What you'll learn

Create fun colourful animations

Get an overview of the user interface and learn the basics of opentoonz

Use features and tools like tweening to speed up your workflow

Learn to import assets and how to export to video

Include special effects using the Fx schematic

Learning techniques like character rigging and cut-out animation

Requirements

Make sure you download and install opentoonz before getting started (it's free and open source)

This course is approriate for complete beginners: no need for any prior skills or knowledge

Description

Hello all, this is the free version of my Opentoonz course. Opentoonz is a high quality and feature-rich animation suit that has been free and open source since 2016 and has been used by studios such as Studio Ghibli and Rough Draft Studios.In this course we will cover the following topics:Get started using the basic drawing toolsCreate frame-by-frame animationsImporting assets and exportingLearn about advance animation tools like:Motion and shape tweeningSpecial effectsAdding sound effectsRigging a characterUsing the plastic tool for animating flexible objectsLipsyncingThe only down side to Opentoonz is that the learning curve can be quite steep. But don't worry! In this course we will go over everything you need to know to get started.This course contains both 'explainer' videos which provide a lot of information as well as practical exercises designed to help the learner consolidate and remember the information and turn the passive knowledge into a valuable skill.This course is perfect for people who are interested in taking the first steps in animation and don't want to spend much on high monthly license fees. If you are interested you can get the first two chapters of this course completely free. Just browse through my course or search for "Getting started Animating with Opentoonz"

Who this course is for

This course is for people who are interested in create fun and colourful animations.

This course is about using the software opentoonz. It is not a course on learning the art of animation.