*Thanks for watching* See all 10 episodes (over 10 hours) & download the OpenToonz project here: darrentanims.gumroad.com/l/steamboat www.patreon.com/DarrenT
@GustavoMSilva5 ай бұрын
Darren, please, answer to me: in this video it's the first time i see the 'Assistant Tool'; i have the Opentoonz 1.7.1 and i don´t see that tool. It's available just in the Opentoonz Morevna Edition?
@DarrenTAnims5 ай бұрын
The assistant tool isn't in Morevna. That version has been stopped now, so I wouldn't try it. The assistant tool is in the nightly build, available from the OpenToonz downloads page.
@GustavoMSilva5 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims Thank you so much, Darren! I followed your instructions and found your video how to install the Nightly Build!
@TheRubberStudiosASMR4 ай бұрын
Such a brilliant tutorial! Thank you. I think I’ve spent months trying to locate a legit alternative to animate
@DarrenTAnims4 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I run through things a little quickly, so you might want to check out some of my other getting started tutorials for more details. And I agree that OpenToonz is a great replacement for Animate for many users. Happy animating ! 😀
@bertw48527 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back again!
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thank you. I was hoping to have this video out early January, but I've just been so busy! However, I'm keeping the issue off. Videos will be out on KZbin when they're out. I've been concentrating on sharing content in my Patreon while I've been at from here, which I'm really happy with 😊
@StarblazerTV7 ай бұрын
Glad to see you're back, always look forward to learning more 2D animation skills. Thanks for sharing.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching 😃
@AwkwardPain7 ай бұрын
Good to see you. I hope you had an amazing break! Animation is top notch! (I did notice that the final frames, Mikey's tail disappears, though!)
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Noooooo. I'll have a check of that. I'm really happy to be back again
@MINI_Manuranjan_TV2 ай бұрын
Great Work im subscribed u man!! U deserve 1 milion subs 😃
@DarrenTAnims2 ай бұрын
Thank you buddy. Welcome to the party 😀
@Rover259Wild7 ай бұрын
That's a very good streamed boat willie animation, but unfortunately, did you know they made it into a horror movie?
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Yes, I heard about that. Interesting idea. It's one of those things that people will always try to do the opposite of the original.
@axhvjvlnkmogpnjnkcvbccus8 күн бұрын
Which one is better? Open toons of Tahoma 2D❤❤
@DarrenTAnims8 күн бұрын
From my point of view, neither is "better". For some systems, OpenToonz works better. For others, it's Tahoma. Use whichever is more stable for you. Tahoma has a few extra features and some layout/presentation/defaults that are different to OpenToonz, to make it easier for new users. Tahoma has 100% of the features of OpenToonz and OpenToonz has 99% of the features of Tahoma. But for most users, they only use features that are in both software anyway, so it's hard to recommend one over the other.
@Animation_parade7 ай бұрын
First one to watch finally after a long time you have upload the new video.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
😀 It's good to be back. I'm still not uploading every week, but I'm happy to be sharing a few new videos. I've a couple more coming in the next 2 weeks
@flufdude7 ай бұрын
LETS GOOOO!
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Gooooooooo! 😀
@pipeliner89697 ай бұрын
open toonz is so underrated. It's even used in the recent miyazaki movie and nobody knows about this
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Then we need to shout about it whenever we get the chance!
@unaninated7 ай бұрын
This is such a great tutorial and tour of open toons, i currently use Clip studio and blender, but the former seems a bit lacking in parts
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thank you. It was a bit of a whirlwind your, but hopefully it gives a flavour of some of the options.
@OsaoasoGdhshd7 күн бұрын
Question: What is the difference between open toons of open toons morva❤
@DarrenTAnims7 күн бұрын
Morevna was a branch of code from OpenToonz. The developers of it added some extra features that they reached for their animation production and twist it to everyone else. However, they stopped developing it, so it's very out of date with the current OpenToonz.
@meet_mui2 ай бұрын
it was really helpful
@DarrenTAnims2 ай бұрын
Awesome 🙂
@OreoO0O7 ай бұрын
No way finally Darren 😍... Pleasure to see you again
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
It's good to be back 😀
@JerryDechant7 ай бұрын
How many hours go into making a short complicated (many movement elements,) video like that?
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
I took just over 10 hours. That was with recording the process and talking through it. If I wasn't recording it, probably about 8 hours. But it would depend on you, how much you know what you want to build and how well you knew the program.
@JerryDechant7 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims 8 hours is pretty good, I'm not as proficient with the software, so I would take me much longer. I need more practice :)
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
@@JerryDechant I've spent much more time editing the videos and preparing this one than I did with the original animation. I'm pleased with how it went, but even after making this I've learned how to make it better next time.
@Mamika_AFK7 ай бұрын
Welcome back Darren! Thanks for another awesome video as always 🩵😄👍
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
😊 Cheers buddy
@William_Oswald17 ай бұрын
Make an animated Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Please.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
I love Oswald!
@luisvergara90017 ай бұрын
Hello Mr. Darren, my name is Luis Vergara and I am delighted from Barcelona. If he allows me, I'll take the liberty of asking you a question. I would like to return to 2D animation as a hobby and I see that I have two very good free options (Praise be to those responsible). I am undecided whether to use Opentoonz or Tahoma 2D, I must say that I understand both programs, since in my studies when I was young we used Flash , the Digicel flipbook or the Dragon frame and I have quickly become familiar with these two options. I see that they are almost the same, Opentoonz has more options in the interface than Tahoma2d and if the reason is that, it can be solved by customizing it to your liking. Any compelling reason to choose one or the other? Thank you very much and greetings.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Hi Luis. I hear this wisdom a lot and I don't have a specific answer. What I can tell you is that if I want making videos here and just animating for myself, i'd probably use only Tahoma. It has some amazing features that opentoonz doesn't. The "explicit holds" where you don't few to expose a drawing on every frame that you need is amazing. It's just had a "ping pong" play option, which is a small addition, but soooo useful. But I also prefer the flexibility of the assistants in OpenToonz, to help with perspective and assisted drawing. The main advice I tend to give about this is to try both and see which you're comfortable with. They do have 90% of the same functions and you can try both at the same time. And to be honest, if only one of them was available, I would still be very happy 😀 I how that helps, even a little. Good luck
@luisvergara90017 ай бұрын
Thank you very much teacher, before venturing out I will start by watching your videos, and yes, I will listen to you, I will try both and see which one best suits my needs.
@ITAITA-q4fАй бұрын
Hi Daren T. Please how can I select other "mesh columns" without going to schematic view or X sheet. I believe it should be like the skeleton tool or the animation tool (all) that allows this. Please help.
@DarrenTAnimsАй бұрын
I tend to use the xsheet/timeline to select different meshes, but I don't have highly complex skeletons. However, there is one way you could select them without using the schematic or xsheet and that's when using the animate tool. You can choose the mesh (or any other column) from the dropdown on the left of the options toolbar.
@ITAITA-q4fАй бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims Thank you.
@GinoZumpАй бұрын
Shame his tail didn't make it to the end. RIP 😅
@DarrenTAnimsАй бұрын
😢
@AryanvedhFromIndia7 ай бұрын
good to have you back Darren! nice tutorial :)
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thanks buddy 😀
@myvisualnovelquest8223 ай бұрын
1:29 I'm assuming it's a perspective tool the triangle square tool. I don't have it on the toolbar. Is there a way to get it? Please help
@DarrenTAnims3 ай бұрын
It's available in the nightly build, available on the downloads page of the OpenToonz site. Before installing it, rename your OpenToonz Stuff folder, so you'll get a clean install.
@myvisualnovelquest8222 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims I keep getting the application was unable to start correctly (0x000007b) click ok to close application. I click ok where it freezes completely and I have to close it manually re-unistall everything and delete everything and then re-install opentoonz. I've done it several times now
@myvisualnovelquest8222 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims I tried it different ways when downloading it. Opentoonz won't open it just freezes. I have to close it manually through the task manager and uninstall and reinstall opentoonz. I tried looking at other tutorials to figure it out. I'll probably have to do it manually I can't get it to work
@wooggie96857 ай бұрын
Long time no see! Glad to see the increased production quality :) Hope everything is well Don't know if you remember but your tutorials helped me A LOT during my high school project 4-5 years ago.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Awesome. I'm so pleased 😀 Thanks for sticking around
@gamerzshow38002 ай бұрын
1:31 What was the tool he used for drawing the background and how can I add it in the tool bar section
@DarrenTAnims2 ай бұрын
That's the perspective tool. It's available in the nightly build, available from the OpenToonz downloads page. Before installing, you should rename your OpenToonz Stuff folder, to get a clean install and all of the new tools.
@gamerzshow38002 ай бұрын
I have another query actually the image reference as well as the transparent feature isn't working as well and I have the 1.7.1 version. How can I fix this problem.
@DarrenTAnims2 ай бұрын
Can you be more specific when you say that they're "not working as well". Do you mean that they don't work at all? The commands aren't available? They written, but not as well as you'd expect? Or something else?
@kassachap7 ай бұрын
Hooray Darrens back. Good to see you sir!
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
😀 It's good to be back. I've been working on this video for a few weeks and thinking about it since Christmas! I'm so pleased to have it released at last
@onkarchoudhary22697 ай бұрын
Amazing 😅 I love Opentoonz, ❤
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Me too 😀
@antonistheodoridis38487 ай бұрын
First of all, I am glad that you are back and I hope that you got a much-needed break the time you were off. This video was awesome and it hit home because I'm also currently trying to create this old 30s greyish Disney atmosphere on my animation. I ve been looking everywhere in the internet to see if there was a program that could help me do this. However seeing you do this in Open Toonz could you share any tips on how to get the colours, the shadows, etc right? Because yours were on point. Also could this be made in vector layers? Or mabe are you planning to make a video in the future explaining this?
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes I did. I'm still pacing the videos I release. I won't have 1 every week and I will still take a few weeks of between videos, but I've been wanting to make this one for soooooo long. That's a great question about the colours. Really, I just eyeballed it. I started painting and then adjusted them once on screen. This is a huge one of the many benefits of using the Toonz Raster level and one of the main reasons I choose it most of the time. Once painted, the colours can be adjusted. And adjusting them on screen is so much easier when they sit with the background and other colours on screen. You could also drop in a reference image and select the colours from there. And also, at the end of the animation, as I briefly mentioned in the video, and show fully in my long-form videos on Gumroad and Patreon, I added an effect to "tone down" the black of Mickey. It looked too sharp and I wanted a more "washed out" look. That really helped, I think. Regarding vectors. I don't tend to use them. They have too many issues with filling and keeping their fills, so I avoid them for characters. But you *could* use vectors, yes, if you were confident in using vector fills. I know some users draw in vector for the outline, then convert that to Toonz Raster levels and fill on those, but for me, that's a 2 stage process and you don't really get much of the benefit from using vector, but it could work for you.
@antonistheodoridis38487 ай бұрын
thanks@@DarrenTAnims
@joshrichard9905 сағат бұрын
Would the gumroad course work if I did it with Tahoma2D or would it be better to go through it on OpenToonz?
@DarrenTAnims5 сағат бұрын
The gumroad videos don't have anything in that wouldn't work in Tahoma2D. In them I try to explain each step in detail, so you can follow what I'm doing, which is why they're so long and not really suitable for KZbin.
@mikhailhumphries7 ай бұрын
amazing work
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Thank you 😀
@axhvjvlnkmogpnjnkcvbccus14 күн бұрын
Some of the raster features do not work for me. I wonder if it is a problem with the program. It says Raster.
@DarrenTAnims14 күн бұрын
There won't be a problem with the program. Which features don't appear to work for you?
@axhvjvlnkmogpnjnkcvbccus14 күн бұрын
The dot features do not work even though I downloaded the latest version of the program and searched a lot on KZbin and did not know the solution
@DarrenTAnims14 күн бұрын
I don't know what the dot features are. However, if you're not getting new features, the best thing to do is to rename your OpenToonz stuff folder before installing. Otherwise you'll still have your old commands.
@axhvjvlnkmogpnjnkcvbccus14 күн бұрын
A yellow sign appears saying you have a problem activating raster. ??????
@DarrenTAnims14 күн бұрын
At what point does it say that? What was you doing?
@CrónicasOscuras_12187 ай бұрын
Greetings, community, does anyone know why I don't get the types of layer levels, whether vector, bis maps, etc..
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Are you saying that you babe see the toolbar above the timeline?
@CrónicasOscuras_12187 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnimsYes, in the timeline there, as normal, it has the different types of layers, whether vector, encore map layers. But it doesn't appear to me, I don't know why.
@bikiahmed21087 ай бұрын
Sir, Assistant tool is not showing in my computer 1:25
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Have you installed a nightly build? That's where it is. And if you rename your OpenToonz Stuff folder before installing to be sure of a clean install, to get all of the new commands and features.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Alternatively, after installing (or if you don't want to re-install) follow these 3 steps: 1. Close OpenToonz. 2. Delete all of the xml files that are in this format: room#_menubar.xml from: C:\OpenToonz stuff\profiles\layouts\personal\Default.[username] 3. Start OpenToonz All of these xml files will be replaced with the default for the current installation, including any new commands.
@ini_james_5 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims its not opening
@kristofszotak95907 ай бұрын
How can i use the assistant tool in opentoonz? I research it built in morevna and tahoma 2d but not available stantard opentoonz. Which opentoonz program are you using exactly?
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
I'm using they latest nightly build. I cover the assistant tool in the main video that I share in the Gumroad project.
@diverse49854 ай бұрын
Too fast,
@DarrenTAnims4 ай бұрын
It is quite fast, but there was a lot to share. The full length, slower videos are linked in the description.
@curlyhairboy14Ай бұрын
I Replicated the exact one
@DarrenTAnimsАй бұрын
Do you mean, you remade this whole cartoon? 😃
@Elleviya7 ай бұрын
opentoonz is good for make 2d animation for game development? possible export result animation to Unity 2d? i have no money for Spine 2d)
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
Possibly. What format of files do you need for Unity?
@Elleviya7 ай бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims Thanks for the answer, I don’t know, apparently need animation with bones and somehow so that it can be used in the Unity engine. I'm looking for a program in which I can make 2D animations of characters, except for Spine 2D for 370 dollars.
@DarrenTAnims7 ай бұрын
If you can find out what format you need, then we can figure it out, but I was assuming you'd want a series of png images or similar.
@VenusNineАй бұрын
This is not at all for beginners You're talking a story while clicking here and there... no one beginner can follow the proccess
@DarrenTAnimsАй бұрын
That's a fair point. The video is more of an overview of what I did to recreate this short scene, just to show that you can do it with OpenToonz. As I mention in the video, in the description and the pinned comment, you can watch all 10 hours of this process, in real time, with commentary on every tool I use and the reason for every choice I make, by purchasing the full process on my Gumroad page, also linked from the description and pinned comment. I do have a few other getting started videos where I move a lot slower. You can find them on my channel page.
@VenusNineАй бұрын
@@DarrenTAnims In that case your title is a pure clickbait. There is no the word - overview - or something similar Not a fair point