A panel from our storyboard.

The finished artwork, rendered in Animate Pro 2.

First I illustrate some of the options available for closing gaps when using a loose or open style of inking, with mention of the important difference between the Stroke tool and the Close Gap tool.

In Part 4, here, I look at and illustrate the process of adding color to the same drawings.

And, for a look at the final scene, check out The Fox On the Man’s Head (Part 7), here.

This time, however, the company is also going First Class, showing their products at the special show “CES Unveiled.”

This will be huge! Check out typical CES events in this composite “Best Events of CES.”

Steven Mussey, MD

Camera Movement in Toon Boom Animate pt. 2. This is part 2 in a 5 part series of using the camera in Animate. In part 2 I’ll show you how to add turns, and pans into the camerama movements, in addition to rotation.

Download the HD version of this tutorial for only $1! (includes source files)

Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

Camera Movement in Toon Boom Animate, . This is part 1 in a 5 part series of using the camera in Animate. This series is to show how simple it is to set up a beautiful multiplane shot using the True Space camera. In part 1 we cover rough sketches, setting up layers in Z-space, adding a camera, and animating the camera.

Download the HD version of this tutorial for only $1! (includes source files)

Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

The big issue for Toon Boom Animate Pro and Harmony is video graphics. If your video card is inadequate, the programs will run badly or not at all, meaning they crash.

This creates problems. Windows Tablet PC’s all tend to offer only integrated graphics, except for some models of the HP tm2 (now obsolete) and Fujitsu T901 (also soon disappearing). This created challenges for those who wanted a portable animation platform.

Enter Ivy Bridge with its higher end HD 4000 graphics and promises of OpenGL support in an integrated graphics laptop. Anandtech.com has a good review of the graphics capabilities. I was impressed enough to get a Lenovo X230T tablet, running Windows 7.

Verdict: Harmony runs well on this machine. I am finding no problems!

Is this as good as a laptop with a dedicated graphics card? Of course not…. But you get a portable animation machine!

Key things to look for in a tablet PC:

1. Wacom Digitizing Hardware
2. Intel Corei5 or Corei7 processor
3. HD 4000 Graphics (NOT HD 3000!!!)

   I am aware of only three tablets meeting these criteria. One each from Lenovo, Fujitsu, and Samsung can be found at this time.

   Good luck!

   Steven Mussey, MD

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These and many other animation problems considered in detail at Acme Punched!

-Jim Bradrick

Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

Hey Toon Boomers, Tony Ross from tonyteach.com here, letting you know our second Toon Boom Animate DVD is available now for pre-purchase:
Anatomy of a 30sec Short Vol.2, click here to purchase http://toonboomdvd2.weebly.com/

In this DVD we take you step by step on how each part of the animation was done, from animatics, to head turns and eye blinks, animating the time elements like the clock, calendar, and hour glass, and last but not least creating cut out puppets.

The DVD will release in October 2012 for $25, but we are now taking preorders, for just $15. We will keep this price until the DVDs release in October

BUT

For the first 100 orders, we have an instant bonus download of the 1st tutorial & puppet in our Toon Boom Animate Series, Animating Robots, featuring the artwork of illustrator Chris Cartledge.

So click below to pre-purchase the DVD, or download of Anatomy of a 30sec short, volume 2

Remember, Keep it simple, Make it perfect… If you don’t have the time to make it perfect, rethink the idea.

-Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

Also, our second Toon Boom Animate DVD is available for pre-purchase:
Anatomy of a 30sec Short Vol.2, click here to purchase http://toonboomdvd2.weebly.com/

In this DVD we take you step by step on how each part of the animation was done, from animatics, to head turns and eye blinks, animating the time elements like the clock, calendar, and hour glass, and last but not least creating cut out puppets.

The DVD will release in October 2012 for $25, but we are now taking preorders, for just $15. We will keep this price until the DVDs release in October

BUT

For the first 100 orders, we have an instant bonus download of the 1st tutorial & puppet in our Toon Boom Animate Series, Animating Robots, featuring the artwork of illustrator Chris Cartledge.

So click below to pre-purchase the DVD, or download of Anatomy of a 30sec short, volume 2

Remember, Keep it simple, Make it perfect… If you don’t have the time to make it perfect, rethink the idea.

-Tony Ross, tonyteach.com