nowhere without these softwares. You can get them all with a comfortable monthly subscription, or you can get subscriptions to individual plans. Check them out and see what works for you. The main software I'm using to actually animate frame by frame is called TVPaint. Here's more information on that: www.tvpaint.com/ It's a great software :) And if you need a Graphics tablet, I highly recommend this one for you ballers out there (Amazon affiliate link): geni.us/vy8xUZB It's the best tablet money can buy :) And here's a great low-low cost alternative (Amazon affiliate link): geni.us/LLYv

[@สุเทพเกิดรี]

Howard what should I do if I got stuck with poses, like when I can't draw poses that fit a scene?

[@HowardWimshurst]

@@สุเทพเกิดรี redraw the pose from scratch

[@AM-jx3zf]

Ive never had a camera except my android, so this focal length showcase is amazing. Thank you so much, Sir

[@CelineTaylor105]

Thank you for the great video! I wanted to know, for your camera walkthrough from roughly 13:00 to 13:30 what other softwares do this camera perspective trick where you don’t need to resort to a traditional V camera box? I know you said you use adobe, but I’m trying to find free alternatives if possible :) Thanks!

[@savannahlevy97]

When I was a very little kid, I played with my stuffed animals a lot, and I remember I used to pose them in action shots and imagine how the composition and angle would be if it were an animated film. I didn't know anything about film, I just watched a lot of action movies and was always trying to figure out what made them look so cool.

[@dueces1640]

Action figures baby, watching power rangers and the like made me want to go into animation once I figured out what I wanted to do in life.

[@parrotplays7]

Same thing! But also with lego figures and action toys! I used my eyes as a camera and actually kinda still do when I'm bored haha

[@spongebob8157]

smart kid.

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

How.are you now?

[@finalforest7561]

My mom had a ton of beanie babies when i was younger. I used to have wars with them and played for hours, good times. Sometimes I'll pull out the ol Gi Joe's and "mess" with them lol

[@ejdolo]

as someone who is trying to teach myself the beautiful skill of animation, i really do appreciate your channel.

[@sweetenerized2401]

AAAAA YOURE AMAZING

[@washitbyagianttruck9275]

Dude, i can´t tell you how helpful this was. I can´t even point out what exactly makes me feel that way but it just was helpful. I think your words somehow showed me that i need to get more "hands on" with stuff and maybe take my time to plan out my objects and environment in the real world before going into any program. I guess i start thinking differently and get caught up in unneccessary technical stuff once i draw digitally without having visualized my scene in 3D in the real world. Thanks so much, for real. I´m a poor student so i can´t offer you anything more than my thankful comment and a sub, so here you go

[@nxtroblaster]

0:03 i’ve never seen something so clean

[@lvbboi9]

Hey Man Great work as always If Youre going to make more analisys vids I HIGHLY recommend the Castle Entrance Fight from Castlevania Id love to see that Mainly the animation on Trevor's WHIP

[@IIDarkMagixII]

Literally always love watching/ listening to your videos when I'm animating. You always make interesting points and give very useful advice 😌

[@donmojo632]

Fantastic info. Especially @7;38... and the music is superb.

[@megumareta6361]

The way to manipulate camera work with speed is so hard. My best example is definitely Yutaka Nakamura

[@JumbledStudios]

This is really helpful thanks :P

[@pandeytium2733]

Sir You are the best... Your explanation always engage me to do more animation experiment

[@ThatTCAT]

This is soooooo amazingly insightful! And definitely something I struggle with in regards to my animation

[@satisfieduser2696]

good job Howard, thanks, you 're very inspiring

[@a.n7841]

Hey have you seen Mob Psycho? I watched it recently and the animation in that show is amazing

[@Noscope-wg3dt]

Good job as always.

[@AM-jx3zf]

It's crazy how much good stuff you have! This is exactly what I searched, and I got it.

[@Phoca_Vitulina]

Thanks so much, this is super helpful, especially when you broke it down with the polar bear. Really helpful stuff and the tips/summary towards the end. Great content!

[@vipulmehra5120]

This is exactly i was looking for. And it was hard for me to accept that animating a whole sequence requires prior practical experimentations with real models. But now i guess, thats the only hard way to learn this, there are no software shortcuts. Thanks for this hard validation :)

[@HowardWimshurst]

yes hahaha no magic button to press! 😂

[@lindokuhlekwela4470]

Thank you so much for this video bro and the Animator's Checklist. Much appreciated.

[@maicey_t.]

Oh my heck THANK YOU for this. I really struggle with camera angles.

[@mickeymacdonald2601]

Great video, looking forward to seeing more from you. Just discovered you as I'm myself looking for the best way to jump into full time freelance in the near future. I'm nowhere close to where you are, hopefully in a few years even collaborate when if I can build my technical skill up in time. Thank you so much for creating your tutorials and sharing your knowledge, I hope you realize how impactful it is. Cheers bud!

[@hotsauce7124]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm really interested in these fun camera moves and compositions.

[@cheese7119]

5:03 instructions unclear, the bear is now narrating its sad life story during my animation xD

[@lillygeier2689]

love it, thank you!

[@chap348]

great video man! i really dig your work and wish more people knew about you. keep it up!

[@linuservarm8499]

I have seached for this tutorial for soo long!! Great tutorial!

[@dexdixy4913]

9:03 facts

[@HowardWimshurst]

hahaha

[@ninnnnnilum]

Thank you for this amazing video! Keep going man, your advice is priceless!

[@JJShalashaska]

I was looking exactly for this video...but for Blender. I leave a like anyway, great job, man

[@lucasmoreira3237]

Amazing explanation and topic. ♥ Please, make more videos like this.

[@aneye.]

I like it when you talk about self experimenting.

[@doubled9645]

super sick vid

[@MegaWassabi123]

this video was good, i found it very bearable :) dont @ me

[@HowardWimshurst]

Hahaha nice

[@hahn3415]

one of the best pun I read

[@rosem4ry610]

i really needed this, thanks!!!

[@OVIDOTAnimate]

Thank you very much, this video really helped me

[@IAmLukarumodoshi]

Insightful indeed. Thank you very much Mr. Wimshurst

[@kgosivanwyk7535]

Amazing work

[@Praxiszooms]

Very very good, informative and easy to understans. Great examples.

[@markross4519]

Awesome vid man!

[@humanoid9787]

excellent video

[@HowardWimshurst]

Thank you very much!

[@erichidalgo2155]

You're doing great work 👌🏼

[@socktale614]

Thanks for giving help for those who need it (*basically me*)

[@laughterclub6449]

I am a 16 year old boy and I'm obsessed with animating So I draw in my phone and I animate motions And I saw some super cool camera angle movements in an anime (I forgot the name) And I knew I have to try that So I just searched in yt and watch your video Awesome

[@reanzitov7930]

Goodlucky dude

[@laughterclub6449]

@@reanzitov7930 thankyou bro 😁 Hopefully I can do that motion

[@reap1857]

Very informative and interesting 10/10

[@montajedelespectador]

Ufotable made It so well and 2d/3D mix too

[@spawnyget3092]

very helpful video, thanks!

[@khrazza]

you could do this in blender or a similar program (for free!). Then you could model things that you wouldn't be able to grab with a camera. But then you would have to model it :P that's what i'm learning how to do

[@Twinflix01]

Tnx for the tips.

[@mskiara18]

Though I am new to this technique with animating camera movement, I thank you for your videos. Various scenes from different anime series that would create movement circling a character or zooming toward a face fascinated me to want to learn how to master this skill. I was advised by other artists to try to practice with shapes (making a circle bigger for example) and perspective or resizing the frames to create the illusion of panning out or to a character or field, though as a beginner this is taking time to be used to. I will try following your suggestions and hope to one day improve on both anatomy and camera movement.

[@ivankovwink1311]

Very helpful video, thank you!👏👏

[@maygrosman7614]

Great video! Really helpful :)

[@Heliomation]

This is neatly! ^^

[@alik1m]

thaanks for that ..love you from iraq

[@serranoedwardnathanieln.9338]

I personally suck at camera movement because I don't know how to do it using my iPad :( I also enjoy your videos!

[@umamedia4823]

Great and brilliant technic so smart you are

[@KelvinChiuFilms]

You're awesome. Thanks!

[@samsancheziii]

Very bright young man.

[@motivational8347]

Can you tell the distance between 2 characters apart from just looking at an anime picture?

[@adnanalmahshami4026]

Thank you man 😘

[@HoboHero]

Awesomel! And you can use any DCC (Maya, Blender with grease pencil etc.) in addition or instead of real camera. In most cases it even more convenient ;)

[@HowardWimshurst]

Yes! For two of my films i built a low poly 3d set in maya. It helped a lot

[@kipnaplayer5185]

You should really reach out to Ksi and see if you can work on his next future song. He's a big big DBZ fan and love animation action in general. And if you let him know you could get him as a character he would probably hire you in a second. He spent a shit ton( hundreds of thousands) for a diamond beerus necklace

[@HowardWimshurst]

not a bad idea...

[@maidickiessmall1303]

“I’m in the thick of it everybody knows…” 🎶🎶

[@fox7378]

This is incredible. Very helpful...animating angles, and perspectives, not to mention fight sequences is so so daunting. Terrifying v.v i hope can improve! I've been doing digital animation for a while, but my mind just can't get around these concepts 😅

[@ekanimates]

Wow Welldone

[@user-cw2og8cc1i]

Thank you 😄

[@ABigDoggy]

mad respect

[@Stagmoth]

Thank you so much.

[@LomalaMalet]

14:42 "4 - Use Z depth "

[@Jplayz41]

Thanks your the best

[@kurtshackelford6615]

Incredible theory here, cant believe we can get this for free. Thank you!

[@BennyCosmic]

I've been having an issue figuring out 3D rotation on a 2D format since I dont have a high-end software. An immediate example i can think of is the Obito vs Kakashi fight in Naruto and how they made that possible practically

[@makemoney7415]

dude, can I tell you something, thanks to you I really got interested in animating, I just discovered your video like less then a week ago... and I want to start animating swell..is it possible to make good animation like these scenes that you showed in this video with only a Mac or do I need something else? the only thing I have right now is a mouse..and what software do you use to make dose animations. oh yeah btw shoutout to you from Brazil BABYY

[@coughman9833]

i think you should get a drawing tablet, i recommend huion inspiroy 4060p without screen, it's very cost-efficient and good.

[@makemoney7415]

@@coughman9833 thanks a lot man, I will for sure take a look.

[@Cleasia]

He uses TVPaint -- I'm pretty sure there's a trial but for the full version you need to pay. A lot of animation software (least the most powerful industry ones) requires you to pay for a full version. (If I were to pay for an animation software I'll probably use ToonBoom). Though, some free animation software is Opentoonz, Krita, and Flipaclip. (There's more but these are the ones I know). And as for me, I use a combination of SAI (payed drawing software) and Videopad (free video editing software)-- it's a bit meticulous since SAI isn't an animation software but it uh, works for me so :D. So, goodluck in animating if you ever do it :D, it's a bit hard and time consuming but if you do love doing it then you'll love it no matter how hard it is ^^. Best wishes.~

[@Toushi_Lkr]

Same, i truly got motivated too after watching his video. Now I've started animating in my potato mobile.

[@АсылАсылюбек]

Hiii, man your videos so cool. Can you say in what program do you make animation?!!!

[@antonipolis]

thanks a lot to a valuable experience sharing....

[@kayleighc01]

Hi Howard, I’d love to hear your opinion on the Magnum Bullets music video, the animation is absolutely stunning!

[@theargedotin]

Hey man! You are doing super insane work. U do all this in Photoshop?

[@tatagrossevilaine1753]

thansks for that video!! 💯

[@michiganmitchell5883]

Hey I always appreciate your videos and your large variety of insight. I found this artist you may know. His name is ching yeh just thought you would enjoy his work. That is all.

[@HowardWimshurst]

nice recommendation! Thanks!

[@patrick6708]

great work u cool

[@ronaldlongtin3785]

Love this video! I see you're using TVPaint. It's a great animation program, but what I don't like about it (at least in the standard edition) is that you cannot draw outside of the canvas. As you pointed out, I like to continue my lines beyond the camera frame and not being able to do this in TVP feels rather limiting and a bit frustrating. So I created a template that is larger than full HD and includes a gray border that I can draw on. After the animation is done I can crop it down to export it without the border. I think I saw you doing basically the same thing?

[@HowardWimshurst]

Yep i do the exact same thing!

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

Thats good information

[@coughman9833]

wonderful

[@KLINKINGcommunication]

It just very Nice 😍✨

[@CelineTaylor105]

Anyone know, for the camera walkthrough from roughly 13:00 to 13:30 what other softwares do this camera perspective trick where you don’t need to resort to a traditional V camera box? I know he said he uses adobe, but I’m trying to find free camera movement software alternatives if possible :) Thanks all!

[@digitaldannie7635]

Could you do a review on one of the dances from “Carole and Tuesday”?

[@Z2Obsidion]

Ouch

[@dante_ele]

11:02 Is it a new animation in progress?

[@amittripathi6234]

Thanks bro

[@GabrielAlves-xw2dx]

Thanks a lot

[@Jplayz41]

Thanks

[@krab4813]

8:52 Do you need to redraw even the backrgound each frame? Dang it

[@HowardWimshurst]

no for that one i created a super long background and tweened it across the screen

[@gcastudio]

🔥

[@default853]

Hey, I’d like to know what to take in math to get into animation schools.. As my math teacher said I am struggling in math and supposedly take workplace however, my teacher said that animation schools would get fuzzy about it or smth some may or may not accept me. Please let me know what to learn for an animation school (college/university)

[@dante_ele]

3d animation requires knowledge of maths, not to create but to know how it works. Matrices, Vectors are some that are important.

[@default853]

Dante Ele what about 2D animation?

[@dante_ele]

@@default853 For 2d animation it doesn't require maths, because it is YOU who draws. All you need is some fundamentals in perspectives, vanishing point, convergence, divergence, how light falls, what gets illuminated etc. I hope you understand. 2d animation demands you know how to draw. Theres a book called The Animators Survival Kit. It broadly tells the fundamentals in 2d animation. Also practise drawing regularly, if you can

[@default853]

Dante Ele thank you so much for the information!!

[@default853]

Dante Ele uh sorry one more but do you think, with my low sense of math or if were to take workplace math would some animation school’s accept me or will it be hard to get into an animation school?

[@publicopinion3596]

Is there another software that animates like Tvpaint like captures that traditional paper format

[@snork-z7t]

amazing tutorial. what kind of style drawing is this?

[@HowardWimshurst]

thanks, it's the Howard Wimshurst style 😉

[@snork-z7t]

@@HowardWimshurst i’m very thankful for your quick reply. i will look more into it! wish you only well!

[@snork-z7t]

@@HowardWimshurst will follow more of your content to understand your style more 😅 not trying to copy it but loving those smeeres

[@amusingworld2029]

do you have a tutorial about how to coloring frame by frame and thank you

[@joelmayerprods]

Hi Howard, love your videos! Completely unrelated question: do you use TVPaint Standard or Pro edition? Thanks!

[@HowardWimshurst]

standard. i get by with standard but now I kinda wish i got pro..

[@amittripathi6234]

Pls make a tutorial video on 2d animation video

[@samuraikong9745]

what program does he use to create these renderings and animations?

[@aderemiporsche]

Less than a minute in, spots Hokusai in the background Man of culture confirmed Smashes like button

[@kanadchakraborty7434]

But bro I have no experience of using real camera. Is there any other option . Pls tell 🙏

[@designingwaves]

But how do you do camera movement with a background painting

[@MatticsAnimations]

you would have to redraw the painting as the camera moves into place, or if it is already there at the start of the shot just create the painting at that angle where it would be viewed