WHAT is a Toon Boom Rig

[@elleriespradlin8586]

I’m currently learning how to make rigs in ToonBoom in college, but our 2D program is really new, so this is genuinely SO helpful

[@Finchwing]

aw im glad!!

[@crowpen]

man i feel like even though making a rig is super time consuming, it makes the animation process a whole lot easier when youre finally done with it!!

[@Finchwing]

that's why it's used in tv!

[@sweetpeaon3]

unrelated. completely. but i literally grew up watching you and i find it so cool that you are still on youtube making excellent content, you're a pivotal part of the animation community so i hope it's been as fun for you over the years as it has been for me to watch you grow and do cool stuff. go you! :)

[@vanillaownschocolate7327]

i love when u do these chill talking videos, theyre so calming to listen to. i dont even animate but i liked hearing u explain what rigs are and how they work and seeing all the parts in action. very cool!!

[@Finchwing]

aw thank you ;o;

[@BlueMaroonAnimations]

I really like your mouth and eyelid set up, that would be nice to have implemented in a lot of the rigs I work with professionally. Very well explained video! I will have to send this to my parents and friends when they ask what I do for work XD

[@Finchwing]

Thank you!! Gosh yea it's very hard to explain to people

[@oykho_dandelion]

My god, it's very funny and mad for me to see video about toon boom rig from you...... Because this is literally what we're studying in college right now 💀💀💀

[@Finchwing]

I'm glad they're teaching it, this stuff is actually kinda hirable compared to a lot of stuff animation schools teach LOL

[@oykho_dandelion]

@@Finchwing EHEH, our teacher said if we study rig well, we will get a lot of money X'D (since there are few really good riggers now)

[@squishies4life123]

ahh you explain things rlly well in such an easy to understand and low pressure way!! always was freaked out about that big pile of spaghetti that is the node view but thinking abt them as a diff way of doing layers was sooo so helpful to help it feel less intimidating thank you!!

[@carriioneater]

bro you are a LIFESAVER i was literally just stressing out abt having to figure out a rig for my animation pipeline class

[@Finchwing]

aw no prob ;o; I'm so glad I keep hearing about schools teaching this stuff, mine didn't LOL

[@EliasPluto]

The “Nyeaowflem” bit helps me so much man I’m great at lipsyncing but I never know how many mouth shapes are needed

[@Angus-VA]

I do NOT plan on becoming an animator however I just find it so interesting how some animators work! I guess as a kid I saw you as an inspiration to be an animator, I didn't think I'd want to get into teaching and becoming a SENco! (I'm 13 now lol)

[@pjbored2556]

Love this showcase for a toonboom rig!, I'm currently an animation major in college and struggling with making my own character rig. Would love to see more of these kinds of videos!!

[@ChloeHatler]

This is so cool! I would absolutely LOVE to follow along with you in a How to Rig video! I really love rigs/puppet animations and would love to learn more on how to do them! Thanks so much for sharing your rig here :D

[@Finchwing]

aw thank you! That's good to hear, I might do a video later on how to make a simple rig! I've made some really simple snail rigs for classes in the past

[@Arvemis]

i too love waffling about rigs! so i approve this message. Node view my beloved!!

[@kaydbr]

I needed this so much, thank you. It helped a lot

[@silvaroo]

yay!! toon boom rigs, these are so cool finch!!

[@riiverkit]

🤩🤩 super happy u made a video about the rig!!!!! we just finished making rigs in a class but they were flatter/less reliant on deformers (we werent told much about them), and i was really hoping we couldve learned a little more about turnable rigs, but i feel like with the insight here i could probably figure out how to do it!!! id still have lots of questions tho lol

[@Finchwing]

learning basics is still good! I can imagine they might not have wanted to overwhelm people

[@riiverkit]

@@Finchwing very fair point!!! its probably also partially due to the limited time we had + its not the focus of the class 😔 im grateful i learned some rigging at all tho :3!!

[@Fain.]

This video is so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to explain how this rig works. 😄

[@kuraikirameki]

awesome rig!

[@siniseri]

Toon Boom rigging my beloved

[@Jaekrii]

I'm a 3d artist (working on a character rig right now actually haha) and 2d rigs have always been a mystery to me. It's super cool to see how they work, and the similarities and differences between the mediums. Drawing swaps seem pretty similar to blendshapes in 3d, where you can edit the model and have the rig morph to that shape with a slider, super helpful for getting specific expressions right!

[@Lion_Thunder]

Can u make a tutorial on how da ‘plate of spaghetti’works cuz im thinking of getting toonboom but the node view is a bit intimidating

[@Finchwing]

yea I can try! I actually tried making a tutorial like that a year ago, but my recording was so all over the place that I abandoned it ghsfn I should try again

[@Lion_Thunder]

@@Finchwing that would be such a help!

[@inkbetweens6920]

Nicely done!

[@officer_electro2021]

Those look sooo fun I could make animation memes faster and easier

[@ShadowSnowflakenya]

omg!!!! this rig is so good!!! been trying to get into rigging also, have made a rig myself but seeing this is actually super helpful :3

[@krispest-bear]

This was super cool to watch! Idk if I'll ever do rigs they seem complicated LOL

[@Madjichen]

This was so very informative! Ive been wanting to get ToonBoom to finally make a rig but was intimidated by the amount of nodes and spaghetti xD I also need to experiment in GreasePencil so I can make cool stuff!! Aghhh so many things to try but little time

[@Finchwing]

oh gosh yea I wanna learn greasepencil too, so many things ToT

[@phobosklaskii6237]

This is incredible!!!! ❤❤❤

[@LeBongFairy]

I failed this part of my animation course because the darn thing was mostly online, (covid era, sadly..) rigging is something I still am struggling to understand, and 3d modeling is harder still.. I think I'll get a handle on it though, your video kind of demystifies it a bit for me with familiarity. Thank you

[@Finchwing]

aw man that's nasty ;o; things are so hard to learn without a teacher there. 2D rigging can be as simple as you need it to be, so don't be afraid to start small! Maybe just start with a small prop or something like a tiny bug. I'd like to do a tutorial eventually just rigging a simple rig

[@LeBongFairy]

@Finchwing I very much did not start small when I tried! 😂 I decided to fully rig the most annoying, floppy character, who proceeded to turn into a permanent tumbleweed! Thank you so much for the advice, I love your work 💙

[@skethy2333]

I dont use toonboom but i come back to this video because the hello at the start is funny

[@Finchwing]

LOL thank you !!

[@user-AtiredAnimator]

Ooh I unfortunately don't have the right device nor the money for Toon Boom but this is helpful for when I get it! ❤❤❤

[@thunderdrum325]

Yooooo! Im doing stuff like this in school, i was not excpecting this lol

[@tealfeline]

Could you explain how you configured the keyboard shortcuts to switch between drawings? I tried doing it myself but couldn't find the function for it in the keyboard shortcuts menu

[@zahrazohour1]

This is true art !!! ❤

[@JMPT]

Very Nice 👍👍

[@InternalDialogNik]

the way i looked at the nodes and got blender flashbacks lol

[@Finchwing]

im so sorry

[@FunkyFoxxDraws]

This is a wonderful tutorial! Is there any alternatives to toon boom for rigging that works similar to this? (Thats free!) I wanna do 2d rigging but cannot purchase toonboom

[@Finchwing]

That's a big ask unfortunately, if you wanna do advanced stuff you gotta expect to pay a little. Some other, maybe cheaper rigging softwares may include: moho, celaction, after effects, spine (not sure though as I haven't checked the prices in a while). These will all be built differently and have their own rigging techniques/complexities though (After effects rigs are much more simple and less versatile than toon boom rigs) Blender is free and has 3D rigging potential I think?

[@FunkyFoxxDraws]

@@Finchwing I will be getting clip studio paint soon, so I'll be looking up to see if 2d rigging is possible on that

[@Finchwing]

@@FunkyFoxxDraws It's not unfortunately, but you can keyframe animate/tween still images without any rigging

[@_lexi]

rig intimidating.

[@frenchiit]

Is there any 2D/3D rigging app you'd reccomend for beginners? Started to learn rigging a while back and I'd love some reccomendations. :>

[@Finchwing]

not sure honestly, I've only used toon boom and every program will do it differently, but Blender I think can do 3d rigging at it's free

[@Astrobuni]

From what I see so far, is this like Live2d?

[@Finchwing]

kinda sorta? Live2D is a bit simplified and designed for one purpose only, you kinda import your images and set parameters on how far they move iirc

[@AspenBreeze]

Is it possible to do this in toonboom harmony essentials? I’ve attempted nodes before but I don’t think it has everything I need to make the rigs

[@Finchwing]

im not sure :( i dont think that has the node view?

[@TigerBlazeArt]

@@Finchwing Yeahhhh Essentials doesn't have the node view iirc, only Premium has it.

[@Finchwing]

@@TigerBlazeArt it's a shame ToT like 60% of toon boom is all via the node view

[@kingskyless]

KISSES U

[@Finchwing]

BLUSHU

[@olivetteauton4995]

🌷 'Promo SM'

[@abi.cool.]

It's true that in D2 animation you have to connect a segment to a segment to make a movie. so how do you do that🥲🥲❤

[@abi.cool.]

a long movie and not a few seconds🙃🥲😕

[@gekiuge2916]

oh to be able to accomplish a rig like yours one day finch, im not giving up 🥲 it looks fantastic as always!! a pleasure to the eye