Rigging a Character Turnaround in Toon Boom Harmony (character by Jazza)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2016
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A massive thanks to Jazza for allowing me to use his character for this rig video. In this tutorial I create a rig of a character in three different positions.
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This is by far the best guide of rigging for me. I'm a beginner cutout animator and this has always been my to go to tutorial whenever I'm fixing or building a rig. Very helpful video and very well explained
Really pleased my videos helped!
Great video Jon, i look forward to checking out your other material
I only saw the thumbnail and I'm already excited to watch!
DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING HERE :D
itsAlexClark oh hey
itsAlexClark I know you
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same lol
Another great vid mate! Can't wait to see the next vid to see the little fella animated! :)
best tutorial, explained everything I needed to solve my turn around rigging problems. thanks!
Hello. So pleased to hear that! Thanks for letting me know.
Please please please do another video using this Rig and show the turn around process! Very helpful video tutorials!
+DudeImSam I will try my best! Really glad you are finding my videos helpful.
Yes i find them extremely helpful Jon! I'm going into digital effects and animation at college this fall! We will be using this software so im trying to learn what i can before I start! Thank you again!
+DudeImSam Sounds like a great course. I was on holiday last week so didn't get round to recording the animation tutorial. Will do it this week. Thanks very much. Jon.
+Jon Taylor you are fantastic Jon! Thank you for what you're doing. It really helps me out! Much love and support
Jon Taylor your tutorials helped me so much thanks sir
Hello! One question, can you import adobe illustrator files with their respective layers to some Toon Boom program? I await an answer, thanks
whoa John your channel has skyrocketed, congrats and thanks, just got harmony and I am hungry for knowlege, thankfully most of the stuff I learned in animate pro translates pretty good to harmony but I still struggle with the network view and deformed are new to me. anyways thanks again mate!
+Matadorstudio Thanks for your comment. Once you learn one version then the others are pretty much the same. Let me know if you have any particular problems and I will try and help. All the best.
hi, Jon! Amazing video. Can you make a tutorial teaching how to add voices and animate the mouth? Thanks.
i think you are a great man mr jon
i love your work
thank you very much
Gonna have to try this with the video playing later. The only thing I'm a bit confused by is the chains. You make a new chain for each body part, correct? And you have to disconnect it from the Kinematic deformation node to do it and then reconnect afterward?
omg !! AWESOME VIDEO , very helpfull , as always :) , keep it up mate
Hey guys, i have a question if anybody can help ?
In order for the tween to occur can i create each pose on a separate layer and associate the parts to the same name or do I have to create one pose then tweak the vector points to create the other poses? I hope that makes sense
Why you do not want to make MASTER CONTROLER Tutorial for Harrmony ?
Great video!!! thank you for sharing your knowledge
Hello Jon, I'm really new to using toon boom and I really appreciate your videos. At 15:00 you talk about making a blank drawing and adding 3 drawings to that drawing. Can you explain in more detail how to do that, I'm really new to the program Thanks.
Hello. Basically, in the timeline create a new drawing layer within the eye group and name it 'Master_Eye_Peg'. Then on that layer create three empty drawing frames (button just above the timeline). In the camera view you can then use the Pivot tool to add a pivot point to the blank drawings (based on the eye drawings). Make sure this layer is the highest layer in the eye hierarchy and then that will control the whole eye. I hope that makes sense.
Hey! Can you please show how to use this in animation? I mean, how can I use different angles of anything in one animation
True, this video does not explain how to change 1 view to another in animation. That would be helpful.
I've been using ToonBoomStudio since about 2008 and decided to upgrade but only to essentials since that's all I need, and it's a lot more affordable. The frustrating thing is that I can't import any of my past drawings and the thought of having to rerig them all is daunting. Still, the real problem is trying to figure out how to use the software and I have a feeling that the version you're demonstrating has a lot of things in it that mine doesn't.
+bowlingballout You can ask ToonBoom to convert 4 of your previous projects from old versions. It's under your account on their website. If you're having any particular issues then please let me know and I will try and solve them. Premium is great. Thanks very much.
I hit this problem too. Studio was a different animal and the only thing they have in common that I found, is PDF format. Which sounds weird as h to me, but it preserves the vector description? Ulgh at exporting each drawing layer as PDF and reassembling.
I toyed with the idea of seeing if I could teach Automator to do this for me. Truth is, this remains unsolved.
It turns out I cannot find the button Create New Deformation Chain. Is it not available in Harmony 11?
Hi Jon, I hope you're doing well. We haven't heard from you in a while... you must be busy with big projects. I do miss seeing new sessions, and hope there more to come. You've been an enormous help in getting me up to speed with Harmony. Thanks very much for all your hard work!!
Hi Eddie, thanks for your message. Yes busy, just not with animation stuff at the mo. Hoping to do some more videos in the future but not sure when yet. I hope your projects are going well.
Hi Jon, Thanks for your reply to my message. I've spent hours watching and appreciating your tutorials, so, like a friend, I miss you when you're not around, but I know life gets busy. I'm sending you my good thoughts and hope that all is well with you and yours. Take care!!
clear ! thank you!
Great video!
To be honest, frame by frame character turns done the old fashioned way and in programs like Flash, for example, can really make this look so fantastic if you have a good grasp and practice in making them in those software's too. I learned animation and traditional drawing since i was a kid and followed through with it all through college and I try to get proficient at in in as many software's as possible. It makes you that much more employable. Harmony 15 is like a mash up of Flash animation processes, Autodesk's Maya/3ds MAX rigging setups and Node use, and Sketchbook Pro/Photoshop's tools all in one great program. I find it super easy to get into rigging and scripting, as it allows me to make the software do what I want it to do, not just what it is by default designed to do. Sure, it's a laborious, but, If you get proficient at scripting and rigging then you can even put together plugins and other scripts that can help you automate these tasks (which I have yet to try in Harmony).
Hello, thanks for your comment. I agree, you can't beat a traditional head turn but the more advanced Harmony gets (particularly in version 14) it's getting easier and easier to do with a rigged character and even faster). Having both skills will come in handy and give you even more flexibility.
please do another video!!!
Hi! Congratulations on your tutorials. They have helped me a lot!!! I saw your Minion mouth tutorial and Im wondering how to rig a mouth for a turn around character. Please can you help me with that?
Harmony is a smart bit of kit. But it is, like so many others, a steep learning curve. Good stuff.
Just take it one step at a time, learn what you need to for the current project, and then move onto the next. Over time you will fill in your knowledge gaps. I'm still learning it after 15 years! Thanks for your comment.
Been using Anme Pro for a while but it has really descended into a mess. It jsut gets worse with every 'upgrade' in terms of ease of use. Harmony looks more complex but the results seem to be at least as good if not infinately better for my purposes. Your videos etc are valued and much appreciated. Thanks.
I don't know how? But i want to know how 2d animation shows front side and side view camera angle of main character?. I mean should i have to do two character 1) front and 2) side character or there is an trick to do it with single character???
Like most 2d cartoon does front side acting or side view acting like tom and jerry, micky mouse and famouse cartoon does.
Hi! Im not sure if you still answer questions on this video, but i would like to ask, when im animating, ¿how can i change all the drawings at the same time? so that i dont have to go part by part changing to another drawing. And if i need several hands (for example one relaxed, and another one holding something), ¿do i have to add another different drawing as if it was another view?
Thanks
For the hands you need to draw diferent poses (such as you do with the mouth )
You draw different hand/foot/mouth/etc drawings on the same layer, and then use the transition timeline in the Library window on the right to set each frame to each drawing. You can also turn them into Symbols to do the same thing.
Hi Jon. Thanks again for all the great videos. Do you know if this method with the turnaround rig is usable for games? I use game bones and no curves, but I'm unsure if the drawing substitutions and moving bone deformers will work in unity. I did a test animation but it seems like all the views (side, front 3/4) is showing up at the same time in all "frames"
Hello, thanks for the question. I've never done work with games so honestly I don't know, sorry.
Please when I copy an object on a frame and paste it in another frame and try to use the transform tool to move the copy it affects the original...does anyone know how I can only move the the copy so that it won't affect the original..I've tried duplicating but it doesn't work
BIG Thanks !!!!!!! now I see clear!!!! thanks from Chile!!!!!!
Thanks for your comment. Really glad it helped!
Is it OK when group if more nodes appear connected to the new merged group ?
my pivot on my first frame is stuck and no matter how many times i move the drawing pivot it stays in thaat exact spot. help.
This video would have been so helpful to me but it's not well explained especially for a beginner like me I've been stuck at placing pivots for a turnaround character but I came across this and I'm trying to understand but it's too fast and not so detailed, could you please do another? I'll be so grateful
Thrillingly good and on point. What a pleasure to watch! I have a gap in my process knowledge and it's - how to work with deformers, squash and stretch, yet keep the character on-model? Does one revert to an un-altered model periodically? It seems like, over time, using the same model would permanently change it. Thank you in advance
+Stu VS Thanks for the message. Glad you enjoyed the vid and found it helpful. Yes I reset the pegs occasionally to make sure I'm on model. Click on the Peg and press R (reset).
Aha! And thats why we should animate the peg not the drawing layer! Lightbulb.
I watched this twice today to see what my Harmony 12 lo-end workarounds are. Thank you so much for your speedy Reply! Glad I'm subbed now. Lots to learn
Hi Jon, Thanks for the video. When you have created a turnaround how do you go about using those poses in an animation? I have a turnaround but I don't know how to reference the different angles. Also how do you go about hiding the turnaround in the file? Thanks,
+Elliot Russell Hi Elliot, thanks for your comment. I will cover this in my next video (hopefully out this week). All the best.
Awesome thanks Jon!
thanks for this ~
I'm starting out with the trial version of Harmony Essentials and I can't seem to find Node View.Do I need a certain version of Toon Boom to open up Node View?
+Scaminations Hello, yes the Node View is only available in the Premium version.
Ugh, this does look great, by the way, but this is why I stick with hand drawing frame by frame for turnarounds. Looks like rigging is still an exhausting slog of frustrating bs when it would be faster and better looking just to draw the damn frames yourself! Still, I need to learn this method anyway...
Besides that, I'm happy you guys are giving us these tutorials for free though so thanks!
I agree, it is a slog! It takes ages to rig a character but the idea is the animation process is a lot faster. You can't beat frame by frame. Glad the tutorials are helpful. All the best.
This is why ToonBoom pipelines hire people to do JUST the rigging, since it's so time consuming and requires so much understanding and thought. It astounds me that all this is required for something that seems very easy and simple to do as a turn-around.
@@andrewkful The utility of the rig, though, makes the rest of the process much much faster.
Hi, i've got a question, so if i want to create MOUTH drawing substitutions FOR EACH POSE(side, front,3/4) where shout i put them? i mean.. in the timeline... if in the MOUTH LAYER i dont have space to put bunch of drawings just for the FRONT view, because in the frame number 2 is the Drawing of the SIDE view! , or i just need to separate the FRONT, SIDE and 3/4 views in like for example.. 5 frames each, to be able to put my drawing substitutions? hope you understand the question.. thanks!
You draw them in the timeline. Spread out the poses so that each one lasts around 10-15 frames, then create new frames on the mouth layer and draw the mouth shapes for each pose. Same goes for hands, eyes, feet etc..
@@mrjontaylor Hi Jon, new to Toon Boom and your channel! I made a character following this video and am trying to now do what you discussed here. I have spread out each pose by about 15 frames, and left the frames in between each pose blank - is that the correct thing to do, or do I extend the exposure of each drawing for each pose to fill those gaps to create 15 full figures? And if i do extend everything, when I draw substitutions do I just clear the layer I want to create a substitution for and draw one?
Also, after drawing substitution body parts (hands, mouths, etc.) for each pose, how do i actually switch between them on each master pose when animating a character? I guess I just dont really understand how to animate this rig, especially with substitutions.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks so much for the repository of knowledge you've shared.
thank you sir!
Thanks alot bro!!!!
Hey Jon! Nice work, just had a question about your methods with pivots. You create a blank drawing to move the pivot location for a turnaround, but what about things like hands, where they cycle through and you'd want to keep them all in the same place? Would you not draw them all 'in place' and move the peg to the correct position on the rig? I know this causes issues with the reset transformation option (R shortcut), but I'm just wondered how you'd achieve that some of 'pieces cycle through in place' without it.
I hope that makes sense!
Ok, I hope I have understood you properly.... basically you create a blank frame for each pose and set a pivot on each. Create hands for each pose. All the hands for each pose will then default to the blank frame pivot. You just need to make sure you have the right blank frame selected for each pose so the hands don't 'pop' out of position when you switch.
Does that help?
Thanks Jon! I was interested in how you tackle the pivot issues, so that's interesting to hear you use the blank drawing method. I animate with only key info on the pegs, and nothing on the drawings, sending drawing pivot info up to the peg if you see what I mean. Just realising how hard it is to discuss Harmony via written messages! Keep up the good work :)
:) would love to see more ways of rigging , specialy the complecated ones
+Chicken Skit Anything in particular? Using more effects etc..?
***** i always wondered how to make an arm feks , have a curve rig and at the same time using Inverse Kinematics
I must admit, I've never really used Inverse Kinematics... something to look into I think.
I COVET the ability to use IK. I watched a Maya artist tutorial and wanted to jump into my screen and grab it. Hope you are making a vid of the moment you grab a character's foot and his leg follows as the sheer glee should be epic
O meu quando eu risco a tela a linha sai, depois desaparece, alguem sabe resolver?
I feel silly because no one else seems to be confused about this, but I guess I don't totally understand the reasoning for creating blank drawings for pivots. Why would a peg not work? I'm missing something.
I'm scrolling looking for answers and your comment is a year old. did you find an answer? what I get is that the peg pivot follows the drawing pivots in a way that it changes position everytime another drawing sub comes along? idk i'm not sure about this and I don't have harmony to test it out
@@angeloboose When you push the drawing layer pivot to the parent peg as instructed in the video the peg will have the same pivot point as the drawing layer. However from what I understand this only works for the peg immediately above the drawing layer. If you add an additional peg above the original peg of the drawing layer its pivot point will automatically revert to the centre of the drawing stage. To ensure you have the same pivot point you create a blank drawing as Jon did here with the same pivot as your original artwork layer. This new layer pushes its pivot up to the new peg. I've seen what I think is an easier way to do it which is to copy and paste the original artwork layer and attach it to the new peg. Because it's a clone of the original layer it will feed the same pivot point up to the new peg. I'm new to Toon Boom and this wrecked my head for a few weeks so I hope that helps.
I use toon boom essentials and I cannot find the "create new transformation chain" button....Do I just have to make 3 separate characters with their own rigging?
Hello. Deformers are only available in the Premium version but you can still create a rig with multiple views. All the best.
Not everyone has harmony premium, meaning that not everyone has access to the node view, so could you please make a tutorial on dong basically the same thing, but with only the timeline? might be more complicated or tedious, but some of us con't follow this tutorial. Thank you if the answer is yes
Hello. This is one of my most requested tutorials and I do hope to do one, just not sure when yet. I will keep you updated. All the best. Jon.
thank you so much
Hellooo, i love the tutorial, and i wanted to follow along, but the screen and work is moving too fast to see how it works... do you happen to have a follow along version of this?
Hello. No sorry, this is the only version I have. I tried to do everything once real time and then speed up the repeats. Hopefully you can still follow along. All the best.
Jon Taylor thank youuu
Same complain here
Excuse me, do you have a part 1 to this video ?
Hello. The link to Jazza's drawing video can be found in the video description. All the best.
Rig one character with this way is so time consuming, is it the only way?
hi Jon. I need your advice. I was thinking what software to choose.
What's better and more powerful to use Adobe Animate CC or Harmony Premium? Thanks in advance!
I've never used Adobe Animate. Harmony Premium is extremely powerful and many top studios use it. You are only really limited by your imagination and knowledge.
@@mrjontaylor
Thanks a lot!👍
Hi Jon Taylor, at 7:20 you were cutting out and moving the drawing cut outs to new drawing layers and I just wanted to know how you did it, did you use shortcuts?
Select the bit you want to cut in the the camera view with the cutter then go to 'Edit' then 'Create Drawing from Selection'. Hope that helps.
You are the best.
That's very kind of you. Still got a lot to learn though!
Hi! if i want to make a back pose, i just need to draw the parts that are shown right? for example.. i don't need to draw the eyes , nose , etc. what do i do with that frames? i just keep them in blank? , thankss
Yes, that's rights. For the eyes etc.. just create a blank frame.
Hey Jon, are you gonna be making videos again? ^^
+Lucky Duck No plans at the moment but who knows what might happen.
no plans? aww :c really hoping to see more from you some day c:
Not sure if you explain this in another video but how can we add motion blur to the animation?
+Stevan Chase I haven't been through all the different nodes as yet but I can add that to the list. Thanks for your comment.
Jon Taylor ok thanks!
anyone watching this can save SO much time by just drawing each body part separately from the beginning lmao
absolutely no need to draw it all together and then slowly cut everything out, and clean it up
I have made an entire character and used him in one scene. Now I want him farther back in another scene using my same rigs and drawings, except when I try shrinking him it shrinks him in every other drawing up to that point. I did the duplicate drawing shortcut but it still won't make it seperate. Please help.
+Kiah Johnson Are you creating every scene in the same file? Make sure you are using the Transform tool when scaling which should create a keyframe and not alter what went before.
+Kiah Johnson Are you creating every scene in the same file? Make sure you are using the Transform tool when scaling which should create a keyframe and not alter what went before.
+Kiah Johnson Are you creating every scene in the same file? Make sure you are using the Transform tool when scaling which should create a keyframe and not alter what went before.
***** I had the transform tool on. Maybe I didn't have the animate button. On. Anyways thnx for quick reply. This is why I'm subbed to you :D
+Jon Taylor Hey I tried exactly what you said. and Yeah it is in the same file and when I do change the size it uses a keyframe, but it still has it displaced the entire scene. Should I just make a new file for different scenes?
the rig is not working with harmony 14, can you reupload it?
+Adnan Albehani Thanks for letting me know. I currently don't have a Harmony license so unfortunately I can't update it at the moment. As and when I can I will. All the best.
I have a question regarding a very similar rig that I have to make. Is there a way to get in touch?
I'm not in a position of offer help at the moment but I hope you get it sorted. All the best. Jon.
To save time, can the same rig be used, making minor adjustments for creating many characters.?
+Tony Martinez Technically you could wipe the frames and re draw a new character within the rig. You would have to reset all the pivots etc.. Personally I find it easier to start from scratch, which eliminates a lot of issues that arise from trying to use an old rig for a new character.
Jon Taylor thanks for reply. As a beginner, do you recommend starting with the most basic version of toonboom and work up from there by upgrading as I hopefully progress?
It really depends on your budget and requirements. If you're just starting out and doing personal projects then the basic version will be fine until you get your head around it. If your looking at doing professional jobs, and can afford it, then Premium is the way to go.
I appreciate your hard work and time on this video, bro.
It's a pleasure!
Where are you? I miss your videos :(
Just taking what has turned out to be a very long break. I'm really pleased you like my videos though, thanks for the encouragement.
Miss ya Jon
That's very kind of you. I'm just taking an extended break at the mo. Thanks for your comment.
Why does your line art need to be separated from your color art ? Is it impossible to rigg without that ?
You can rig without separating the layers but it helps with the more advanced rigging techniques.
Is it necessary to have a powerful graphics card to work comfortably with harmony?
+Ariel Riquelme No not really. I have a 10 year old iMac which Harmony works well on. Rendering out can take a bit longer but that's about all.
***** I am learning a lot thanks to your tutorials, thanks for your answer.
Thanks Jon, whats the total time this took you ? 1 and a half hour ? I am thinking time invested vs how many seconds of animation you could get out of this
Jazza!
I may have missed, but, aa, how to turn all parts of the character at once? You have on the time-line three frames, and how to be in the animation? Set every part to another frame singly?
+OOO AAA Hello. I will cover this in my next video, just trying to find some time to record it. All the best
Would this be done using the Pose Swapper script by any chance Jon?
+Jason Bishop I'm still on version 12 so don't have this feature but from what I've seen the Pose Swapper would be perfect for this.... well a lot quicker anyway.
+Jon Taylor yeah it looks amazing. I had a play but couldn't quite get my head around it from ToonBoom's tutorial. I'm sure though once it's fully understood how to be set up, it will be a huge timesaver.
+Jason Bishop I should add, that I believe that version 12 does have this feature, but it has been apparently updated, improved.
I have been watching it over and over again but I still can't catch what he does with the sleeves? Anyone understand that?
What about the sleeves do you need help with?
Jon Taylor My question was, how to make the sleeves align with the upper arm but not be distorted if you stretch or bend the arm?
You have to connect the sleeves to the deformer using a "KinematicOutput" Node. Hope that helps.
@@mrjontaylor I will try that again, thanks for the feedback.
Do more tutorials !!
One day maybe, will keep you updated!
This Nervous Ned character reminds me of AVGN for some reason.
thank you..
the character file is not opening
What version are you using? I created this in version 12. I'm not sure it works in version 14. Thanks.
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Я почти ничего не понял) но большое спасибо) У нас подобные уроки уже продают как "Мастер класс" =(
Can you please slow down on the moving and rigging.
plz recode at 1080 next time
We’re is new video?
I'm live streaming tomorrow if you can join me!
...wait didn't jazza do tha' PIC?
+Fantastickle Yep, a mini collaboration!
can you do something with opentoonz
I've never looked into OpenToonz but will check it out.
***** ok sounds good
I just the next thing would be how to animate the character
+newgaming spies Someone has already requested that so its next on the list! Thanks for your comment.
***** OMG! YES!!!! I'm looking forward to it! XD
please let me know your email
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I c theres so many technique to animate...i kinda not comfortable to animate with this painful rigging...even it will make me easier to do my work but i still prefer the old traditional way...🙂..but i understand not all people have the same interest...
Sir I am a indian and became your subscriber because your video is best but I know english something something so please translate your audio voice in hindi please please please........ Sir you are so kind man
Hello. I'm glad you find my videos helpful. I don't have any plans to do translations at the moment, I just haven't got the time, sorry.
this is not beginners friendly...
This video is quite outdated. This is NOT how you rig in Harmony. Rigging is actually not complicated once you understand the hierarchy of creating a rig.