Moho (Anime Studio) Tutorials

Have you ever brought an image into Anime Studio and wished you could somehow make a character or object appear behind one part of the image, while still being revealed in another? While you could go into another software and break this image apart, you can also achieve the effect through masking, without having to leave Anime Studio. This tutorial shows you how to create an invisible mask and allow a character to run behind a pillar on a static bitmap image.

Recorded By: Jim Mills
Narrated By: Chad Troftgruben

This is the first of three video tutorials to show you how I rig eyes and animate them in anime studio. I made this tutorial last year but it didn't have audio commentary so I thought I'd redo it! I apologize if I was using short cuts to fast but I think that if you learn to use the shortcut keys you'll learn to love them and increase your production speed and you'll wonder how you ever lived without them!

Eye Rigging Part 2

Eye Rigging Part 3

This is another "sort of" lighting and shadow tutorial. I probably could make a whole series on just lighting effects but I think these, in particular, are pretty useful and easy to do.
The first technique I show you is how to use just a simple cut out shape to create a spotlight. I've made a tutorial about this before but it's a good refresher.
The second little technique is creating shadows for a moving character. Yes, you can use the built-in shadow effect but this video shows you how to create a shadow that's a little more dynamic so you can place it anywhere you like.
And the last technique is creating police lights or flashing lights. It's just a little more tricky because it involves some masking and changing layer blending modes, but once you get it

How to use Smart Bones in Anime Studio and make 2D animation look like 3D.

In this tutorial of Stayf Draws I show you how to animate a bumblebee using Smart Bones in Anime Studio Pro 11.
Check out the first part of this tutorial

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Anime Studio Pro 11 - Animation of 2D character with life-action. Learn how to use the natural brushes. How to paint real fur. A character setup with smartbones, switch layers and masks. How to do your compositing of your character in Anime Studio Pro 11.

This is a short video of the animation process. If you want to see the entire tutorial you can rent it for 24 hours or buy it and download the video file at: Vimeo On Demand.

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