[NEW] Basics of OpenToonz 1.5 - How to animate 2D animation class [

[@rhoharane]

Thanks for this! OpenToonz was so impenetrable as a new user, with its weird terminology and nonstandard shortcuts. This was enough to get started and make sense of their system.

[@AnimatorIsland]

It's great to hear the video was helpful. :) Yeah it's quite intimidating at first. The good news is tough that professional software like ToonBoom Harmony use a lot of the same concepts, so if you already got used to them in OpenToonz it's easier to pick up.

[@Fadzom]

@@AnimatorIsland that's cool, cuz I was planning on switching to ToonBoom when I have the money. Good to know it won't be to difficult of a switch :D

[@ss8140]

@@AnimatorIsland good to know thanks, I’m guessing it’s a better choice than Flash.

[@Donnie_Oculus]

bullshit, this tut sucks, fuck this app and this shit tut

[@powerbeatzmtb1707]

@@AnimatorIsland ❤

[@andrewhubbard4222]

Great job. SO much clearer and straight forward than any other OpenToonz intros I've seen on KZbin. You really present from a beginner's perspective without assuming we know all the lingo out of the box. Very helpful!

[@gargoyled_drake]

really ? i've come across nothing but clear and good tutorials for OpenToonz on youtube :/ This comment confuses me

[@goldymolkky1155]

Thanks Sir, This was very easy to understood

[@pasthly5654]

@@gargoyled_drake same hahahahahaha

[@alex.g7317]

@@goldymolkky1155 understand*

[@Robin-234]

I remember installing opentoonz a few years ago and being completely overwhelmed, maybe even intimidated, by it. Needless to say I never did much in it and it's just been sitting on my computer. Recently I got more and more inspiration to animate even short animations just for fun and I think this is the perfect software for me. Thank you so much for making it more accessible to new users like this!

[@drew8753]

Sameeee

[@carpe5432]

This is one of the best animation tutorials for total beginners I have ever seen. I really mean it, no kidding. You can not imagine how many videos on different softwares I watched. Totally useless, I ended up hating and giving up cause I had no proper and clear introduction. Thank you a lot.

[@aliceeverheart9237]

Bookmarking for my own uses 14:41 - Instances 15:34 - Difference between frame and drawing, how to duplicate/unlink/alter Thank you for the informative video!! :D Just got into 2D animation and OpenToonz has been just perfect especially with these guides :)

[@NightFireXD]

Even after a year still works. So much gratitude for this. I have dyslexia and find it hard to grasp concepts at times. Much thanks for taking your time and breaking it down and making it easy for us all to understand. I never thought i would make it very far but i am so thrilled with just knowing the basics, because it is more then i knew when just loading it for the first time and getting overwhelmed. Now i can make a little sense out of it. I come from using GIMP and PDN and can't wait to see what i can do in OT :D again tysm .

[@Felix.Wingfield]

I love OpenToonz.

[@kiaradevonne]

I found out Opentoonz today and got zero idea on what to do until I watched your video. HUGE HELP!! Thank you so much. The tutorial is so clear and understandable . Will watch more of your videos ❤❤❤

[@jimb196233]

So well explained. Perfect English, very clear, even more than English speakers on most vids. Thanks so much, definitely b watching more.

[@steves1015]

Great tutorial! Clear, concise and explains the key features of the software in order to be able to get started!

[@DariaYoke]

Thanks for the clear, helpful tutorial! I got stuck in a separate puppet rigging tutorial and had to go check out the basics again and this helped me much more quickly than any other tutorial. Thanks so much.

[@DinoMoonCreations]

I am a technology teacher. I use adobe animate but I was searching for a good free alternative. It was between this software and another. You made me choose this one because of this video :p

[@azroe8876]

First time animating a logo. This video helps a lot. Thanks!!!

[@allysonyoung2771]

Thank you for a very clear explanation for an absolute beginner.

[@mitrabisnis5599]

you are damn GREAT ! the tutorial is very clear , detail and simple. .. unlike others professional tutor, they keep confusing by teaching this and that , in the end still get nothing to understand. even the opentoonz itself cannot make intro as simple as you bro. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

[@rantz2472]

Thank you for this series, I really was struggling to learn animation.😀👍

[@Brei.]

this is the first video I have watched from this channel and I have subscribed. I love this guy

[@cjgragasin4859]

Hello, love the video, very informative. I do have a few questions: a. is there a way to draw a background or a scenery? b. is there a way to make it so that the background doesn't change per frame?

[@wendo____O]

Do u mean copy and pasting the background if so then this is kinda hard to explain but tap on the column u want to draw the background in, draw it then double tap on the second table below the one u drew in and type out the same column number as the one u were drawing in. I hope this helped

[@mreclecticguy]

Create a layer and draw your background (assuming you aren't going to move your background in any way, as you asked in question b), then click on the frame the background is on. Grab the gray maker in the righthand corner of the frame and drag it as far as you want. It will hold the frame for you. Doing it this way makes it easy to shorten or lengthen the number of frames you want the background to hold.

[@bird108]

Thank you! I was making short animations on plippa clip but woshed for a sketch pad for my birthday that is in a few months and I wanted to get started getting to know a program. This realy helped alot to make it less overwhelming

[@muhammadzohair2897]

OMG this is golden! it adresses my problems so well! I have bitmap layers coz I like todraw cartoony sketches. Thank you very much

[@aiviaaaa]

Just switched from Krita to Opentoonz, this helped a lot!

[@antoonsorg]

Thanks fot this opentoonz 1.5 tutorial i was looking for 1.7.1 but this is, the best I found. Thanks

[@ravenrest7]

Studying OpenToonz just now, It was a GREAT thing that I saw this before going to skillshare hahaha

[@kamius1]

Excellent tutorial for beginners. Many thanks to producer!👍

[@JensFuersGrobe]

Verleiht dem Mann einen Orden! Danke für das Tutorial.

[@max-ub4vt]

That was a really great beginner tutorial! Thanks!

[@CartoonCami]

Thanks for this, I was wanting better lines ( vector) and I couldn't change colours! Now I know..thanks to you! Looking forward to seeing more of this content

[@pixelwrinkly1528]

very nice - thank you for sharing your knowledge very impressive how much you manage to pack into 23 minutes

[@bartholomew4771]

Suuuuuper helpful. I tried watching a couple different tutorials but this was the only one that actually made sense

[@BYZR_]

this was very helpful, thank you

[@kawaiidarkbutterfly5570]

Thank u, have a project due on animation next week

[@kook.a.doo.]

6:20 vector layers; 8:30, 9:42. 11:24 timeline; 14:21, 14:40, 16:03, 17:10

[@wawiartandco858]

the best explanation of opentoonz that I ever watch, thanks A lot

[@RobbeyT1]

Brilliant! The best video about OpenToonz on KZbin

[@ivankovwink1311]

One of the most amazing channels on youtube✨✨✨

[@furoffyhouse]

I just found this software today and I found your tutorial immediately ! So cool! Can’t wait to try this ! Thank you!

[@safiraart_3]

thank you very much for the video, it was always my dream animation, and now with Opentoonz and your video I can make it come true

[@waitforlantern7698]

Waiting for this Thx ❤️ Greetings from Germany

[@videogametherapy6465]

straight to the point ...

[@Donsonfire_23]

thanks for the tips i dedicate my animations to you

[@user-bb8xg7ju3p]

Thanks for this!! I think this video should be watched by everyone.

[@AnimatorIsland]

I agree :D please like and share to get more people here ;) I really appreciate your kind words!

[@Huguillon]

This is a really good and very informative video, thank you

[@aditi1404]

Thank you so much , it was hard to find tutorial in 1.5 version Thanks 😊

[@Hlecktro]

Clear and concise explanation. Cheers.

[@groeisterk]

Absolute awesome presentation, thx

[@Zofferro]

Отличное объяснение! Спасибо!

[@salmaahmad1458]

Thank you so much this is so helpful❤❤

[@AnimatorIsland]

Glad you found it useful! And thanks for the kind comment, too. It makes us feel great to know it is helping folks. :)

[@JH-xc4ur]

I love this video and all your other ones. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making me fall in love with this program.

[@mystic_redpanda]

this helped clear everything up thanks!

[@dRAVSASS]

amazing video for me , with no experience what so ever!!!

[@PetrichorIsNice]

Very helpful video! I've been searching for an animation software kind of like this. I think, once I've gotten used to it, I'll probably love this one. 👍

[@NealFox]

Excellent tutorial. Trying to find the right program for my next project. I have Clip Studio EX and Moho Pro. But neither one does everything I need. So far it looks like Opentoonz will do the job. Thanks.

[@AnimatorIsland]

So glad to hear it was helpful! Let us know if Opentoonz works out for you. It really is getting better and better each new version. :)

[@NealFox]

@@AnimatorIsland Will do. Been searching around and found out about Tahoma. So far it looks like an updated OpenToonz. What's your opinion of it?

[@AnimatorIsland]

@@NealFox Tahoma is a fork of OpenToonz so it shares most of its codebase. A lot of people prefer Tahoma 2D because it's set up to be a bit more beginner friendly. Features like the automatic drawing hold are very useful. While you can open OpenToonz projects in Tahoma, it doesn't always work the other way around. I personally am skeptical about forks as they tend to have less contributors to the code, however, the creator of Tahoma seems really commited and capable. I guess it comes down to trying both and seeing what you prefer. :) /fe

[@NealFox]

@@AnimatorIsland I think I'll stick to OpenToonz. Thanks for the info. Been watching several of your videos. You have a very good way of teaching. Very clear and easy to understand.

[@Thegmanemployee]

@@NealFox where have you gone so far?

[@snowforest4473]

I'm so glad when I found out this! Thanks for making an extremely helpful video!

[@AdnanASyukri]

Wow this is amazing tutorial! ✨ Thank you very much! We need more like this

[@AnimatorIsland]

So glad you found it useful! :D

[@user-re1sr2tj9l]

@@AnimatorIsland if I want to study animation. Do I have to know how to draw?

[@vietannguyen7731]

Thank you so much

[@vas_0o281]

Thank you! I really needed to know

[@seeker1602]

Very well done, sir. I just watched... I will watch again... and take notes. Thanks.

[@arispk]

Really nice tutorial. Very clear and concise. Thank you!

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

wow dude this is so clearly done and really helping me to understand this new slightly scary socftware

[@shirinkamisami4487]

Wow i want to install it and follow your lessons . You teach me very better of William XD i can understand all even though i'm a Persian. You're a really good master of animation . Thank you

[@user-wn5to4qd1r]

Thank you, love your work!

[@elisacross5899]

querjwefbn So LIKE- Im in my senior highschool and I can't really make my animation in my phone cause I don't really have a stylus but I do have a drawing tablet so i'm trying to learn the free animation software and this is the only tutorial that I understand cause I really don't understand a thing on the app. Thank you so much. I hope I get high grades after I finally understood the basics of this app.

[@ChristianSciascia]

grazie Best Tutorial for be not scared!

[@RockDocNeal]

Ferdinand, that was an excellent beginner tutorial. You explained things in detail without skipping basic concepts which a lot of tutorials do because they "assume" you already knew that concept or procedure...as a beginner, probably not...or they just want to do a short video. I'm a musician with zero animation experience and I've been doing some initial research into potential software that I could use as a beginner to make basic animated music videos and after this tutorial, I think I'm sold on this program. I have one (potentially dumb) question...did you use a tablet/laptop with a screen that you can draw on to make the animated ghosts or a peripheral device (usb?) on which you can draw the ghosts? I could never have enough hand control and steadiness to draw anything like that using a mouse. Thanks.

[@gabriellastauffer]

It's not a dumb question! Yes, tablets are made nowadays that you can draw on. It is likely that he has a display tablet (where you draw directly on the screen), but he could also have a non-display one directly on the desk, USB or even bluetooth connected. It's definitely possible to make animations with just a mouse, but it is really worth the price of a cheaper drawing tablet if you are making anything more than a few frames! Good luck on animating

[@RockDocNeal]

@@gabriellastauffer Thank you so much for responding! I haven't tried doing any animation yet because I have to get motivated to fully complete the song that I was going to do the animation for, but your info has given me some inspiration to finish it. 😁 Being able to draw on a tablet would give me the ability to do some basic animation that would be above the 1'st grade art class level I'd achieve with a mouse.

[@hamad2440]

THAN YOU SOO MUCH NOW I CAN FINALLY EDIT THIS IS THE BESS AINMTED APP

[@syi110ch.3]

Thank you for the explanation!

[@GasMaskGuy09661]

i was trying to do the onion skin for 2 hours before i found out it was just a dot, thanks.

[@doyongjae_art6171]

Thank you for this! This will help me with my training in animation.

[@emelents.]

thank you so much this is good information and will help alot

[@fajarsemar3632]

Thx u sir for ur totorials , I really understand what you teach us

[@BigSkyacat]

So much makes sense now lol thank you

[@shizik0199]

It's very useful video, thank you!

[@user-ft3li1hn5t]

Thanks you for this great tutorial , you can't imagine how you help me 💚💚💚💚💚

[@raymond7415]

Great video! I'm looking to create simple learning content for kids. What do you suggest as 2D software that is easy and quick to create, let's say Alphabet learning for instance? Thanks in advance.

[@xmarkstheo]

Awesome vid! Keep grindin fellow animators!

[@crapulerietutos]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, exactly what I was needed to start!

[@drakebentley1272]

Amazing video you are a great teacher! Thanks

[@lovebaking2503]

this is a very good beginner tutorial, thanks!

[@asedased7427]

Thanks for explaining

[@jaimemejia4921]

thank you so much it was very helpful

[@creatorsactionfield]

thank you very much for the tutorial

[@gibsontoons9456]

big thanks to you sir , i love the way you teach and how i wish you can teach me personal i will love to be professional cartoonist

[@pogita3668]

Best teacher

[@voidos8490]

can I use frames I drew and scanned into the PC in OpenToonz?

[@Flamingorose24]

Hi I am a beginner and this is soooo helpful. Thank you

[@anhbana4340]

I have a question I hope someone can answer. If many people make animation videos together, how can we put them together into a complete video

[@shana8004]

I really appriciate this video... it is really informative .And thankyou.....

[@fairreviews25]

That was very helpful, thank you. - Mike in Coronado

[@archananagaraj4054]

Very helpful, thank you

[@VidereJP]

Very good and straight foward... congratz !

[@AnimatorIsland]

I appreciate your positive feedback :) Thank you!

[@StellaAnimates737]

Then, how do you make it a video and upload it on KZbin?

[@adrianlobato6515]

Notes for me 00:50 - 03:33 - Start of new proyect 05:46 - 09:41 - Selection tool, Vector selection and Vector brush accuracy 09:42 - 11:22 - Contour point editor 14:55 - 15:58 - Drawings 15:58 - 17:09 - Linking Drawings 17:09 - 18:29 - THE MOTHAFUCKING MVP, THE LEGEND, THE MYTH ONION SKIN 18:29 - 21:43 - Fill color, Close gaps and Changing colors

[@excalibur2750]

i love your tutorial... thanks a lot

[@yasserabdelkarim9166]

Can I import ready-made files and graphics and add them to the application with the ability to control the movement of these files?

[@jv_ion]

This is so helpful!! Thank you so much and keep up the great work! :D

[@gopinathkrishnan7292]

Thank you so much for the great explanation.

[@jamesmatherson944]

Every time I import and try to use an image I downloaded off of chrome. it comes with the white square background or even checkered background, the background is never transparent like it says, it will let me erase the background around the imported image but as soon as open toons autosaves it returns the white square background to the images no matter how I erased them. I converted them to png and tried that but there was no difference. I also tried to crop them in Adobe photoshop which worked amazing but then as soon as I imported it into an opentoonz frame, it put the newly cropped image on a new white square background. I am very new to this and desperately need help, also my BG color alpha channel is set to zero. Please help, any response is appreciated :)

[@balrog123flys]

Thanks heaps for the vid, very useful and helpful :)

[@soloplayer8664]

Thank you bruv this is so crystal clear

[@adriansguitarvirtuoso7053]

Amazing video ! ❤