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

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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

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