How to Animate on Toon Boom Harmony: Bouncing Ball Exercise

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How to Start Animating on Toon Boom Harmony

Using a Bouncing Ball Exercise

Course by Dani Bejarano

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Introduction

Everyone loves animation, yet not many know how it's made. While it has its differences with other kinds of filmmaking, animation proves to be a unique medium that just about anybody can do. You don't even have to know how to draw! That's what I'm here for. This course will cover the fundamentals of animation using a simple exercise, a bouncing ball, all done using Toon Boom Harmony.

ANimation

Harmony

Animation

Before making an animation, it's best to know what method to use. Like any craft, animation has a rich history and a variety of techniques. This module will cover the core history, techniques, and principles that go into animation.

Video #1 - Brief History of Digital animation

Video #2 - The 12 Principles of animation

Module review - glossary

Module quiz

Review SLides

Animation Module Review

Traditional Animation

Arcs

Digital Animation

12 Principles of Animation

Slow In and Slow Out

Computer Animation Production System (CAPS)

Straight Ahead Animation

Timing

Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)

Appeal

Pose-to-Pose

Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)

Squash and Stretch

Solid Drawing

Pixar's Toy Story (1995)

What's the difference between digital and traditional animation?

Traditional doesn't use technology.

Digital exclusively uses computers.

Digital only colors traditional frames.

Storyboards are traditional, everything after that is digital.

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Around what decade was digital animation first implemented in mainstream films?

The 50s, with Hitchcock's Vertigo (1957)

The 80s, when Pixar was founded.

The 90s, at the start of Disney's Renaissance

The 2000s, when TV started using it

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What happened as a result of the popularity of CGI animation in American films?

The market now has a variety of animation styles, 2D and 3D.

CGI animation was just a trend of the 2000s and faded out in favor of 2D.

2D animation faded out of the industry in favor of CGI.

CGI animation is still mostly used for visual effects.

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The 12 Principles of Animation only apply to hand-drawn animation.

True, the principles are considered outdated and a relic of the industry.

False, modern animation still references the principles to this day.

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What is the end goal of the 12 Principles of Animation?

Be a strict rulebook on animation as a craft.

To make animation as realistic as possible while maintaining artistic vision

To show people how to copy Disney's success.

Be a 12 step program on how to be a better artist.

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Great Job on the Quiz!

When you're ready, move on to the next module

Transition

HArmony

(If you finished both modules)

(If you finished the Animation Module)

Toon Boom Harmony

Animation can be created in a number of ways: traditional, digital, stop motion, etc. For this exercise, we'll be using Toon Boom Harmony, a digital animation program. This module will cover information and basic tools about the software.

Video #1 - about Toon boom harmony

Video #2 - the basic tools of toon boom harmony

module review - glossary

module quiz

Review SLides

Harmony Module Review

Toon Boom Animation

Layers

Toon Boom Harmony

Frames

Light Table Tool

Brush Tool

Pencil Tool

Onion Skin Tool

Eraser

Select Tool

When and where was Toon Boom Animation founded?

1986 in Richmond, California

1975 in Paris, France

1994 in Montreal, Québec

1912 in New York City, New York

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What does Toon Boom Harmony specialize in?

Video Editing

Storyboarding

Digital Animation

Production

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About how many countries use Toon Boom Harmony worldwide?

23

67

130

206

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Toon Boom Harmony is regarded as the industry standard because...

It's the easiest software for new animators to learn

TBA monopolized the entire market, so it's the only one studios use

It has a multitude of tools and applications for different projects

It's the cheapest animation software available for smaller studios

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What is the main difference between the brush tool and the pencil tool?

Pencil is used for initial sketches, while brush is used for final drawings

Pencil works in bitmap, brush works in vector

Brush is used for inital sketches, while pencil is used for final drawings

Pencil maintains its shape when erased, brush reshapes every time

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Great Job on the Quiz!

When you're ready, move on to the next module

Transition

Animation

(If you finished both modules)

(If you finished the Harmony Module)

Moving onto the Exercise

Now that we know the fundamentals of both animation and Toon Boom Harmony, we can move on to the final exercise! If you feel like you need to review, the previous modules will be accessible to go back to.

Toon Boom Harmony

Click here to review the tools and uses of Toon Boom Harmony.

Bouncing Ball

Click here to continue onto the final exercise.

Animation

Click here to review the history and techniques of animation.

Bouncing Ball

We've finally made it to the core exercise of the course! Using the knowledge of both animation and Toon Boom Harmony, we'll be creating a short animation of a ball bouncing across the screen. This module will cover the methods needed to apply to the animation.

Animating a bouncing ball on toon boom harmony

Video: The bouncing ball - Principles and methods

module quiz

module review

Review SLides

Final Exercise Module Review

Bouncing Ball Exercise

Slow In and Slow Out

Timing

New File

Tick Marks

Spacing

Squash and Stretch

Testing

Arcs

Exporting

Why is the bouncing ball exercise so important in animation?

Walt Disney always bounced his childhood rubber ball in the studio

It's actually not, you can animate without knowing this exercise

It's a simple action that covers a lot of principles of animation

It's surprisingly complex and a strong indication of your skills

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Which of these principles don't directly apply to the exercise?

Spacing

Appeal

Arcs

Squash and Stretch

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What is the first step of the exercise?

Deciding the type of ball

Drawing the arcs

Drawing the key frames

Creating a new file

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Why do we make the frames two at a time?

So that we have a backup drawing if we mess up

The animation is on 2s, meaning that it will move faster and more fluidly

IDK I was just following directions

It's the default method

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What's the final step of the exercise?

Adjusting the timing of the animation

Exporting the animation into a video format

Coloring in the ball

Testing the animation again

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Congratulations!

Call it simple, but you've officially made your own animation! Whether or not you could draw, you were able to make your creation come to life and that is the true step into the world of animation.

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