Moho (Anime Studio) Tutorials

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

A little technique on making continuous movement around vector objects using the curve profile option

This is a really quick video on how to use a photo in anime studio and create a cutout-puppet animation. This technique is a great way to cutout photos if you don't have any image editing software like photoshop or would just like to streamline your workflow and work in anime studio exclusively! I think this technique would also be great for any type of puppet animation of any hand drawn characters as well!

Hey everyone! A lot of people want to know how to hold and throw objects so here's a quick tutorial to show you how. This is not a new technique and has been around for a long time but I still thought I'd share for those of you who don't know how.

First, bind your object to a bone.
Second, parent that bone to your hand bone/s.
Third, to release, break the parenting of the object bone in the timeline!

You can use this technique to grab, hold or release with any object!

Showing a very basic rig, building a basic walk cycle, and how to make a plethora of walks using Selgin's revolutionary (quite literally :P) backwards foot locking technique. I also quickly go over how to reproduce the 'la linea' look.

Read more about it here in Selgin's post:
http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14166

How to achieve this look (intersecting solid line) tutorial:
http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17193&highlight=linea

This is a tutorial on how to simulate a flag or any other type of material look like it is blowing in the wind as well as how to simulate cloth movement...somewhat realistically!

This technique was NOT created by me! All credit goes to Victor Paredes.

https://www.youtube.com/user/tazatriste

For those of you who don't know, he is an Anime Studio Guru, professional animator and works with SmithMicro!

This was upload with his permission on the channel "Gilbert Concepcion". The channel seems to be inactive for a few years but you can check out his original video here!

This video covers the same concept but uses bones so you can add textures or pictures onto your object if you want to make your objects look more realistic.

The video also covers a technique I came up with a long time ago to mimic the movement of cloth. It's not perfect but you guys might find it useful for your animations!

Cortosis - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license
Source | Artist

Here is a way to have different "sets" of bones inside of the same character.

More info on the LM forum

This is a tutorial that was originally done and described by Funksaname on the anime studio forum. It is a technique for users can use to make great looking bending arms and legs without the use of anime studio patches or using masking techniques! Again, this is not my idea, all credit goes to funksmaname!!!!

This is a tutorial on how to cutout photos that you import to anime studio. This technique uses masking and creates very sharp edges because the mask itself is a vector output!

So this tutorial is another particle effect tutorial on making all of the listed above as well as smoke. I tried uploading this and it was immediately demonized because of that word I'm thinking. Anyway, you can use this technique to create all kinds of cool effects as long as you have Anime Studio Pro 7 or above. It must be the Pro versions as you'll have to use particles.