The best hack for learning animation for FREE with OpenToonz! With free downloadable project!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Download the project from: darrentanims.gumroad.com/l/xwaun Run the project to get started with OpenToonz. Do let me know below how it was for you. Check out my *full course* here: bit.ly/OpenToonzCourse

[@age3rcm]

what about a "getting started" with cutout animation like this project file? you could make a simple kirby (from nintendo) rig

[@chizyapochiponda1602]

I love that she was able to make an animation. Even though we cant see her face, we can tell she's happy with it. Lovely project Darren, I'll definitely try it out when teaching someone else the software

[@DarrenTAnims]

Mrs T was over the moon with her creation. It was great. If you do yeah someone else with it, feel free to drop any feedback to me.

[@chizyapochiponda1602]

@@DarrenTAnims I'll definitely do that!!😁

[@CartoonCircle]

If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be having this animations skills I currently have. Thank you so much Mr Darren, for being with us from the bottom.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'm so pleased to have been able to help, in whatever way I have. And that you're now animating; one of the best hobbies there is 😀

[@freddino8870]

​@@DarrenTAnims help! I am not able to download the nightly version of opentoonz.keeps giving error

[@filmshort4437]

@@DarrenTAnims you don't work with animation, is it just a hobbies?

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@filmshort4437 That's right. My day job isn't in animation. This is just a hobby of mine. And a fun one it is too 😀

[@filmshort4437]

@@DarrenTAnims what do you work on? you seem to be a smart person, and you can motivate me in a way, but since you are not in the market and I wanted to work with animation as a freelancer, I just wanted a job, but in my country having a job does not seem to be an easy task , I am from Brazil. I would like a job even if it pays me little, and I am trying to learn a skill to see if I can get something

[@Michael_Lak]

Great idea.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks. I hope it helps some people pick up the program.

[@AnimatorIsland]

What a cool way of doing the first steps. 😀 I always wondered if there were more ways to train inside a software with guided tours and such... but I guess you found THE low-tech but highly effective solution just placing instructions on frames - simple, but genious! I am sure it will be helpful to many people.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you Ferdinand. I hope so. I'm looking forward to hearing some feedback from newbies, to find out how useful they found it.

[@Mihimal4]

Sir, You're here! 😀 Glad to see you both Sir Darren & Ferdinand 🥰❤

[@kassachap]

I would like a course on explaining more about opentoonz's tool as I get problems eg the fill tool sometimes won't work even tho I've sealed the gaps and talking more about the different icons on the side. But GREAT VIDEO DARREN KEEP UP THE GRAND WORK SIR, ALSO WELL DONE TO MRS T ON HER FIRST ANIMATION.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you. I'll pass on your congratulations to her. She did really well. The fill tool, with vector levels can be really tricky. Grouping your lines helps a lot for filling them. I've got a course in OpenToonz udemy. There's a link in the description to it. You can see what it covers from the link, and watch some free lessons.

[@Mihimal4]

Thank you sir Darren, You are very Kind 😊❤

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you for your support :-)

[@OreoO0O]

Absolutely amazing As usual Darren I really miss your live tutorials ❣️ Thank you so much for the free help

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thank you. I miss making the livestreams too. They were always do much fun and kept me drawing, which I miss. I suspect they'll back sometime 😉

[@OreoO0O]

@@DarrenTAnims that would be the happiest news ever in 2023 ❣️

[@cedricadougba324]

Thanks.

[@DarrenTAnims]

😀

[@nikokinable]

Thank you ever so much!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Cheers. Have fun animating!

[@amandhairfan1283]

This is very helpful to get me started thank you! But there is a bit of a problem, in your project for some reason the tools (brush, select, eraser etc) is very laggy i don't know why. When i tried my own project it doesn't lag like this so it must be something from this project but i don't know what. I still manage to finish it though, with a very wobbly circle lol.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'm glad you managed to work through the project. The main reason that lag occurs is when you use Vector levels, which I don't do often, but this project does have some vector levels in it, so that could be a reason.

[@amandhairfan1283]

@@DarrenTAnims oh i see. I still haven't touched anything vector yet, so I guess that could be it.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'm surprised that such a little amount of vector could cause an issue, but I have heard about users computers struggling to keep up after drawing 1 or 2 images with vector.

[@amandhairfan1283]

@@DarrenTAnims i see. I guess i may not be able to work with vector on my computer. But that's fine, i don't really have plans of using vector anyway.

[@thetoonbook]

Hi How are you My opentoonz keept crashing at mp4 export what do I do ? Any suggestions Please help😶

[@Crystalshot]

It happens to me sometimes I just count 1-10 so i don’t smash my computer

[@DarrenTAnims]

Is it happens often, the best thing to do is to make your scenes as small as you can. Smaller scenes tend to render first time more often. If you can't or if that doesn't help, then rendering to am image sequence (png's) will allow you to render party of your animation. Then after falling, you can continue to render from the last image onwards. And then assemble them in another program, OpenToonz itself or using ffmpeg with the command line.

[@thetoonbook]

@@DarrenTAnims thanks you for replying 🤗 I tried reinstalling software it helps. But not everytime. Hope in future updates it improves.

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@thetoonbook reinstalling won't change anything. It'll just take up your time. It might be a memory issue. Try restarting your computer, run OpenToonz, load your scene and render, without running any other programs, to see if that helps.

[@thetoonbook]

@@DarrenTAnims i really appreciate you and thank you for your help. God bless you. I will do this.

[@nikokinable]

the fill bucket does not work in vector level. What mightr be wrong?

[@DarrenTAnims]

You have to make sure that your lines overlap each other. And you might have to group the lines from the context menu (possibly ungrouping them all first if you'd already grouped them). But the first question I'd ask is, do you REALLY need to use vector levels? They're tricky to use and the filling is one of the worst issues.

[@nikokinable]

@@DarrenTAnims I am sure there are no gaps in my shapes. In fact it does not do it even when I use automatic shapes. No, I don't like vector level myself either. They are tricky and their use makes my projects overly heavy. But I want to show to my pupils how high numbers of molecules are moving, and vector level makes it a lot easier for me to do.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Check out this video for tips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foq4aHV4erFqp7M

[@MagicwithChris]

Hi! I didn´t know where else to turn, but is there a specifik effect or way to create a sunset or a sunrise in opentoonz?

[@DarrenTAnims]

Not really, but it depends what you need. You didn't say if you wanted to animated the changing of time, to show the sunset happening or if you just want to set your colours to a sunset type range. You can change the colour over time using the keys in the palette (details are in the help guide).

[@MagicwithChris]

@@DarrenTAnims Oh I missed that detail, yes it was suppose to be in an animation, like a videoclip. Thanks for responding!

[@julio2768]

vai ajudar muita gente

[@DarrenTAnims]

I hope so 🤞

[@sazanbgd]

not available in my location :(

[@DarrenTAnims]

Do you mean you can't see the website or you can't download from it ?

[@sazanbgd]

@DarrenTAnims i cannot download from it

[@DarrenTAnims]

That's a shame. Is this a common thing, to have downloads banned from sites where you're from? Where are you from btw, if you don't mind saying?

[@sazanbgd]

For downloading no, this is first time. But for shipping yes. I'm from Iraq

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

What is your opinion of Tahoma. Haven't used it yet but will in the future. Right now been sharpening my teeth on Flip-A-Clip.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I love Tahoma. It's got a more simplified look, compared to OpenToonz. I think it looks better for new users. And some of the extra features it has would be great in OpenToonz. For instance, the perspective tools. The thing that makes it stand out to me are the enhanced stop motion features. I just wish the 2 programs could merge.