ANIMATION TUTORIALS PAGE
The following is a growing list of tutorials that you may find helpful as you explore new processes or need to refresh on old ones.
These are NOT assignment documents. If you are working on a weekly animation assignment please refer to the Weekly Class Schedule
as there are will be additional details you will need to complete any given assignment.
FEATURED TUTORIALS
How to Submit a Helpdesk Ticket
Free Downloadable Digital Painting Tutorials
Adobe Premiere Pro & Premire Rush
Adobe After Effects
Jazz Lip-Sync/After Effects: Composite Tutorial Videos (10 minutes)
Adobe Bridge/Image Sorting
Re-Arrange and Batch Rename in Adobe Bridge
Bridge-Reversing Image Sequences in Adobe Bridge.pdf
Bridge-Sorting Images in Adobe Bridge.pdf
Adobe Photoshop
Animating GIFs in Photoshop.pdf
Batch Resizing Using Photo Shop.pdf
Exporting Photoshop Layers Sequence Files.pdf
Sweeten, Frame, Convert and Export Pitchable Panels (Video 03:12)
Corrie Frances-Parks: Photoshop Animation Workflow (Video 20 minutes)
Free Downloadable Digital Painting Tutorials
Adobe Premiere Pro
Six Panel Story: Simple Story Reel Edit in Premiere Pro (6 Videos 12 Minutes)
Premeire-Quick Start Guide.pdf
Premiere-Project Set Up, Edit and Export.pdf
Premiere-Beginner How-to Video Editing Techniques.pdf
Premiere Pro - Perfect Audio Levels
How to Reduce Video File Size in Premiere Pro
Six Panel Fiction - Premiere Pro Workflow
Premiere Pro - Easily Create and Edit Subtitles
Adobe Premiere Rush
Adobe Premiere Rush Turorials Page
Creating a Black Screen in Adobe Rush
Six Panel Fiction - Adobe Rush Workflow Adobe Rush to Premiere Pro
Chronosync/File Management
Chronosync Video Tutorials: Complete Playlist (3 Videos 6 Minutes/1 PDF)
Project File Structure Workflow and Organization.pdf
01: Set Up Personal Hard Drive 01:03
02: Sync Personal Hard Drive to Network/Class Folders 02:45
03: Setting up a Sync Container 01:57
Color & Concept Development
Make a Color Palette from Photo | Adobe Photoshop
Make a Color Palette from Photo | Adobe Illustrator
Make a Color Palette from Photo | Procreate
Dragonframe
Dragonframe-Quickstart Guide for Downshooters-Set Up, Animate and Export.pdf
Dragonframe-Lipsync_X-sheetTutorial.pdf
EOS Live-viewcalibration cap.pdf
CMU Dragonframe-Setting up and Exporting in 4K
For a whole library of official Dragonframe video tutorials go here. . .
DF Audio/Lip Sync Tutorials
Dragonframe Basics (01:53)
Audio Workspace Overview (05:55)
Track Reading (13:01)
Creating a Face Set (04:24)
Converting Toon Boom Animation to Illustrator for Lasercutting
Dragonframe Spectrum - Real Time Interface
eMotimo TB3 Manual Trigger Mode
eMotimo Precision Turntable Overview
eMotimo Turntable Instructions - Three Configurations
eMotimo Precision Cart Overview
eMotimo TB3 with Slider - 3 Axis repeatable motion
Quicktime 7
Quicktime 7 Pro-Converting an Image Sequence.pdf
Creating an Image Sequence in Quicktime 7 Pr0.pdf
Storyreel
StoryReel 1 - Thumbnails to Action Beats - all videos 45 min.
StoryReel 2 - Set Up Camera Tool in Photoshop - all videos 4 min.
StoryReel 3 - Simulating Camera Moves - all videos 30 min.
StoryReel 4 - Shot Labels and Time Code - 10 min.
Smart Phone Animation
Smart Phone Animation Instructions
Stop Motion Studio - Overview Page
Stop Motion Studio - Tutorial Page
DYI Table-top Smart Phone Downshooter
DYI Downshooter with a Selfie Stick
DYI Cardboard Downshooter Stand
Story App Web-Page & Video Tutorials
Story App Tutorials: Complete Playlist (5 Videos 11 minutes)
Six-Second Film Strip
Toon Boom
ToonBoom_Activation & Support Page
ART220 - Harmony Tutorial Page
ART320 - Harmony Tutorial Page
Toon Boom Harmony E-learning Courses
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
ART 308 Storyboard Pro Tutorial Page
Ze Bird Brain Youtube Storyboard Pro Playlist
Storyboard Pro E-learning Courses
Storyboard Pro Storyboarding Artist Journey
Toon Boom Layout
Assemble Scene from a Photoshop File
How to Export a Storyboard Pro Scenes to Harmony Project
Flying Machine - Z-Depth & MultiPlane Demo
TV Paint
5.Coloring with CTG Layers: the Basics
Storyboarding/Storyreel in TV Paint
Exporting Story Thumbnail Pages in TV Paint
Miscilanious Tutorials
Free Downloadable Digital Painting Tutorials
How to Submit a Helpdesk Ticket
Formatting Hard Drive to Mac/PC in Three Easy Steps
Syncing your Phone to Google Photos
BCA_Check-out System Video Training Page
Stephan Leeper/Central Michigan University 2020