How to Animate using Synfig Studio (Quick Tutorial, Free program)

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

There's a follow-up to this tutorial! It's over here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmfPkoiPa7eJaac&lc=UgwR2norqL2L4Ckszyl4AaABAg.9CyByRR7xx89CyDCtYC2NR

[@subhashchandrabose315]

Good video... Make more ...

[@-ppp-9651]

i have a big problem, When I export or render my animation, the result is blurred, I use a 64x64 resolution. Could you help me. Thank u :)

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

@@-ppp-9651 what type of file are you exporting as?

[@-ppp-9651]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 png_spritesheet. I can show you an example if you need.

[@-ppp-9651]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 I have fixed the problem :), its all right now.

[@olddudemindset9590]

You're a beginner??? You sound like a rocket scientist to me with your knowledge of Synfig! I would love to be able to make animation like you have at the beginning of this video. I'm going to download Synfig and see if I can get something going. I Liked, Subscribed, and turned on Notifications (that's a hint for you to make more videos - ha ha!). Thank you for sharing!

[@ouchtor]

I think she means that she is a beginner with the whole animating aspect (realistic movements, squish & stretch etc.) not the software itself, which she is obviously very experienced with.

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

@@ouchtor Yes, you must be correct!

[@bobonthenet]

I've been wanting to learn synfig for ages but without any decent tutorials it hasn't gone well. You are a hero! I do hope you will do a lot more.

[@jayrapley8638]

Thank you for this tutorial. It's concise and moves at an appropriate pace without leaving out anything important. It's nice having a beginner friendly video made by someone who hasn't spent years and years doing it, making them forget what is and isn't common knowledge

[@cookiethecommentateror5469]

I'm a beginner animator too (only ever animated in Scratch) and I was looking for a good tutorial on Synfig because it was the first vector animation one I found. This was really helpful, thanks!

[@RakeshSaineni]

Is she draw them by mouse or by touch?

[@stankystimky]

im glad there's examples of animations using synfig studio. all the other videos just explained how to use it and didnt show me the result.

[@NERGYStudios]

0:34 Those words. Just amazing.

[@TechBits-]

This is pretty sweet! I've been looking for an Adobe Animate alternative. Thanks for sharing! 😁

[@randomvideos3950]

did you come from alan becker?

[@mr.nunya.8404]

@@randomvideos3950 ?

[@peterlaidlaw8655]

Thanks much .. Just getting started (2 hrs) and I came back to yours to round things out .. really clear, thanks

[@MyGeekAdventures]

Super helpful! An awesome Synfig how-to for anyone getting started with this tool. Gets to the details right away and covers a complete animation example, while giving just enough information on the way to let you know why you're doing each step. Thank yo so much for making and posting this!

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Thank you so much! This is the nicest comment I have ever received. I'm glad you like it

[@Edonyle]

This was sooo helpful! Thank you! Straight to the point to get quickly started. Thanks to you and the awesome developers of Synfig, I was able to make my very first animation. A dream come true!

[@pipomarie]

i barely noticed you only had 276 subscribers (i'm one of them now) because this looks so professional and smooth. i'll be studying this app for online school this year and you are a life saver! Thank you~

[@isaquimpo1795]

i have to animate for a project and i had no clue how to use synfig and this helped me so much, thank u endlessly

[@aasthajain9659]

Thank You so much for this tutorial. I have been struggling a lot with sinfyg but you have solved my problem completely.

[@dirtdf9418]

I've been looking for a synfig tutorial all over and as soon as I saw one from a Critter I knew I was in good hands

[@cmn202]

Yeah, this helped me cause I wanna make an object show and I couldn't use Adobe animate cause I'm still a kid and can't pay monthly. Plus, I didn't wanna keep re-drawing something multiple times

[@joenewbie4793]

Thank you, you did a great job. I have 2 monitors so i was able to watch on one and work on the other. Don't understand why you have 12 down votes I thought you did a GREAT JOB teaching.

[@kiliandrilltzsch8272]

wow you're 3x faster than the official tutor and I understand it way better

[@JustMe-qp5vh]

This is a great tutorial. I see this is just like Gimp in the tool selection regions. I can now effectively use Gimp as well as Synfig thanks to your instructions, though you do go a little fast. Thankfully, I can slow down the video and run at my own pace. Thank you!! I want to use this tool to create animated Psychology videos to show my classes. Nicely done.

[@woodyanderson6314]

Awesome tutorial. I've downloaded and started Synfig several times over the years, but the poor documentation always frustrated me. I learned more here than I ever did reading the docs. Thanks for taking the time to make it and post it.

[@JeffersonWritter]

Very good the way you explain good public speaking, speed of explanation and very good direction, you are able to develop video courses

[@robot_spider]

Really great intro tutorial, Jess. Having had intermittent experience with other vector/bitmap drawing/animation tools over the years, I knew what I wanted to do, but wasn't familiar with the workflow in Synfig. You gave me enough to know where to start, and what I need to learn more about. Thanks!

[@mylearningteachingjourney3266]

I just have downloaded this software now and your tutorial is really going to help me.

[@fernandoguzmanmelara7394]

this is pretty good i learned very well how to use synfig

[@democracybacksliding]

very good tutorial for filtering and getting started THANK YOU...!

[@sebastianhofer8537]

Excellent tutorial, to the point yet very comprehensive - thank you!

[@JustMe-qp5vh]

I agree! To the point is important for people who want to get started, and comprehensive for those who want to actually *use* the application.

[@MZONE3D]

Thankyou for sharing. Your ability to explain things is very good

[@icsc87]

THANK YOU! Synfig is much easier that after effects for me tbh and doesnt even overload my pc! so I'm grateful for this tutorial!

[@webx135]

OMG yes EXACTLY what I was hoping for in a getting-started video!

[@BensHacks]

The best tutorial I saw for a long time. It is just a tiny bit too fast locking it the first time. Compared to 99.9% of the utorials out there witch are way too slow. thisone is almost perfect!

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Thank you very much for your input. I do have a habit of talking a bit fast. I'd recommend maybe altering KZbin's playback speed, maybe 75% might work better for viewers watching the video for the first time

[@BensHacks]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 viewing it a second time works great

[@DannyDangerOz]

This tutorial is great, thank you! I want to animate some Inkscape drawings, so this gives me at least a starting point on how that works. I'd looked at a few tutorials before this and yours is the most straight forward.

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Thank you, I pride myself on getting straight to the point in my videos

[@RanggaAndoso]

I learn much about synfig from this channel thank you so much for sharing.

[@idk-b1p]

man you are a legend! You made this tutorial insane!!!

[@mongothemaniac5848]

I am an avid Animate user but really want to get away from using it for new projects... the hardest step when all your assets are made in one program and that program happens to be what you use for everything is that finding then learning a new program is a really rough journey if you have little time to set aside. Synfig looks most appealing along with Krita which both have Linux support so I can gradually steer away from relying windows. This tutorial really helped me because the timeline is not very intuitive with Synfig to me compared to Animate where you can just start drawing frame after frame and it all starts to make sense! XD

[@MountainLabsYT]

Sweet, this is probably the best tutorial out there for synfig :I

[@makisHart]

Great to start with the software for a total beginner! Made my first animation already!

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Good for you! Have you posted it anywhere? I would love to see it

[@abdelloutfi4170]

A great tutorial showing the most important to start with. Very helpful, Thanks so much for sharing!

[@alhandra1982]

Was looking for synfig tutorial and first thing I see here is critical role stuff: I am sold :)

[@shuttleship]

please continue with synfig tutorials

[@patrickcasey1150]

Yes please! I've only started and your tutorial was exactly what I was looking for. You have a really clear, understandable style!

[@denissweet6639]

God, I love Critical Role. I wasn't even looking for Critical Role stuff in this tutorial but I'm delighted that it popped up.

[@noedits5543]

Wow very knowledgeable indeed. Great free tool.

[@mitachi9033]

Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[@mitachi9033]

@German Mapping Nah....

[@jakebocskovits7426]

This was made 3 years ago. But I thank you for the tutorial.

[@sarothesparta3326]

Thank You so much I have learnt more from you TurtleArmy Jess. Keep it up and go on.

[@paulburger330]

Thank you so much!!! This genuinely helps, everything was covered to get started and just perfectly concise. Good are tutorials are rare. Thank you!

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for the nice compliments :)

[@ByteSizeThoughts]

Excellent tutorial! Will give this one a rewatch a few times as I try to make my first little short gifs :D

[@dattaco200]

2 second animation took 13 mins to complete... i'm gonna have fun animating 😩👍👌

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

That's pretty good, my average is an hour per second when I'm trying to animate a movement I haven't done before

[@akieboygaming]

0 second animation took 2 and an half hours to complete

[@YokoX23]

Just keep watching every time you make a little bit of progress - it keeps you from getting frustrated as much when something you don't want happens, AND your brain will probably make a little happy juice to keep you going when you see your art slowly coming to life. Also start small, like with a 10 second video (like everything on my channel) For reference, the 3D videos took 3 days just to render(ALWAYS do frame by frame .jpg export in 3D) and each flash animation took at least a week (4h per day, 5d per week)

[@anacarlamacedo]

thanks. This tutorial is wonderful

[@lageekattitude]

Perfect. This is what I was looking for.

[@tornadefabrique1007]

Such a great intro to the software, thanks a million!

[@a_marof]

Just wanted something a lil bit capable and simple to run the social media side of the business, you and synfig are the missing part, may Allah bless you.

[@shpensive]

Wow, great! A lot to take in, but I appreciate that!

[@badrihafed2923]

Thanks a lot Algerian man was here watching your tutorial nice job well explained that was very helpful

[@EvyDevy]

Wooooo! Just what I needed! Very useful tips!

[@KennyFully]

Thank you very much! You made something complex seem so simple and easy to understand.

[@_Amilio_]

Awesome thanks! I'm trying to turn my niece's character art into little animation stories

[@Sadblobfish7847]

Thank you so much for having subtitles on your videos! You will be spared.

[@atomixify]

Thank you very much for this nice tutorial. I've been able to draw and animate a pikachu really fast thanks to you!

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Have you posted it anywhere online? I would love to see it :)

[@atomixify]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 There is just the animated head right now, Synfig decided to crash while I was working on the body and paws... :( zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=20/35/6khb.gif

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

@@atomixify Wow! That look amazing for your first work on Synfig. I love how you did the overlapping brown circles under the eyes. I hope you keep up the good work :)

[@atomixify]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 Thanks! Hopefully some nice tutorials as this one will follow!

[@papatuttotondo]

Thank you, you have solved how to use a reference file to be used in other new files without changing the reference file too! There is one thing though, If I want to change a thing in my reference character, like a shape of the eyes for examples, the change does not appear in the other files! Thank you!

[@greenspringvalley]

Well researched and concise.

[@SagarKumar-jg1qp]

I love it man. It's really good and very much helpful for me

[@HDigest]

Thank you This exactly what am looking for to speed up my youtube journey. Thanks again

[@koshisunuwarrai]

Nice Tutorial for Synfig beginners. 👍

[@tubbdoose]

This was really helpful thank you!

[@archiekun3844]

thank you so much turtlearmy jess .... i was waiting to learn animate for so long and i found ur video

[@Jessica-sb9ff]

Thank you, this was so helpful!

[@mybigbeak]

Thankyou soooo much. I love how you get straight to the point.

[@scottwoo7975]

thanks, great work for people who are on the go

[@ashwinrawat9622]

Thanks, this was just what I was looking for. I'm on linux and synfig is the only software I have for vector animation.

[@vulpekulamedia2386]

This was sooo well put together its an instant sub for me!!!

[@yosens3917]

yoo its so difficult this software id so powerful thx for the tutorial

[@trishasalamat2596]

You're a lifesaver! looking forward to more of your tips and crash courses! Thanks a lot. Keep it up. :)

[@ytboostertester3302]

This feels so complicated 😫 I was looking for a free alternative to explaindio and this was a recommendation. It might take me a month to create a 10 min video using this software, do you have any other recommendations aside from synfig?

[@aradhanajadeja5783]

I loved it. Thanks 😊

[@chairmanofdemons4206]

This is super helpful, thank you!

[@samuraidarkage794]

Man this is rocket science, I am lost ...

[@toongrowner1]

Thank you so very very much for this tutorial. I still have a lot to learn but your video helped a lot learning the basics quick, easy and understandable :3 Have a great day ^^

[@ghostiam243]

thanks! this is really helpful for my subject!

[@qw4mp]

Thank you for the tutorial! Your videos help me a lot in Synfig. Umm, It really helps me to make animation by using audio so, can we put an audio on Synfig??

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

It's possible to import .wav audio files. (Go to file, import, then select your audio).

[@qw4mp]

@@turtlearmyjess6147 Thank you so much :D

[@Skipti_LLC]

This is phenomenal! I just got into video making, but I'm using the Steam Deck so I'm locked into Linux programs, this is exactly what I was looking for!

[@rjaybautista4559]

cool video it helped out a ton with starting out and composing my first soft

[@shuttleship]

It's awesome man, how to use bones and how to draw a nice character

[@CarlinComm]

Wow that's awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@maciejgrzesik7191]

Great tutorial, thank you !

[@loranzo2581]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS SO CONFUSED AND MAD

[@robertoguerra5375]

Great introduction:) I was looking for a vector based animation software 👍

[@KirZh-rg2hl]

Every time when I open this program it looks like the developers come from another planet. They have never seen Coral, Illustrator, or Inscape? They are so good at making uncomfortable programs, they need to have a special award.

[@LuizaDreamsDeutsch]

This is a very understandable and practical video! Thank you so much :D

[@bendyzip9111]

yo question is there a way to import audio?

[@eve_leaders]

thank you so much for this!! very very helpful!

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

Great tut! Thanks

[@sweetcherrieheart]

this is the tutorial that I needed

[@praveenpalkukanday7186]

Best tutorial bro. I was looking for the work on yt.

[@ElManReborn616]

Thanks a bunch, this helps a lot

[@andrewdroppo2816]

I am enjoying your vids for sure. What do you mean at about 5:00 : "you're going to want to create a seperate "reference file" for your character? Reference File? Is this a copy kept aside to draw a new sequence of layers that you anitmate? Like a base group = reference file?

[@j-mo1335]

Damn, I wish there was like a discord server community for this wonderful app, that would be great!!!

[@oreo6850]

you need more subs, this is so helpful

[@turtlearmyjess6147]

Thank you! I like your profile pic :)

[@fusionclean]

thank you for the first step of tutorial

[@BitsDream66]

Wow, good tutorial, my head exploded, Great!

[@dersps5905]

Can all KZbin tutorials please be exactly like this?