2DAnimation101 – Learn Animation in Cartoon Animator 4

INSIDE THIS COURSE
YOU WILL LEARN:
THE SOFTWARE

CARTOON ANIMATOR 4 INTERFACE
Learn how the interface works.
Identify different panels inside Cartoon Animator 4.
Load Demo Projects to get familiar with the interface.

ZOOMING AND NAVIGATION
A quick shortcut to do zoom in and zoom out in the workspace for precision work.
Learn how to pan the view.
Moving the Scene Camera for your animation.

COMPOSE A SCENE
How to bring the elements of your animation.
Import your own assets (backgrounds, characters, sound, motion clips, etc).
Or import content from the Cartoon Animator 4 provided library of assets.
CHARACTER ANIMATION
ANIMATE USING BONES
quick shortcut to activate Bone Animation.
Simple click and drag bone animation.
Create a simple character animation to get familiar.

FAST ANIMATION: MOTION CLIPS
Do complex animations using motion clips.
Add the character behavior you need from the motion clip library.
Know where to get more motion clips from the content store.

CREATE ORGANIC ANIMATIONS
Learn a simple secret to create organic animations.
Design characters that express emotion and look alive.
A method to know exactly how much your project will need.

PREPARE PSD CHARACTERS
How to use any PSD editor to design original characters.
Separate the character in parts for easy animation.
How to order the layers.

RIG CHARACTERS USING BONES
Rig characters quickly by adjusting points.
Import the PSD character into Cartoon Animator 4.
Create bones automatically.

CHANGE SPRITES FOR ANIMATION
How to set up your characters to have multiple sprites in a PSD Editor.
Activate the Sprite Editor.
Change the Sprites as you need.
SPECIAL EFFECTS

CREATE SPECIAL FX
Animate a simple frame by frame special effect.
Import it into Cartoon Animator 4.
Add Special Effect to your animation project.
FACE ANIMATION
BASIC FACE ANIMATION
How to use the Face Puppet Tool.
Change the basic settings for face animation.
Animate face easily using your mouse.

ADVANCED FACE ANIMATION
How to use the Face Key Editor.
Transform, Deform, or change sprites for the face.
Animate each part of the face in detail.

AUTO LIP SYNC
Record Dialogue or import Recorded Dialogue.
Add it as Voice Clip for your character.
Have the lip sync happen automatically.

ADJUSTING LIP SYNC
Learn to use the Lips Editor.
Open the Voice Clip in the timeline.
Adjust the Lip Sync.

FULL-LENGTH ANIMATION
CREATE A FULL-LENGTH ANIMATION
Visualize your story.
Produce the images and sound needed.
Compose each scene in your animation.
Bring it all together in an editing software.