OpenToonz - Plastic Tool! (Part 7)

[@Henbot]

Just love this program. It does things better then the expensive on the market programs-- like none of them have such a decent system like this on their programs and the SO thing is brilliant.

[@RTSFan1337]

actually you can find a similar tool in synfig (also freeware). But way more complicated. This is heaven... I mean, it's super simple! Good tutorial as well, continue making them.

[@MrDanINSANE]

+enfant Not only that it's simple to setup and animate in OpenToonz, but it's very impressive how we can change the (SO) scene ordering of the joints and all this... with minimum of just one drawing! Now.. THAT'S CRAZY COOL! :)

[@nicknamz]

Dude, thanks for sharing, the best explained of the software by far.

[@MrDanINSANE]

You're welcome! :)

[@TheMetalVagabond]

thanks you explained it better than other tutorials

[@impossiblewhopper1691]

music choice is fantastic

[@mryouchiniro1074]

Great Job Man; this soft it's so powreful

[@goomba478]

Your videos are endlessly entertaining and instructional. Thanks so much =). That's an awesome mutant!

[@conclusionplayz3439]

When he said my mind go pshhh I die laughing XD

[@kittyem63]

Thank you!!! Best tutorial I’ve seen yet!!

[@redrhino2048]

Amazing tool

[@jpw35]

Excellent!

[@sonicmik]

Soooo cool!

[@neoeligar]

Hey I'm using the plastic tool for animating a grass blowing in the wind. Is there a way to copy and paste the skeletons and keyframes I created for it instead of building them over and over again? Btw, I like this music, any way I can get it for free? :O

[@Murdacom]

yet another reason why I never was doubtful to subscribe too you, such an incredible tutorial.. thank you so much buddy, awesome teacher 👌

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Derek Waltman I'm very happy that you find my videos helpful, and thank you for being one of my subscribers! :)

[@Murdacom]

+Mr Dan INSANE I seen that you been busy.. Again can't thank you enough for taking the time to do these. Another question, how do you come up with your awesome characters? definitely one of a kind

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Derek Waltman It's hard to explain... but it's like I can "see" the creature or general design on my mind and not really thinking about it, while I start drawing... the creativity spark begins and some new character came to life.

[@Murdacom]

+Mr Dan INSANE very inspiring, one day if I get good as you we could do some work together, I set a goal in my mind to try too make the next totoro lol maybe one day😸

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Derek Waltman Keep on practice, never stop creating! and you'll became a master! :)

[@EPIXANIMATIONS]

I don't ever say this, but u need more subs!!!

[@ritageraghty3261]

Very helpful.

[@weirdonameo]

Awesome tutorial man! You have just been subscribed.🙂

[@ulabruno5208]

Hi! Thanks for this tutorial :) It is helpful, but I have two questions - is it possible to make easy in and easy out, for a more natural movement? And is it possible to make the animation of mash on 2's? I would be very happy if you could answer this questions

[@hakanarblom6842]

But always very good information.

[@U.O.S]

make how to rigging series in opentoonz and how make 360° character

[@pete2168]

Help, I did the mesh but it covered the whole picture not just my character. What do I do to make the mesh just appear on the character?

[@peteypetey64]

Very helpful tutorials!! Could you help me with this problem? I am using the plastic tool and when I go to animate the bones my character disappears?? The mesh is being produced in relation to the camera instead of in relation to where I placed the center of the character I am animating.

[@RakeshKumar-zj4hu]

Hi Dan, Can you pls tell me why opentoonz distory an SVG when i import it. Am i doing it the wrong way

[@Atwoodshelby]

When I create a mesh using the plastic tool on a Vector drawing, as soon as I click animate after building the skeleton, my drawing becomes blurry around the edges. Is there a way to fix this?

[@MrDanINSANE]

+BirdyTV I don't know, I didn't use Vectors because I love Raster better... so give it a try with a Raster level, if you get the same result it may be your graphic card, if not... it may be a bug in OpenToonz, I'm not sure.

[@rockywoodfilms3934]

22/05/2019 FANTASTIC. Got this a week ago and after seeing this tutorial i jumped in and had a go. Took a few attempts but good results. Enjoyed the background music. What is it called and who by ??? Liked and subscribed

[@MrDanINSANE]

Sorry for the big delay... I'm not very active on this channel, but I'm VERY active on my other channel where I upload my cartoons, animated music, hardware reviews and more: kzbin.info You can get the music is from the description link it's called: "Stage TWO - Insanity Realm" if I'm not wrong. :)

[@CebisoMhlanga]

Brilliant... is it possible to key the SO (Scene Order)?

[@shanualone5472]

What's the difference between skeleton tool and plastic tool

[@digitalsketchguy]

I will give Opentoonz a shot. Looks very impressive. i downloaded a trial of Moho Pro 12 and just hated it. Do you know if it's possible to import PNG sequence files created in other software?

[@dillonwright13]

I've heard it's possible to create a broken glass effect with the plastic tool.

[@HansW_Voice]

Awesome as always. Are there any animation books that you would recommend for someone who is looking to learn the theory behind animation?

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Hans Wackershauser Thank you! Actually, there are so many good books around it for example: "The Animator's Survival Kit" is very good. Believe it or not... I would highly recommend to practice by actually animating simple things and work on balance, timing and such... the more you'll practice the better you'll get! I can't promise because I'm extremely busy at the studio with client projects BUT... I may upload a video with some of my personal Tips & Tricks for beginners.

[@HansW_Voice]

+Mr Dan INSANE Thank you. I'm looking into doing some exercises right now. Here's a question for you. What I draw the line creates a black ball at the end when I first click the screen. Any idea what could be doing that?

[@goomba478]

I HIGHLY recommend "Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life". It's a THICK hardcover book that is just filled to the brim with information from some of Disney's Nine old Men and it has a treasure trove of techniques, tricks and information you won't find easily anywhere else. The Animator's Survival Kit is fantastic as well but many of the principles that Richard Williams refers to came from these Disney guys and they explain them in beautiful detail as well. If you can find a first edition the prints of the images are MUCH better as later re-issues used reproductions of the original drawings/prints. Best of luck to you!

[@Henbot]

+Hans Wackershauser Walt Stanchfield books are also brilliant and highly recommend

[@thomastobias1417]

ok when I make something with this software CAN I UPLOAD IT TO KZbin? becausde there is a looong license agreement...quite confusing...

[@PhoenixGodwin]

I am struggling because once I click "animate skeleton", then I move the points, the mesh and skeleton moves, but not the image the mesh is built on. I can't find an answer as to why this is happening anywhere. Someone please help?

[@MrDanINSANE]

There are 2 levels, one is the image, the second is the mesh, animate the mesh it will move the image. If you mean moving all the image (not the plastic tool joints) use the edit tool to move, rotate, scale all the level (not the mesh).

[@PhoenixGodwin]

I followed those instructions, but I am still having the same problem /:

[@MrDanINSANE]

I'm afraid I can't help you, this is the only way it works. Try a fresh new file and start over step by step... maybe you skipped something. good luck :)

[@azusapink]

when i create a mesh around my vector. the mesh makes a box around the object instead of the outlines

[@wenliang4757]

Im currently followings your series, was finishing the part 3,4 was trying to incorporate those with the skeleton, but was having issues moving them as a whole. The shade/glow wouldn't attach to the movement of the skeleton. any advice would be much appreciate it.

[@MrDanINSANE]

Thanks for watching the videos. Try to connect the effects nodes to the drawing nodes in the Stage Schematic (not the FX Schematic, make sure you switch). so when you animate the main "root" that holds all the effects it will move everything together. Think about it like parenting the hierarchy of the drawings and effects.

[@wenliang4757]

***** YOU THE MAN. Explain it so well, got it down under 5 minutes. Keep the tutorial coming, Flash should be scare. Im looking forward to cinematography tutorial [Camera's panning,titling] in Opentoonz. Thanks again.

[@MrDanINSANE]

You're welcome, I'm glad you got it! :) For now... try what I'm showing in Tutorial: Edit Tool! + Automatic KeyFrames (Part 8 on the playlist). You can control anything, including the camera with the Edit Tool it is very easy and powerful, I hope it helps.

[@NekoNoAme]

Question: How do you resize and move the mesh layer without moving the object?

[@MrDanINSANE]

if you want to move specific part on the level (layer), select it and move it with the edit tool, or you can just manipulate the all layer with the edit tool if you want to animate it. watch other tutorial about the edit tool it may help.

[@NekoNoAme]

Thank you so much!

[@nate2894]

I dont have the plastic tool in my toolbar....what am I doing wrong?

[@Arkibus108]

What's making the eyes move? Doesn't seem to be any bones for them.

[@MrDanINSANE]

If I remember correctly the eyes were animated frame by frame, nothing to do with the plastic tool.

[@Arkibus108]

@@MrDanINSANE Thanks for replying, good to know you can combine the plastic tool and frame by frame animation.

[@MrDanINSANE]

​@@Arkibus108 You're welcome, I just tried to remember what I did there. TBH - I'm not using OpenToonz, I have lots of crashes and unstable issues during the years and I got tired of softwares that slowing down my creativity. (not just OpenToonz but also others). We're developing a 2D Animation software and it's slowly becoming my main tool. You can start here: twitter.com/AnimatormeO + website link is there Just to be clear I have nothing against OpenToonz it's great for a free tool but after so many years working in the industry with so many different animation software, I decided to design a modernized 2D Animation software Made for Animators, by Animators ❤

[@Arkibus108]

@@MrDanINSANE Ok very interesting, I'm using Tahoma 2d which is an offshoot of OpenToonz, it seems reasonably stable so far but I've only made a few scenes with it. I will definitely check out AnimatormeO when it comes out. Though I'm not too good at frame by frame animation, I tend to rely on bones and the plastic tool.

[@MrDanINSANE]

@@Arkibus108 I've tried Tahoma as soon as it was out, it's sure cleaner in the UI but it's based on the same core system so there are so many issues related to crashes. For short tests, examples and tutorials it's not a problem, but when you do a short cartoon... that's where I gave up... it's been years these crashes never solved, and I know since I used TOONZ (the original commercial source which OpenToonz and Tahoma built on) which is very stable, so I'm afraid these problems won't be solved any time soon.

[@cabrolgwenvael6668]

i tried many times to copy the first key and paste in the end , it doesn't seam to work on the last opentoonz's version ...

[@MrDanINSANE]

Using OpenToonz 1.0.3 (latest version for this date) you can click on the little KEY icon on the X-Sheet press: Ctrl+C (copy) then go to the other frame you want to past and press: Ctrl+V (past). If that's not working for you, I'm afraid I can't help because it works for me. Good Luck :)

[@cabrolgwenvael6668]

thanks , yes i did both , how you did on the video and ctrl c ctrl v with the key... i don't understand .... maybe i have a trouble somewhere else.

[@adamxmada]

great tutorials! question: I'm using plastic tool to animate a creature, but I want it to move across the screen also. Can you do this?

[@MrDanINSANE]

+adamx golding EASY! the answer is on the next tutorial (if you're watching all the tutorials via the Updated Playlist). if not, here you go: bit.ly/1VXClz4 Combine the Plastic Tool with it and you're ready to go, Enjoy :)

[@adamxmada]

thanks! I've watched all yr tutorials... I've got it at last! :-(

[@MrDanINSANE]

+adamx golding Hmm... Basically you need to use the Edit Tool on the frame you like, change the position on the other frame to create an automatic keyframe, if you're not sure what I'm talking about please try to follow as you watch parts 8 + 9 where I talk about Automatic Keyframes and the Edit Tool, this is what you need for your goal. I hope it will help :)

[@adamxmada]

thanks again - I think I'm getting it!

[@MrDanINSANE]

+adamx golding You're welcome! :D

[@HansW_Voice]

Every time I try to save the mesh as a level the program crashes is there another way to save a mesh/skeleton

[@adamxmada]

+Hans Wackershauser more recent daily releases fix this :-)

[@hakanarblom6842]

This circusmusic ...

[@JoyRaptor]

MAybe i missed it, how did you animate the eyes?

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Scott Vigil Just frame by frame animation, few frames for each eye... nothing fancy ;)

[@lucawch]

What Version of opentoolz is IT and where can i Download IT? Because ive got the newest Version and IT doesnt Work very well

[@MarcellDAvis1103]

One Question (noob) How to Add more of these Col for example Col1,Col2 etc.?

[@MarcellDAvis1103]

So these Keyframes left

[@jasminberinger5532]

Dan already explained it in earlier video tutorial I don't remember which one so watch the playlist.

[@Murdacom]

has anyone found out what the cutter tool does I've tried but nothing happens

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Derek Waltman If you're using a vector level, wherever you'll click with the cutter tool it will split the line by adding an extra point. Example: if you cut a line in the middle, you can select half of it using the selection tool and either move, rotate, or delete it.

[@changbinmybeloved]

how do you import hd image mine became blur and pixel 😭😭😭

[@Remmi02]

Shoujo Chanchan When you animate a mesh, it’s normal for it to get all blurry and pixelated. When you render the animation, it’ll go back to hd.

[@alranican]

So does this count as a half-skeleton tutorial?

[@MrDanINSANE]

+Alranican OpenToonz can also use Bones "skeleton" which I may cover in another tutorial, but with the Plastic tool you can do more dynamic stuff for example: a rope, dress, clothing in general, flowers... and everything you can think of, that's why I said it is AMAZING!

[@NekoNoAme]

But I have a question, when I try to animate it by selecting a different frame, the skeleton of the mesh is all I see. View on frame one: puu.sh/qEj0Z/a8380983b7.png View on other frames (Such as frame 11): puu.sh/qEj1z/96cc4bba1a.png Please help, any help is appreciated. :3

[@MrDanINSANE]

You can click on the yellow "sun" icon to hide the skeleton if you don't want to see it. if you want to know more check out my other video tutorials about auto keyframes. Also, the current version is 1.1.0 so there might be changes I'm not sure since I didn't play with the skeleton much.

[@NekoNoAme]

***** Alrightie :D

[@chaosxv967]

alon somthing