Free Tutorial – Getting started Animating with Opentoonz
Learn animation for free with Opentoonz! This high-quality, open-source software used by Studio Ghibli is perfect for beginners. Discover the user interface, drawing tools, frame-by-frame animations, and more. Start your animation journey today!
Hello all, this is the free version of my Opentoonz course. Opentoonz is a high quality and feature-rich animation suit that has been free and open source since 2016 and has been used by studios such as Studio Ghibli and Rough Draft Studios.
In this course we will cover the following topics:
Learn about the user interface
Get started using the basic drawing tools
Learn the difference between levels and frames
Create frame-by-frame animations
Use onion skinning
Exporting animations
The only down side to Opentoonz is that the learning curve can be quite steep. But don’t worry! In this course we will go over everything you need to know to get started.
This course contains both ‘explainer’ videos which provide a lot of information as well as practical exercises designed to help the learner consolidate and remember the information and turn the passive knowledge into a valuable skill.
This course is perfect for people who are interested in taking the first steps in animation and don’t want to spend any money. The course is completely free and the Opentoonz software is also free and opensource. Enjoy!
If you like this course and you are interested in learning more why not consider buying the full version of the course. You can find it here on Udemy. Just search for ‘Opentoonz A to Z’ or browse through my other courses.
Who this course is for:
- People interesting in learning to create fun animations.
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