Software I use for my work and WHY

[@Ragnathar]

big tip when recording audio is to put a heavy blanket over your head and microphone so that it doesn't pick up the reverb of your room when you're recording audio

[@buffnipz]

I should've been doing this for a while... I used to just record in my car so there's less echo

[@o0Sazie0o]

I don't like software where you have to pay monthly, sadly it's a pain in the ass for people with low income.

[@TonikoPantoja]

Understandable! Knowing people in various circumstances that involve employment, living situations, locations, even 50 USD a month is a lot. Honestly the programs that have been coming out that are one time payment are super capable.

[@o0Sazie0o]

@@TonikoPantoja so far, I've been trying to figure out krita's animation setup and seeing if I can practice on that. I don't really know any other programs yet that'd suit my creative drawing side.

[@TheAdrixzProductions]

Try using Clip Studio Paint EX! It's not as centered towards animation as ToonBoom or TVpaint but it has some pretty amazing features! I've actually read about people who actually prefer it to others due to its great brushes. It's made for manga so it's centered towards having nice lines for inking, it also has both vector and bitmap. I got it on sale for like a $100 one time payment.

[@o0Sazie0o]

@@TheAdrixzProductions That sounds nice and more to what I'm looking for in drawing artwork animations, but I'll try both of those programs. Thank you guys for the suggested animation programs.

[@o0Sazie0o]

@@TheAdrixzProductions For Clip Studio Paint EX though, that'll take me awhile to even save up for but at least it's just one payment.

[@SteakstixAnimations]

I examine your videos like a bible. You’ve helped me so much. Especially the After Effects stuff. Thank you!

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

I found TVPaint thanks to Aaron Blaise and when i had to use Toon Boom or flash to animate for college i was shocked at how bad it felt to draw in and how confusing something as simple as adding a frame could be

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

@sweetblackblood1 Definitely! especially if it's 100% hand drawn animation that you want to do. Toonboom is more for rigging drawings to move. While you can do frame by frame in toonboom I find the organization of tools and stuff way too complicated, much like Photoshop

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

@sweetblackblood1 I know what a light box is, I'm working on a clip which is entirely animated on paper. Tvpaint is made for the paper to digital pipeline, there's this great feature (Scan Cleaner) where it removes all the white pixels and only keeps the lines you did. From there the frames are automatically transparent and you can color on a lower layer. Tvpaint is definitely made for a "professional look". It's what Aaron Blaise is using for his Snow Bear short, his style is keeping the rougher lines, but in TVPaint you can definitely create smooth line art if thats what your after

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

@sweetblackblood1 I'd assume so, idk, i don't use encoders I don't think

[@chriscannon8144]

Dude, without a shadow of a doubt you have the absolute potential to help bring back 2D animation to filmmaking again.

[@Ruldolphmaker]

10:00 TVpaint has this awesome feature where if you want to workflow into after effects you can actually export as PNG/TIFF etc + JSON files. it lets you run a script that uses few drawings with timing instructions. It interfaces VERY well with After Effects, and makes editing a breeze, because I personally hate TVP's Camera

[@johanstone]

i agree, tvpaint camera sucks but it works so well with after affects and it's so light that i can have them both opened and go back and forth between them really easily, so i dont mind at all. i just export the sequence and see how it plays out with the camera in after effects and if i have to fix something i fix it on tvpaint, replace the sequence and so on

[@FunnyGamerTim]

Holy crap! He actually did cover every program he uses. Lol

[@tomshearman6963]

Hey man, awesome video, I studied Animation at University but after years of not using my degree, I have finally decided to fully go for it and definitely need to practice! You have given me the motivaqtion to go for it :D

[@DennisTamayo]

For my animated short films this year, I'll mostly use Toon Boom Harmony for clean-up & coloring. I'll sometimes use Adobe Animate & TVPaint for some scenes, the rough stages belong to other animators that I don't do.

[@ZigUncut]

TVPaint is lovely. Use it for storyboarding and animatics.

[@AGKyran]

I've bought an iPad pro 11, for the portability and because it seemed the best for drawing and animation. I did animations in some softwares. I started in blender, but it felt fastly too overwhelming for me. I mean, I don't want to do 3d, I just want to make 2d animations. So I went on phone apps (specially since I'm outside often and it's great to be able to work anywhere). Flipaclip first. I bought it, then realized after maybe two week that it's limited to 10 layers. So I went on to the iPad and procreate. It was great. Really. Sadly, the system of having one layer or layer group = one frame is a bit limitating, depending of what you want to do. The app is awesome but still. A problem also with the exportation who merge groups. I admit I was asking too much (though I resolved it by duplicating the project and merging layer without anim assist, then importing it into the project). So I tried Callipeg. And omg, the interpolation is awesome, there's really amazing tools. Then I though : I want to have a moving background. So, it's just not possible actually, I have to use another app to make it work. So... After all this stuff I think I just have to learn one of the programs used by professionals. And since I already have to learn a software that will do what I want and that is anyway complex for me, I'll go with Toon boom harmony and I'll use my tablet as a drawing tool and as a drawing tablet on my computer. It seems I have to take the long way. Wish me good luck!

[@CummingsKevinD]

Thanks Niko. I’m often SO curious about other animation apps beyond Adobe, which is going to be a deep consideration of affordability during my learning process.

[@baqly]

Right now Adobe is giving a free creative cloud program to all students! So right now it's a great time to try to start learning the programs and its advantages! I´ve been learning to use them and it has been a great experience.

[@chalky2942]

ahaha love the thumbnail pun; your software is your bread and butter for animation

[@ivankovwink1311]

Thank you so much for these videos, they are so helpful and actual life savers! I'm a first year animation major student, two months into it and have been researching so much for a 2d animation program suitable for me for homeworks and projects. It's so hard lol

[@RebeccaZe1]

I'm taking what is basically an intro to hand drawn animation course and we are using ToonBoom Harmony. Premium 🙃 and I've been wondering if I'm just dumb because I'm having a hard time with it But now that an actual (not to mention a professional and amazing) animator said that ToonBoom is hard to use, I feel validated in how much I suck at using that software 😅

[@FabledHorizon]

LOL was we gonna talk about that leady on the dragon at 3:14!

[@SpikedPie]

Really cool to see the details on why you use each program instead of just making a list! I'll have to check out handbrake for myself, it looks really useful. Also cool to see you like Blender! I Started learning blender 3 years ago after happening upon that donut tutorial, and was surprised by how powerful it was. I'm even more impressed by how it's grown and since the release of grease pencil, I Too have loved mixing 2D animation into 3d environments. Really hoping to be able to flesh out my stories and Work towards animating them well using those techniques.

[@phantomapprentice6749]

Dude the cost on that storyboard pro is unreasonable.

[@lancelotlink6545]

I realize this post is a couple of years old now but Storyboard Pro allows you to board in a 3d environment now. You can load a previs set and set up cameras(and animate cameras) and a draw your panels into the new camera positions. I'm still not too crazy about their drawing tools but they work.

[@sebastianschimper5556]

Hi Toniko, I just recently stumbled upon your account and videos. Thanks for making your videos publicly available, they are really helpful! And saying that your animations look cool would be an understatement!

[@LukeTheDukeYT]

I've used Adobe Animate since January of 2022, and I think I can say proudly now...I really want Tvpaint to be free on windows 11 now...or I'll just buy something that's android and I can draw on.

[@PHlophe]

when you said you'd been using flash 5 before it moved to adobe, i knew instantly how old you were. We are the OG lmao!

[@joelmayerprods]

2:05 would love to see one of those „bitch bibles“ 😏😏 Seriously though, thank you for another great video!

[@TonikoPantoja]

i wanted to write pitch bibles, i honestly dont know why i used b instead of p. Trying to use the blurring feature on youtube but I guess thats not really doing much. -_-

[@joelmayerprods]

Toniko Pantoja As long as it doesn‘t lead to demonitzation i doubt it would really bother anyone 😊

[@ericduchesnes7340]

Thank you Toniko !.. 👍🏼 ❤ 🕊 I hope one day I'll be able to animate as good as you do !.. Thank you for all you've done already to make " animation world " less difficult to get into : I'm still learning to draw and animation is one way for me to get better at drawing... I use Digicel Flipbook (very affordable and easy to use), Clip Studio Paint EX (I love the ink brushes) , CACANi (vector based with in-beetweening feature : not perfect but saves time...). Actually, I'm wondering if TVPaint Standard Edition is worth it or if I would need to buy directly the Professionnal Edition ( I find it very expensive !.. ). Toonz Premium seems to be a good option (350 euros), but I'm a little affraid to feel " alone with it " : I don't see how to get help : the courses provided by the editor are VERY expensive and I don't see any KZbin Channel to help me on " How to use Toonz Premium with efficiency "... Have a nice day, and keep on the good stuff, much appreciated !.. 👍🏼 ❤ 🕊

[@nievesrojo1332]

Thanks so much for making these videos, they're very helpful!! Also 6:12 E

[@aliaeverest20]

Let me add, You can produce bitmap animation since harmony 12 by choose layer type, and you'll say goodbye to tv paint

[@JimmyGeniusEllis]

thanks for the perspective on tools. Liked. Commented. Subscribed.

[@kazmos_art]

Thanks for the video, had been trying to figure out what software to use between flash, toonboom or something like firealpaca. Since toonboom has a more of a traditional feel, something like drawing on paper on a lightbox then i might give it a shot.

[@alyxskyler]

Thank you for this awesome video! Have you made a video yet on the layer comp (sp?) method in photoshop? Sorry if you did and I missed it! 🙏

[@TonikoPantoja]

Not yet but I will!

[@pinkpillada]

OH MY GOSH! You're awesome! Thank you very much

[@rhijris264]

I use clip studio.... but this TVPAINT ANIMATION seems interesting also this is the first time I heard of it

[@Felix.Wingfield]

Handbrake! That's a new one to me!

[@TVgoodies]

I had a question about TV Paint 11, and it was a question about the price, I went to the site and selected my country (which is Italy) I had selected the standard version, I selected 1 as the quantity and the price is 500€, below it says that if I'm a professional, I have to put my VAT number, and then 110€ is added and the price becomes 610€, since I'm not a professional and I don't have a VAT number, it means that I only have to pay 500€ ?

[@Vobo-Ghure]

thanks for sharing your experience ........

[@sandrahart6195]

[You built your computer? Cool!]

[@Michael_Lak]

Very enlightening. Thank you.

[@GavinBall]

A lot of great tools listed here. I too like TVPaint. It's by far my favorite program to sketch in and animate as well. It's only downfalls are some of its workflow quirks and its digital painting workflow isn't as strong as Photoshop/Krita/ClipStudio/PaintoolSai. I use Blender for Vector stuff and it's nice to be able to work in a 3d environment with proper camera moves. It should also be able to import raster animations as grease pencil frames soon as well. Which would be a boon for some. It's not as good for animation, but Krita is something you might be intereted in trying out since it gives you 75-85% of Photoshops digital art workflow, plus some extras and its animation setup seems inspired by TVPaint. It's not quite as good as either, but it offers a nice compromise of the painting you get from Photoshop and the animation you get from TVPaint.

[@2DAnimax]

did you bought TVpaint or ?

[@GavinBall]

@@2DAnimax Yeah, it's expensive but it's my favorite tool to use. The workflow is also really fast once you get going.

[@2DAnimax]

@@GavinBall i also tried it few days,before it crashed.. cracked version(10 pro)unfortunately can not find way to fix it. do you know something similar to TVPaint? i mean raster 2D software.

[@GavinBall]

@@2DAnimax Krita is the closest that I'm familiar with. OpenToonz is another one, but I wasn't able to figure that one out.

[@2DAnimax]

@@GavinBall thanks. I will try Krita..

[@mellabru]

Amazing video once again!

[@axo7389]

Woah, in early! This is incredibly useful. Tysm!

[@toriijames4221]

Man you are spending a fortune on all this stuff.

[@BurntMocha]

This is very helpful! Thank you! Although i have a question about wbat version of TVPaint you bought- how much did it cost you? I hope to make animations someday with a traditional style so i wanted to know what version would be best for college work! Thanks if you get back to me even tho the videos old :)

[@jemileedabear9630]

I want to know your thoughts on 3D animation, a 2D master animator's opinion on 3D.

[@vexillumvixen6054]

I miss the days of where you can keep adobe products, but I do enjoy other programs like clip studio paint for art related stuff.

[@JupiMeow]

You've got me wanting to make a donut in Blender

[@Novstie]

This video is going to help me very much.. I've been using adobe animate for forever, but was very disappointed when I discovered I can't do very complex or soft shading! (which, is there any way i could do some more soft shading with animate??) editing this one a few years later to say that I can't believe I neglected after effects for so long despite having the adobe suite 😭 just a reminder to any beginners that it's often not all done in one software! get to know your tools and use 'em well though. There's so many "hidden" features in animate that I would've killed to know about when I first started in ~2018. :^)

[@nenidetic]

i’ve seen some people use the blur filter on a line for an airbrush type effect

[@andrewleyton6689]

I just wished some of these weren't expensive as hell

[@nenidetic]

i’m curious, how exactly did the tools in Animate CC get worse?

[@UltimatePerfection]

What's your opinion on OpenToonz/Tahoma?

[@kamiko8021]

Woah i never knew you could use Adobe animate, photoshop and after effects that way

[@SuperSillyEdits]

Great video. Thank you! +1 sub!

[@felipetesta]

Very nice video! I'm doing some research for some personal project. I want to make medical videos with blender, but there are some details that cannot be represented with 3D, as graphs for example. Also want to assign the names of the estructures. Something close to what the "Smart Biology" are doing. I already know a little blender modeling, but nothing much about animation. I was thinking about use toonboom for the graph animations and point the structure names in after effects, but I'm kind of lost about that. What would you recommend?

[@rencogu2877]

i fucking wish i had the money to afford adobe creative cloud monthly but currently i use clip studio paint ex because i did the math and paying the full ~$300 for it to have it permanently was way cheaper than paying for stuff monthly

[@bluebellcookie]

I really wish I can learn compositing in after effects

[@FatBirdboi]

I. just love your content !👏

[@CircleKing]

Nice. 👍❤️

[@dj-drew100xd8]

I do love adobe animate, but I’m having trouble with the brush tool. I can’t draw small objects, pen pressure is not working, and sometimes when I draw something, it doesn’t appear on the board. I’ve been stuck with this problem for 2 years. It was very annoying and stressful for me. What can I do to fix it? Any advice?

[@Dancinbaby113]

thank you so much!

[@lusxxxxgaming]

If you can draw using pen and paper, you're fine in the long run. Most animation studios will train you this software and give you license.

[@ENJERUNE]

if you like animating with vectors like flash/animate but you dislike the awful drawing tools, id recomend using Blender. Its free, and the drawing tools are better, they are also vectors so you can modify the lines really easily

[@rehncs]

This is a question for animators, please answer me😣, how did you made for to live working in animation? I really want to know it, I want to start working like a animator but I don’t know where or how start.

[@Joel_Innocent]

HI Toniko, i would like to know how long it take you to make 2 min animation with 3characters. thanks!!!

[@encapsulatio]

Wish someone would make comparison videos of Toon Boom Harmony vs Grease Pencil.I'm interested in how many essential features Blender still needs until it can do equally well the essential tasks of Toon Boom.

[@SarsstudioHD]

I tried harmony even tho I’m a great begginner animation in animate cc in harmony I kept pressing the hot keys in flash hoping it will work but it did not when I pressed f7 I was expecting key frame and didn’t come up I was frustrated for 30 mins and then I watched toturials and you had to pres the . And was surprised and then it said that there called frames and I was confused and it said its not like flash that keyfrma Is everything but I gave up and still continued flash and still learning one day I’ll try harmony Again!

[@SassyYariKu]

"My computer has 48 gigs of RAM" Me with my 4GB ._.

[@airfajardo2623]

Hello, You can use Adobe Media Encoder to lower the file size of your videos.

[@linvol20]

What do you think of opentoonz?

[@TheHuskyK9]

16:13 You have a randomly placed Lysol can too? Mine sits next to my desk and I don’t remember putting it there lol 😂😂

[@elixrofspice2312]

Hi any idea on how to export from harmony to tvpaint?

[@Ronic4K]

Krita is also a great free animation and digital art software program this I use & for anyone who is broke like me lol

[@comradeklaymore]

OpenToonz is also free, and it was used by Studio Ghibli to make some of their movies.

[@JupiMeow]

Why do you compress your video files? I don't really worry about size when KZbin is the one hosting it 🤔 Should I? Also, do you delete your lossless files after compressing? Do you hang on to the project files?

[@anjelomichelangelo7726]

can you share tvpaint tips and tricks to work faster

[@StickyLabDev]

dang ineed free software and easy to use

[@Gustoberg]

I've been watching you a lot lately, and I wanted to know when did you begin university? I wanted to go to an arts uni but my country basically has 3 universities with an extremely high monthly fee, so I wanted to know if it is too late to begin into the industry at my laye 20's because I'm almost certain I won't make it into the industry when I graduate at my local university.

[@kaijuukimi]

For video compression I think MeGUI is better but harder to use than handbrake

[@ed2fun]

Well for me draw and coloring in photoshop is awful, I don’t use animate premier or after effects because I don’t really need them for 2d animation and when I go 3D blender is my all in one solution, for 2d animation I use clip studio paint and blender, blender can work like Adobe animate, you use vectors and you can make skeletal animation with bones, you even can use 3D models and use a cartoon shader to made them look like 2d animation for me blender+clip studio paint works and solves my needs, draw or paint in photoshop is awful because the software isn’t designed with that purpose as soon as you try other drawing software you realize PS isn’t the best for illustration

[@servancastillo986]

I board in storyboard pro, and still don't understand why feature hasn't switched to pro? it makes the process so much easier man. I heard from a talk we had on twitter that it's cuz editors have a system in place so the use of PS has gone unchanged, esp at Disney, so I am curious, of your thoughts on Pro. I have tried in the past to use PS for boards and find it very cumbersome.

[@TonikoPantoja]

It's because of a lot of feature board artists in the past utilized bridge and photoshop, and eventually replacing bridge with flix (i talk about flix in the last video) Boarding in photoshop sucks imho. So far I like toonboom storyboard pro. but Im still wrapping my head on a lot of things with it.

[@servancastillo986]

@@TonikoPantoja I see, thanks for explaining it! I haven't used ps in a long time, so it's been a fear of mine, especially because my current tablet cintiq 21 ux isn't compatible with the latest ps, thus the brush tip glitches and doesn't draw properly. (very frustrating and I miss using ps) any thoughts on using Clip studio paint EX to save as .psd as a work around? since it has an animation system that works well too? It's what I use to do my main drawing and painting now, besides Animate and Storyboard pro. I'm currently a revisionist in Vox Machina and we get a lot of mileage in pro, especially with custom textured vector brushes! But certainly, can't get the same painterly fx as ps in some ways without taxing the RAM

[@MarceloAndreo]

Krita is free and its animarion tools resembles tvpaint

[@mistergun0054]

Why do you not use fliflap and procreate?

[@courage7638]

Gtx 1070 and 48GB ram and still wants to upgrade. really do you need to upgrade

[@lukdra]

wau exelente

[@copagoy]

I have access to Creative cloud but, I also have access to other Software's like Toonboom and, Tv paint. What should I use?

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

need to step up your audio tho. consider adobe audtion and simple things like a pop filter for your mic at the least

[@ThePepgirl1234]

I know this is 2 years old but does anyone know what brands or type of laptop can be used to hold Adobe creative cloud, TV paint, and Toonboom Harmony?

[@KevinSanchez-ol3jd]

Do you need a Wacom and a computer for this?

[@liangliechuin3207]

The UI for toonboom harmony bro... the UI....

[@mercurygatorade]

This is late as hell, but I realized for your hardware you’re running 3 sticks of ram, and your performance can be better if you ran dual channel at 64GB by adding one more stick of ram. Cheers!

[@beesnail5757]

is there any difference between topaint 10 and tvpaint 11 as a beginner ?

[@juancadraws8969]

Why did you eliminated your newgrounds acconunt?

[@TheParagonIsDead]

I use a iPad but I can’t find anything that suits me on it any suggestions

[@FMeister94]

I always though Photoshop had bad drawing tools

[@SketchySpriggan]

I currently using a subcribtion free adobe animate CC but I'm debating on different software. Any advice?

[@tinyube]

I wish toon boom harmony was on the iPad I am broke af and don’t find computers as comfortable

[@perzboyz7722]

hey you use rough animator?

[@theavootar]

Anything on flipaclip

[@designermisra6155]

do you recommend moho pro for 2d animation

[@TonikoPantoja]

i know people who do cool things with it

[@randygerson]

why, if you already use the adobe suite- don't you just use media encoder to down sample your videos?

[@cbismarck07]

I just want a easy software. Every animation program I see is super complex. Just give us a PC Flipaclip 😭😭😭😭

[@idk-ny2gd]

pencil 2d is good. easy and free

[@BrianQuinal]

Hi is TV paint easy to learn?

[@gonzo191]

Soooooo......where can one view that naruto animation?