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WackyWacko |
Overwhelmed
Sep 26 2009, 3:18 PM EDT
Hi, JK-I finished a short animation using Toon Boom Studio. Now that I view my efforst I'd like to cut to a closeup for a few seconds within the animation, which is a single scene. I tried reading your tutorials (the fish & shark) to figure out how to use a pegged camera to do a quick zoom and come back out again. I don't even want a zoom, really, I just want to cut to a closeup of my character for a few seconds to show his expression and then cut back to my original framing of the scene. I learned how to use the motion pegs back, years ago, when I did my first Toon Boom animation, Hatman Seranade, but I found the whole thing overwhelmingly confusing back then and I am having that sinking feeling again. I'd forgotten that the Toon Boom system is not very intuitive. I'm sure it all seems clear to you, since you've mastered the software, but to someone like me, who lacks a tech brain, the program makes me feel dumb as a post. So, can you point me to the most simple, straight-ahead section within your tutorials that will allow me to cut to a closeup of my character and then return to my original view? Or is this one of those things, like learning jazz guitar, where one must back up and learn the entire system from teh beginning? I messed around with Apple's Motion some years ago and it was SO intuitive. I loved how I could read bits and pieces about how the program worked and then, without much pain and suffering, do all kinds of things to my movies. I do wish TBS was as intuitive. Yeah, I know, wishing is a poor substitute for digging in and studying. Thanks, E Do you find this valuable? |
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JK-TGRS |
1. RE: Overwhelmed
Sep 27 2009, 10:27 AM EDT
Be sure to read Toon Boom Fundamentals - The Basics Part 2. It is the "light switch" to understand Toon Boom.TBS is just classical animation automated. Camera View is your animation camera stand and the Scene Ops tools are your dials for controlling the camera stand. Keyframes are just the way you attach a camera stand dial setting to a specific element at a specific frame. See part two of this reply -JK Do you find this valuable? |
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2. RE: Overwhelmed
Sep 27 2009, 10:28 AM EDT
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Part 2:So think of a visual cut as follows: Camera position 1 (basic shot) switch to camera position 2 (the close up) switch back to camera position 1 (basic shot). Attach your camera to a peg and collapse that peg. Go to the first frame on that peg & select the transform tool (7). Then use keyboard short cut [ I ] to set a keyframe. That locks down your animation stand dial controls for your basic shot. Now move on the time line to the frame position where you want to return to that basic shot after your close-up and press [ I ] to set another keyframe. This will insure you can jump back to the exact same camera stand dial settings. Next go back on the timeline to the frame just before where you want the cut to the close-up to start and press [ I ] to set a keyframe which marks the end of your first shot, the basic shot. Move to the very next frame which will be your close-up shot. Now go to the Top View panel and with the transform tool (7) still as the selected tool, click and drag the camera peg while watching the camera view window to visually see when you have lined up your desired close-up.When you like the shot that you see, press [ I ] to lock it down with a keyframe.Then move forward on the timeline to the frame just prior to where you are switching back (cutting) to your basic shot and press [ I ] to set a keyframe which marks the end of your close-up shot. Make sure that you have all connecting segments on this peg set as constant segments because you don't want any "tweening". Now you have a basic shot that jump cuts to a close up and then jump cuts back to the basic shot. -JK 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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3. RE: Overwhelmed
Sep 27 2009, 11:53 AM EDT
"Part 2:Hi, JK Talk about confused--I couldn't find this page again, so I entered a note in another of your pages (somewhere!) that I'd figured out how to use the peg to (sort of) achieve my goals. I did so by studying your TBS Fundamentals Part 2 as you suggest. It helped a lot. I just zoomed in only. Thank you for all your help. -E Do you find this valuable? |