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Applying a Smart Warp to a Raster Image. All of the points can now be key framed. It's hard to believe I made it to the last nine tutorial videos for Moho Pro 12 but here we are. The final nine. These videos focus on all the new features added to Moho Pro 12 that you won't find if you bought the cheaper Debut version. So, to find out what you're missing, or to see what you have (if you did or are buying the Pro version) read on. Read the previous post here . These are the final nine video tutorial titles covered in this post. Each title is linked to its corresponding video on the SmithMicro YouTube channel : Pro New Features Work Space Creation Switch SelectionWindow Bezier Handles Smart Warp - Image Smart Warp - Vector Import Export Actions Realistic Motion Blur Timeline Enhancements Moho Exporter The first in the list, Pro New Features is pretty much just a run down of new features covered in more detail in the upcoming tutorial videos and includes some features already...

Pin Bones - Moho 12 It really has been a marathon of video watching and at this point I'm down to the final 18 Moho tutorial videos that came with my software purchase. These videos focus specifically on the new features of Moho Debut and Pro 12 . I'm eager to get through these as quickly as possible so, let's get straight to it. You'll find my previous post here . The list below are the tutorial titles that I've completed for this post and my summaries of each follow after that. Each title is linked to its corresponding video on YouTube. Debut New Features New GUI New Library New Layers Panel Bone Enhancements Pin Bones Auto Freeze Keys SVG Import Export Distorting an image using pin bones. The first video in this batch is the only video for Moho Debut, the lower priced and fewer features version of the software. It's a basic run through of what's new that's common to both the Debut and Pro versions. Interesting to watch if you've gotten this far b...

Continuing on with my quest to learn Moho Pro 12 . Can I get through the final twelve advanced tutorials this post? Will I make a start on the final run of 'What's New in Moho Pro 12?' tutorials? Can you believe my attention span has lasted this long - oooh shiny! The list below are the tutorial titles that I've completed for this post and my summaries of each follow after that. As you can see, I made it through the final twelve... Pro - Blend Morphs Pro - Flexi-Binding Pro - Particle Source Pro - Real Time Media Connection Pro - Scripting Pro - Improved Onionskins Pro - Preview Animation Pro - Advanced Importing Pro - Importing PSDs  (Photo Shop Documents) Pro - Advanced Exporting Pro - GPU Acceleration Pro - Step By Step Turning Alvin's head to the left using Blend Morphs. Blend Morphs are a relatively quick way to apply smooth transitions between two action states of various vector points. For example, say you have a character facing directly toward the camera. B...

It's hard to believe I'm still going with my quest to learn Moho. It's definitely been an up hill battle but I'm determined to get to the final run of video tutorials that will teach me what is actually new in the latest release of the application. Unfortunately that's not going to happen with this installment which continues on with the Advanced Moho Pro Tutorials from video 28. In this installment I've drifted through another six tutorial videos and am finally starting to discover some of Moho's more useful features. The list below are the tutorial titles and my summaries of each follow after that. I wish I could make demonstration animations for every aspect but I really don't want to prolong my training any more than it already is. Pro - Enhanced Timeline Pro - Key Frame Editing Pro - Actions ( Make sure you watch this! ) Pro - Editable Motion Graphs Pro - Bounce - Stagger and Elastic Pro - Advanced Physics The Enhanced Timeline tutorial is an over...

Reallusion's CrazyTalk Animator 3 or Smith Micro's Moho Studio Pro 12. Which of these 2D animation applications is right for you? Regular readers of this blog will know I'm a strong supporter, and fairly proficient user of CrazyTalk Animator since version 1. It's a great piece of software for producing 2D animations from purchased content quickly and, with version 3, is easier than ever to create animations from your own art. Lesser known is that I first purchased Moho Studio Pro 12 (then known as Anime Studio Pro 9) back in October of 2012 and have been upgrading it to the latest version ever since because I believed in it as an application for creating great 2D animation to TV quality standard. As such, it's a much more complex application than CTA3 that I only got around to learning properly late last year. I'm still in the process of blogging my progress . Despite this I feel I've learned enough of Moho to compare it to CTA3 to help you determine whic...

A brief look at 6 more of Moho's Pro Video tutorials in my continuing series following my progress of learning SmithMicro's animation studio . Of most interest here is the ability to create and import 3D objects. To me that's a little beyond the scope of 2D animation software but if you do want to combine 2D characters with 3D environments it is nice that you can achieve that without having to leave the program. There's also a brief introduction to importing 3D characters from SmithMicro's Poser software. Whilst you can still animate these characters directly in Moho the control method seems very limited (just based on what I've seen thus far). Anyhow, these are the Video Tutorials I completed and have briefly summarized: Pro - 3D Shape Design Pro - AS11 Pro Poser Pro - Advanced Camera Tools Pro - Depth of Field Pro - Depth Shifting Pro - Advanced Timeline A simple shape with 3D effects  Extrude and Inflate applied. 3D shape design covers the basics of turning f...

Toon Boom Harmony is widely considered the industry standard for primarily 2D animation. You don't get to be that if your software isn't exceptional. However, industry standard and exceptional usually translates to steep learning curve and probably contains more features than I'll ever use. So, in reviewing the latest version, Harmony 14, I'm setting out to answer two questions; How easy is it to learn the basics and is it software an independent artist/animator, like myself, should seriously consider as their go to, 2D animation studio of choice? Toon Boom were kind enough to give me a 90 day Harmony Premium license for this review (Harmony is also available in Essentials and Advanced versions) but I thought, since they offer a free 21 day trial, I'll give myself that to write this review. Will it be enough to answer my two previous questions and is a 21 day trial enough for you to make a decision as well? Let's find out... To be clear, I'm not setting out...