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by slowtiger
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Tips & Techniques
Topic: Head Turn
Replies: 3
Views: 239

Re: Head Turn

Looks a lot like my very first smart bone attempts ... The trick is to have more than just start and end keys for the different face parts, and to set those right you need some guide. I do my head turns in a bitmap program first, correct a lot until each and every frame looks right. Only then I impo...
by slowtiger
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: Tips & Techniques
Topic: Animating with Cages and Bars
Replies: 9
Views: 442

Re: Animating with Cages and Bars

The cage and bar outlines are much fatter than the cat's outlines. If anything, they should be less prominent. Shadow and highlights are essential to show the cylindrical shape of bars. Also there sould be stronger contrast in the shadows inside the cage. In life action you'd film this with a long l...
by slowtiger
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Jitter Associated with Track Camera
Replies: 5
Views: 353

Re: Jitter Associated with Track Camera

I tried to google "shatter" which is the term I learned for the effect of jittery/blinky BG elements in a camera pan, but Google doesn't let me do it anymore - it's only offering "shutter" which is not what I want. Enshittification if internet in full action! More googling only c...
by slowtiger
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Jitter Associated with Track Camera
Replies: 5
Views: 353

Re: Jitter Associated with Track Camera

This is normal behaviour. There's nothing wrong with the first version.

Bigger productions may give the fastest moving plates a motion blur pass. Since those characters don't move you could give the 2 layers some treatment with directional blur.
by slowtiger
Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Never Used Particles
Replies: 6
Views: 7609

Re: Never Used Particles

Affinity is the maker, its programs are called Photo, Designer and Publisher, and are able to replace Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign (the unholy Adobe Trinity).
by slowtiger
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Never Used Particles
Replies: 6
Views: 7609

Re: Never Used Particles

Don't fret about that. Although new versions of programs are nice, I find that I still can do (and do) about 90% or more of my jobs with 10 yr old versions or even older. My Photoshop is from 2010 and still works fine (but I own Affinity already).
by slowtiger
Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Moho Export - Wrong Colors!
Replies: 2
Views: 207

Re: Moho Export - Wrong Colors!

Project view is not to trust in delicate stuff like this, oly the rendered result counts.

That said: you can test your setup by writing down the RGB values for some of your shapes in Moho, then open the rendered image in Photoshop or the like and check if the values are the same.
by slowtiger
Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Cutout animatiion software for children?
Replies: 4
Views: 1015

Cutout animatiion software for children?

Next weekend I will introduce a 9 yr old to animation. For a start he wants to know how to get images/drawings into the computer, and then how to move them.

Can any of you recommend some sofware for Mac, besides Moho?
by slowtiger
Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: PSD file in Moho 14
Replies: 23
Views: 8480

Re: PSD file in Moho 14

Photoshop does a good enough job itself to export layers as single image files (in any format). See under File > Script.
by slowtiger
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Masking Multiple Layers?
Replies: 6
Views: 4620

Re: Masking Multiple Layers?

One quirk with more complex masks is that they may not display correctly in project view. If you find something wrong, always do a quick render cmd-R to check.
by slowtiger
Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Masking Multiple Layers?
Replies: 6
Views: 4620

Re: Masking Multiple Layers?

Anything you put into the same group can be masked by the same mask.
by slowtiger
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: How do I delay the start of a particular movement?
Replies: 2
Views: 3886

Re: How do I delay the start of a particular movement?

The basic concept is like this:
Any movement happens between 2 keyframes. Create one key with the element at start position and one key with the element at end position.
by slowtiger
Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Tips & Techniques
Topic: Preparing images for animation
Replies: 6
Views: 12867

Re: Preparing images for animation

There are several ways to prepare images for Moho (Hell, I already sound like ChatGPT!). It depends on what you want to do with them. - BG images: just import them as they are. Images of more than 5000px or so of height tend to slow dwn Mmoho, so avoid this. - Props: cut them out in your favourite b...
by slowtiger
Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: + Backstage/Making Of :) --> Music Video Visuals and Character Animations for 'Tilo - Master Reel'
Replies: 5
Views: 6026

Re: Music Video Visuals and Character Animations for 'Tilo - Master Reel'

Very nice! So much to like here. But why is the first tentacle playing under the bass strings?