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Learning Anime Studio. Bring life to your imagination with the power of Anime Studio

Learning Anime Studio. Bring life to your imagination with the power of Anime Studio

Chad Troftgruben

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  • Learning Anime Studio
    • Table of Contents
    • Learning Anime Studio
    • Credits
    • About the Author
    • Acknowledgments
    • About the Reviewers
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    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Downloading the example code
        • Downloading the color images of this book
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Stepping into the World of Animation
      • Constructing your animation blueprint
        • Coming up with ideas
        • Identifying what is funny
        • Writing down your ideas
        • Piecing together the storm
        • Writing your story
        • Constructing terrible first drafts
        • Illustrating a storyboard
        • Recording dialog
      • Differing techniques offer various experiences
        • Analyzing animation on the Internet
          • Breaking down frame-by-frame animation
          • Exploring cut-out, tweening, and bone animation
      • Introducing Anime Studio
        • Choosing between Anime Studio Debut and Pro
      • Installing Anime Studio
        • Working with the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows
      • Opening Anime Studio for the first time
        • Creating your content folder
        • Playing with the startup file
      • Editing Anime Studio preferences
        • Exploring the Options tab
        • Using the Web Uploads tab
        • Modifying properties with the Editor Colors and GUI Colors tabs
      • Setting up your first document
        • Creating a document
        • Adjusting Project Settings
      • Summary
    • 2. Drawing in Anime Studio
      • Mouse versus tablet drawing
        • Learning about Wacom tablets
      • Understanding the basics of vector and raster graphics
      • Exploring the Draw and Fill tools
        • Drawing shapes and lines with the Add Point tool
        • Freestyle drawing with the Freehand tool
        • Creating perfect shapes with the Draw Shape tool
        • Adjusting your bends with the Curvature tool
        • Altering points with the Transform Points tool
        • Selecting vector points with the Select Points tool
        • Filling in objects with the Paint Bucket tool
        • Altering shape properties with the Select Shape tool
        • Editing with the Magnet tools influence area
        • Filling in outlines with the Create Shape tool
        • Hiding lines and shapes with the Hide Edge tool
        • Revealing lines with the Stroke Exposure tool
        • Removing lines and shapes with the Delete Edge tool
        • Removing style properties with the Delete Shape tool
        • Adjusting line thickness with the Line Width tool
        • Creating pseudo 3D effects with the Perspective Points tool
        • Shearing with the Shear Points tool
        • Making flexible-looking lines with the Bend Points tool
        • Creating random line movements with the Noise tool
        • Transferring line formations with the Curve Profile tool
        • Creating varied copies with the Scatter Brush tool
        • Creating freehand shapes with the Blob Brush tool
        • Creating gaps with the Eraser tool
        • Polishing with the PointReduction tool
      • Summary
    • 3. Exploring Layers and Timelines
      • Simplifying layers
      • Controlling layers with different tools
        • The Transform Layer tool
        • The Set Origin tool
        • The Follow Path tool
        • The Rotate Layer XY tool
        • The Shear Layer tool
        • The Layer Selector tool
        • The Eyedropper tool
        • The Insert Text tool
      • Creating and working with layers
        • The Vector layers
        • The Image layers
        • The Group layers
        • The Bone layers
        • The Patch layers
        • The Switch layers
        • The Particle layers
        • The Audio layers
        • The Text layers
        • The Note layers
      • Mapping out animation
        • Understanding keyframes
        • The Channels timeline
        • The Sequencer timeline
        • The Motion Graph timeline
      • Changing your view of the action
        • Camera tools
        • Workspace tools
      • Summary
    • 4. Enhancing Your Art with the Layer Settings Panel and Style Palette
      • Exploring the Layer Settings panel
        • The Name field
        • The Layer color menu
        • The Visible checkbox
        • The Blur radius field
        • The Opacity field
        • The Auto shading radius field
        • The outline settings
        • The Layer blending mode menu
      • Animating layer effects
      • Other general options for layers
      • Applying shadows and shades to the layer
        • Creating a motion blur
        • Masking the layer
      • Designing with the Style palette
        • The Brush types
        • The Fill color effects
        • Swatches
        • The Advanced style properties
      • Summary
    • 5. Bringing a Cartoon Character to Life
      • Thinking about design
        • Being consistent with consistency
      • Understanding the basics of bone animation
        • Using Region binding
        • Using Layer binding
        • Using Point binding
        • Restricting bone movements
        • Advanced Region binding techniques
      • Labeling, coloring, and hiding bones
      • Animating bones
      • Creating dynamic bones
      • Understanding basic Smart Bone actions
      • Working with Smart Bone dials
      • Creating your first character
        • Drawing the head
        • Constructing the eyes
        • Making the ears
        • Drawing the nose
        • Laying out the mouth
        • Designing the hair
        • Drawing the neck
        • Building the body
        • Drawing the arms
        • Designing the legs
      • Rigging your character
        • Drawing the bones
        • Binding the bones
      • Polishing things up
      • Summary
    • 6. Developing Your Cartoon's Scenery
      • Being consistent
      • Discussing scene design
      • Setting up shots effectively
      • Drawing your scenery
        • Overlaying the sky
        • Creating the first piece of land
        • Laying down the second piece of land
        • Drawing hills with the Draw Shape tool
        • Constructing a dirt road
        • Building a fence Group layer
        • Drawing some puffy clouds
        • Adding details to the road with different brush types
        • Using the Scatter brush for our grass blades
      • Creating scene depth
        • Depth shifting your layers
      • Polishing up your scene
      • Summary
    • 7. Creating a Library of Actions and Assets
      • Setting up a content folder
      • Saving assets to the library
      • Searching for assets and adding them to the Favorites folder
      • Importing assets from the library
      • Editing your library assets
      • Creating variations of your library assets
      • Importing a project file's assets directly
      • Bringing in third-party library files
      • Importing other file types
      • Using built-in library assets
      • Creating reusable animations using the Actions panel
      • Inserting references versus inserting copies
      • Working with scripts
        • Using built-in scripts
        • Downloading third-party scripts
      • Summary
    • 8. Animating Your Characters
      • Following your blueprint
      • Animating characters nonlinearly
      • Finding a workflow
      • Putting it all together
      • Opening the scene file
      • Bringing in your characters and props
      • Experimenting with character animation
        • Jumping
        • Cycling keyframes
        • Looping the walking animation
        • Looping the scene assets
        • Creating keyframe intervals
      • Incorporating facial expressions
        • An anxious expression
        • An angry expression
        • A happy expression
      • Creating a conversation
        • Situating mouth poses and audio files
          • Syncing the mouths to the audio files
          • Animating a mouth with Smart Bone dials
          • Creating facial expressions
          • Animating body movements
          • Creating camera movements
        • Animating with the new bone constraints
      • Summary
    • 9. Exporting, Editing, and Publishing
      • Previewing your work
      • Choosing your file format
        • Exporting QuickTime files
        • Exporting AVI files
        • Exporting SWF files
      • Exporting your scenes
      • Exploring different video editors
        • Using free video editors
        • Using premium video editors
      • Breaking down the editing process
        • Creating a new document
        • Importing clips to bin
        • Assembling the clips
        • Incorporating audio
        • Using the audio sources correctly
      • Creating titles in a video editor
      • Exporting your completed project
      • Finding an audience
        • Taking the traditional route
        • Exploring the online realm
        • Obtaining views and constructive criticism
        • Partnership opportunities
      • Summary
    • Index
  • Title: Learning Anime Studio. Bring life to your imagination with the power of Anime Studio
  • Author: Chad Troftgruben
  • Original title: Learning Anime Studio. Bring life to your imagination with the power of Anime Studio
  • ISBN: 9781849699587, 9781849699587
  • Date of issue: 2014-05-08
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3b7k
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing