Character Building
Toon Boom Animate Pro is a great tool for building your characters. You can make use of different techniques and features to break down your puppets.
Topics Covered
• | Importing a Model |
• | Relative Sizes |
• | Studying the Model |
• | Setting the Default Separate Position Preference |
• | Naming Conventions |
• | Disabling the Animation on Drawing Layers |
• | Breaking Down the Character |
• | Ordering the Layers |
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• | Adding Extra Drawings |
• | Setting the Pivots |
• | Skeleton Optimization |
• | Storing the Character in the Library |
• | Appendix |
For more great options and features to create powerful and efficient puppets, refer to the chapter about deformations. There, you will find a series of new features allowing you to bend, curve and deform drawings, allowing for more realistic, cartoony and fluid animation. - see Deformation