Toon Boom DIGITAL PRO

[RickyDbZ]

i know i looked for toon boom digital pro but only found toon boom studio.... i loked google and youtube and almoust everywhere i could for tutorials..so i finaly came here to ask you some help for tutorials...

arigato :)

[bleupencil]

Do you want tutorials or the program itself?
And are you sure you looked? Because you can find them easy enough.

Some demos (not necessarily tutorials) can be found on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toon+boom+digital+pro&search_type=

and tuts can be downloaded from the website:
http://www.toonboom.com/products/digitalpro/eLearning/tutorials/

You can also download the personal learning edition too:
http://www.toonboom.com/products/digitalpro/eLearning/ple.php

[RickyDbZ]

yeah i did i watched the " how good is " on youtube about 33 times...and its awsome and sorry i found those on the original site after i posted.. ( 1- 2 hours.. ) and now im downloading them and thx for the links i will take a look in there :) thx again

[RickyDbZ]

ok first im sorry for double posting - but only so i can make this visible to all of you... if i edited... it will be kind of a the same... ok i downloaded alll and EVERY SINGLE ON OF THOSE TUTORIALS ... and aint good for NOTHING iN.O.T.H.I.N.G I mean i have this gorgeus software i watched demos what cool animations u can make with it and cant wait to learn in it how to animate charachters or bring them to life but almoust every and single each one of the titlesof those movies is totaly random... i mean the title dosent have NOTHING to do with the video ( btw every download = 10 - 20 videos ) ... and stilll ain explaining good at all . agh ... so .. any1 helping me :P ?

[bleupencil]

Well what is your objective? Cut-out animation or hand drawn stuff? Will you be drawing it on paper/scanning/and importing it, or drawing straight into the program.

The program has a major variety of uses and tools, so it's difficult to help you when we don't know what you want to do other than "just learn it". In that case, you should either read the program's Help manual, hopefully it can help you get started off to where you want to go. Combine that with experimenting efforts of trial and error.

[RickyDbZ]

well i wanna learn how to make charachters i mean i rough draw them ... then what ? next frame and take it over again just changed a lil to see it animateing ? sure not .. but ... then what ?:| i already watched 80 % off them and they are starting to Kill me :|
but thx..

[bleupencil]

Sorry, you're not making sense there.
I guess it must be a language barrier, I really don't understand what it is you want to learn.

[RickyDbZ]

well i see u are from australia... i will try a little moore... so im making a character i simpoly draw it with that bursh/pencil w/e .. then what ? can i texture it ( i dont really care about textures but w/e ) how to color it and how to make here scheme or something if its possible so i can move simply the charachters without to re-draw it and . how to make the stupid character apear in more frames ( with the frame i found out how to make... ) ... then animate-ing them with the scheme or whatever its his name,... can u understand now ?:|

[rindolphus]

well i see u are from australia... i will try a little moore...

"...because, otherwise you would understand, 'cause it's standard english?" Duh! :banghead

Yes, she doesn't understand because you're not talking Aussie mate. Poor thing, she's helpless. But it helps if you put it in their lingo like this:

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree... and that's whyyyy, well he can't be keyframed, 'cause the damn tree is in the way. After tying to use Digital Pro, people see me and say: "He's got a few roos loose in the top paddock." And I really feel like this programme has me by the short and curlies. I'm not pissing in your pocket mate!! The other day I was up at a sparrows fart, and after giving birth to a politician, I decided to learn the damn thing. Useless. Concluded that the people who did it were probably a stubbie short of a sixpack. Ya know, a few crumbs short of a biscuit. And 3,000 Quids; naah, It's not worth a brass razoo. Too useless to grow chokos on a backyard dunny.

Sure you'd get a better response that way.

(P.S. Just being utterly sarcastic, Amanda. But I know you alredy knew that :p)

[RickyDbZ]

uhm i really didnt understand evrything but.. that was certainly not an anwser but w/e thx anyway ... i guess il go search again for another software... he he like always :) cant animate because i dont have a software... pretty SUCKS !.... but whatever

[RickyDbZ]

yeah whatever i need a little help , dose anyone know why i cant render? or why the case is appearing all in a RED square ....i can render to SWF but no way to qucik movie or something , anyone helping me ?

[kdog]

People are trying, Ricky, whether you realize it or not.

I responded to your art gallery thread so I won't get into everything here again, but my honest impression is that digital pro is a bit steep for you at the moment. You can get a whole lot out of studio, including cut out animation, which it sounds like you want to do, and the learning curve isn't quite as steep as digital pro.

If you are totally sold on digital pro, then the best place I could suggest asking for help would be the dgital pro forums on the toon boom site.

[RickyDbZ]

step ? i meanif now its step i really dont see why it would be less step for me in the future .. i decided to start on professional software and try and try and not give up until im finished :) and thx again for help :) ill go ask there for help :D

[ToonBoomTD]

RickyDbZ, did you download and install the kick-start video files for Digital pro? Also see the "paperless animation" PDF's accessible via the help menu in Digital Pro.

Place don't take this the wrong way. but do you have any animation training? I have used Toon Boom's software for over ten years and have trained a lot of people on it. I can tell you that from experience that it's a steep learning curve, even for most industry veterans. Most studios have a difficult time finding staff who we well trained in Digital Pro or Harmony. It's even harder to find people who know the software inside and out (like myself) who don't already work at Toon Boom Inc.

I would highly recommend starting with Town Boom studio. you can search for z tutorial called "how to animate with Toon Boom Studio" and start with that. It is a step by step lesson (including work files and finished files) from basic drawing lessons, animation timing, cut -out animation etc. It's a great way to start for anyone who is completely new to animation.