Friday, May 18th, 2012
Animating a Character with Bones
Published on October 3, 2011 by Chad Troftgruben · 49 CommentsIn this Anime Studio tutorial I show you how to animate a character with a series of bones. This includes setting up the Bone layer, skeletal structure, creating links and binding layers.
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[..YouTube..] Very good tutorials mate
[..YouTube..] Does anybody know something about a problem, that drives me crazy: My bone settings only work right, if I don’t use any change-layers. So with (for example) one arm-type, it works fine. But if I create a change-layer with different arm-types and put it in the bone layer, I lost the correct moves – and I don’t know why. Does anybody know a teaching film about this problem? Or the reason, why the bones work correkt with a single layer, but not with a change-layer? Thx a lot for help and infos!!
[..YouTube..] Thanks. I’ve been getting frustrated with most of the tutorials out there. There’s always something incredibly important step that’s either missing or not shown. Yours I always learn something from. A couple other good sources are out there, too, but they’re rare. Thanks again.
[..YouTube..] mwwhahahahahha 05:49 boning my character !! bhaawahahahaa … haha..he.h….i need to grow up -.-
[..YouTube..] how do you draw the picture first and bone the character
[..YouTube..] Well i have the same “bone” as him.. a LARGE one.
[..YouTube..] is there a way to have something in the bone layer but not be affected by the bone
[..YouTube..] How do you hide the parts that stick out when you animate with bones? like the elbow part etc..
[..YouTube..] Bone the character
LOOL
[..YouTube..] Yes, click the new layer button , sellect switch give it a name (e.g : EyeShapes) Add all the eye layers into the switch file , when you’re animating right click the switch layer and select wich layer you wanna show , i use it like that , I think he does to
[..YouTube..] @MrLolfreak21196 Yes, click the new layer button , sellect switch give it a name (e.g : EyeShapes) Add all the eye layers into the switch file , when you’re animating right click the switch layer and select wich layer you wanna show , i use it like that , I think he does to
[..YouTube..] A little question , i’m working on a short – animation project , i want to have a cat with a rigged tail , should i divide the tail into sepereta layers and than patch them to each other ? Or can i bind multiple bones to the tail layer ?
[..YouTube..] Thanks you’re awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[..YouTube..] How would I go about changing the character’s emotions? Like, is there a way to save certain facial expressions and use them to use while you animate your cartoon?
[..YouTube..] THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!
[..YouTube..] *havent
[..YouTube..] Thank you so much! This helped a lot. Keep the tutorials coming please. I have looked at all of your videos but could you make a background tutorial? That would be very helpful.
[..YouTube..] why do u need a butt layer?! u actually want to move that?! -.- >.<
[..YouTube..] the best tutorial on the net about bone in anima studio , congratulation.
[..YouTube..] i was wondering how do u make a character walk in a cycle in anime studio, thanks
[..YouTube..] Nice job! Very informative.
[..YouTube..] Where i can get Curve Line ?
[..YouTube..] lol theres a butt layer
[..YouTube..] what are you gonna bone him with? a raging hard-on? HHHHAHAHAH!
[..YouTube..] Did You have to bone the character to keep it from being a stiff?
[..YouTube..] We have a bone that is fat on the top and skinny at the bottom
[..YouTube..] how come you don’t just freeze the bones feature on the menu bar?
[..YouTube..] Sir, we don’t say “bone the character,” it is called rigging. Know your terminology.
[..YouTube..] – that’s absoluttely true. I cold say A cs 5 is just a plagiarism. But… The power of flash is inside code. You can do many things, which anime studio can’t do. I think about applications…Anime studio is better for animations. And flash cs 5 is better for flash games, and many, many other stuffs.
[..YouTube..] @Dragon4zulStudios – that’s absoluttely true. I cold say A cs 5 is just a plagiarism. But… The power of flash is inside code. You can do many things, which anime studio can’t do. I think about applications…Anime studio is better for animations. And flash cs 5 is better for flash games, and many, many other stuffs.
[..YouTube..] In fact It’s better to buy a 3d program. Because, you can make a many thing, which you can make in adobe flash. And more, more, more!!!!
[..YouTube..] In fact It’s better to buy a 3d program. Because, you can make a many thing, which you can make in adobe flash. And more, more, more!!!!
[..YouTube..] @tazatriste In fact It’s better to buy a 3d program. Because, you can make a many thing, which you can make in adobe flash. And more, more, more!!!!
[..YouTube..] Anime Studio is much more powerful and faster than flash.
[..YouTube..] @xXGamerxdudeXx Anime Studio is much more powerful and faster than flash.
[..YouTube..] Hey, Bineck, you mad bro?
[..YouTube..] fucking finally! thank you, this is what I have been waiting to see! YEA!….Boner……hehe.
[..YouTube..] fucking finally! thank you, this is what I have been waiting to see! YEA!
[..YouTube..] can i bone a character ive made in ilustrator?
[..YouTube..] I ALSO have a small bone on the pelvic region.
[..YouTube..] Now if only flash was that easy :S
[..YouTube..] do you like anime studio more than flash ?
[..YouTube..] So hard not to giggle
[..YouTube..] @xXGamerxdudeXx because the new tools of Flash CS5 are copies of this Software, is terrible but is true, so this software is better for make cartoons on this way (I’m not saying that FCS5 is bad)
[..YouTube..] Chad… Always boning your characters.
[..YouTube..] Why don’t you use flash cs5?
[..YouTube..] Thanks for the video sir!
[..YouTube..] boning the character is a natural thing
[..YouTube..] haha bone the character