ART320 TOON BOOM HARMONY TUTORIALS

Before we begin, you will need to create a Toon Boom account so we can both keep track of your progress. Go here to create a Toon Boom user account. Be sure that you are signed in for each session to gain access to quizes and progress tracking. It is essential that you take the quiz after each section to get class class credit for completing the required tutorials.

Toon Boom has an entire catalogue of learning resources that you can access as comprehensive Journeys or individual course topics. Feel free to explore more lessons on your own.

 

PERSONAL ACTIVATION CODES

If you are working on your own technology you'll need to email me for an activation code. Once you have it you can go here for updated Toon Boom Activation Instructions. Follow EACH OF THE STEP CAREFULLY and you shouldn't have any problems.

 

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Need a little help? Should you have any questions, technical issues or simply need some assistance with the installation of your product(s), please feel free to contact our support department:

Open a Ticket: https://desk.toonboom.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Email: desk@toonboom.com
Phone: Toll free (USA/CAN) 800-962-8666 or +1-514-278-TOON (8666) Ext 6484

 

SEMESTER TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENTS

* Unless otherwise indicated all tutorials should be applied directly to your current project.

You can download a list of Useful Toon Boom Shortcuts here.

Go here for links to Commonly Used Harmony Tutorials.

 

SEMESTER TUTORIAL ASSIGNMENTS

* Unless otherwise indicate all tutorials should be applied directly to your current project

1. CHARACTER DESIGN WORKBOOK

A. Setting up Your Workspace - 15 min

• Useful Toon Boom Shortcuts - (download)
• Paperless Preference Settings

B. Traditional Animation Drawing Tools - 1 hour 10 min - (watch only)*

• Drawing Tools 1 - Sketching a Character using Vector Brushes
• Drawing Tools 2 - Creating Sketch and Clean Up Tool Presets
• Drawing Tools 3 - Sketching a Character using Bitmap Brushes
• Drawing with Harmony Activity 1: Basic Drawing

C. Animation Breakdown & Annotation - 9 min - (watch only)*

• Activity 1: Creating Annotation Columns and Breaking Down the Timing - 6 min
• Activity 2: Breaking Down an Animation with Scene Markers

D. Column Scripts and Key Animation - 30 mins*

• Activity 1: Importing Column Scripts in the Xsheet View Toolbar
• Activity 2: Setting Rough Column as LO Using TB_PL_LO.js Script
• Activity 3: Creating Key Column and Drawing Refined Keys using TB_PL_LOKEY.js Script

2. ANIMATING ON MODEL

A. Rough Animation: Overview - 20 min - (read only)*

• Creating a Rough Animation

B. Rough Animation: Drawing Key Poses - Thumbnail thru refinement - 30 min - (read/watch only)*

• Activity 2: Drawing Rough Key Poses
  • Part 1 - Modifying Drawings and Extending Exposures
  • Part 2 - Onion Skin, Light Box Adjustments & Easy-Flipping
  • Part 3 - How to Draw Rough Key Poses from Thumbnails

C. Rough Animation: Handy tools for organizing and refining "Roughs" - 10 min*

• Activity 3: Marking Drawings and Adjusting the Animation Timing

D. Cleaning Up: Model Check, Tie-down, Inbetween & Export - 25 min*

• Activity 1: Creating Model Check Column
• Activity 2: Drawing Model Check Poses in the Model Check Column
• Activity 1: Creating Inbetween Column Using Scripts - (quiz link)
• Activity 2: Using the Quick Close-up Zoom - (watch only)
• Activity 3: Creating Inbetween Drawings - (watch only)
• Adding a Colour-Card and Exporting the Animation as a Movie

3. LIP-SYNC ANIMATION

A. Lip-Sync Animation Part 1: Overview - 60 min (*Read only - Use this as a guide to create your own mouth charts)

• Visual Breakdown
• Phrasing and Lip-syncing
• Mouth Charts
• Understanding the Way We Speak
• Activity 1: Creating a Mouth Chart*
• Activity 2: Breakdown and Lip-sync (steps 7-14) *

B. Lip-Sync Animation Part 2: Mapping & Replacement - 25 min (*Watch only)

• Activity 1: Introduction to Lip-sync Animation
• Activity 2: Mouth Shapes Overview
• Activity 3: Mapping Lip-sync Detection

4. LAYOUT - BACKGROUNDS, BLOCKING & CAMERA

A. Layout Part 1 - Backgrounds, Image Export & Character Posing - 36 min - (watch only)*

• Activity 1: Importing Layout References
• Activity 2: Drawing a Rough Layout
• Activity 1: Exporting and Importing a Background Layout
• Activity 1: Creating Character Posing

B. Layout Part 2 - Setting up a Multi-plane Scene - 1 hour 10 min - (activity required)

• Activity 1: Creating a Posing Layer Motion - 25 min
• Activity 2: Creating a Camera Move for Layout Posing - 20 min
• Activity 3: Creating a Multiplane Layout Based on a Storyboard - 30 min

5. CLEAN UP - LINE ART, COLOR PALETTES AND INK & PAINT

A. Finished Line-Art (or "Tie-downs") - 25 min*

• Clean Up - Activity 1: Creating Clean Up Pencil Presets
• Clean Up - Activity 2: Creating Ink Columns Using TB_PL_IBINK Script
• Clean Up - Activity 3: Cleaning the Animation - (watch only)

B. Color Palettes - 60 mins*

• Activity 1: Creating a Colour Palette
• Activity 2: Creating a Five-Colour Palette - 30 mins (optional)
• Activity 3: Painting a Colour Model
• Activity 1: Importing a Bitmap Image to Create a Colour Palette
• Activity 2: Saving a Character Model in the Library

C. Ink & Paint - 18 min*

• Activity 1: Loading a Colour Model in the Model View - 1 min
• Activity 2: Creating Strokes in the Colour Art for Ink and Paint - 5 min
• Activity 3: Painting and Inking Using Apply to Multiple Drawings - 11 min
• Activity 4: Using the Backlight to Check Paint - 1 min

6. TOONBOOM INVESTIGATION - TOOM BOOM LEARNING GUIDES

• Rigging Artist
• Cut-out Animator
• Compositing Artist
• Layout Posing Artist
• Hand-Drawn Effect Animator
• Traditional Paperless Animator
• Storyboarding Artist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephan Leeper - Central Michigan University