Beginners Guide To Animation
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What gear or software you need for animation is going to depend on what you want to create. some apps are great for beginners like Flippa Clip and other animation programs are geared more toward professionals and can cost a lot more. Same with much of the hardware out there.
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Flipaclip is exactly what my 9 year old son uses for making his animations on CZcams
Noice! Even I do dat!
Just asking, do you mind putting a link to your sons channel, or telling me his channel name please? I’d like to see his animations.
I destroyed the Flipaclip watermark
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It’s mind blowing think how many begginers, intermediates and professionals Brad has helped
It’s 2021...
andd he just doesn’t stop!!!
Ikr
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I'm so glad this wasn't just "here are the free/cheap options! You don't need the pro-tools at all!"
Nothing is more frustrating than having illustrators tell me, as an animator, that their illustration software is just as good at animation just because they like drawing in it more.
Frame-by-frame is great, but draining, if you're not getting paid for it.
Learning how symbols and tweens work is such a time saver.
Also, I like how you mentioned using the Adobe suite in conjunction with itself, rather than just the one-off of just Animate. I feel like that's something a lot of Adobe haters don't mention; a lot of the apps work together in ways that would be more expensive if you payed for each function individually.
This video was so good.
I destroyed the Flipaclip watermark
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Yup I can't even imagine drawing frame by frame for simple stuff like moving a head from left to right😂😂
I made frames in procreate
it doesn't support tweening
help me out
can I export them to another app and then tween?
I would do frame to frame since I am home school so I have all day :D
@@manansoni8774 hey did you find a solution regarding it
I am starting animation and had bought an iPad can you give me some tips regarding how to use the iPad for animation for the best result with minimum time waste
When your biggest dream is becoming an animator since fourth grade but you are still drawing/animating with your mouse. And only thing you can do is watching amazing videos like this. Man, you and your channel is absolutely perfect and needs more attention. Thanks for giving us always good stuff💜
Lol, I remembered drawing with a mouse and it was pretty annoying until I used the shape tool
@@angel-it9dj Well, I'm using the shape tool and it is still annoying-
im in 5th and has a drawing tablet lmao
@@sickassguitarsolo Well, I use the dot thing and pen pressure tool to make my cringy art look like drawn with a tablet. I had to use many ctrl + Z
For the shape tool part, I just drag to the shape I want and reshape with the dot things
@@m0caaa I'm in 9th and still don't have drawing tablet lol.
But.
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Everyone: We want to do amazing things for free without any effort!
Brad: ...So...this is going to be expensive, and you are going to have a lot of learning to do
Yea, getting extremely good software doesn't make someone good at drawing instantly , it takes maximum effort
Yeah skill is a requirement, but sometimes an expensive software is just straight up a bad idea. maybe Pencil2D or Krita (free and open source apps) have small animation capacity but that could be all things someone need, and there's OpenToonz that was a software used by Ghibli and became free and open source.
You may buy an expensive pro level animation software, but you may just not use pro level tools in them, it makes more sense to to use a free software especially when you are just starting.
Pencil2D: Simple frame by frame animation with simple drawing capacity
Krita: A great digital art program with great drawing capacity and basic frame by frame animation (is unstable with audio, but you could use a video editor for adding audio)
OpenToonz: Used by Ghibli and became free and open source on 2016, may seem to complex (there's Tahoma2D, a fork (derivation) of OpenToonz, with the goal of being simpler and some more features)
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Animating is a different kind of hell.
Learning it may be easy to some, and extremely hard to others.
To me, it's really hard, so using Flipaclip for now is enough, until I'm ready for a payed program.
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I was totally thinking about doing a 2D animation with Blender while watching this! I'm glad to know it's possible, even if the learning curve is steep. I've played around with it before and it does seem daunting at first, but I guess that goes hand in hand with having so many tools at your disposal in one program.
Congrats on the 500K subs Brad. Thanks for a great video!
I've been waiting for this!
Animation is something I’ve wanted to do since the 1970’s. It’s a top 10 bucket list goat for me.
Go start rn if you wanted to be one
Or you will live life with regret
@@basilplushie2534Totally agree with you.
Do it *NOW!* Or else you might regret it!
Love the video as always. What I like most about your videos is you are not afraid to look at cheap or free alternatives. When pointing people to a pen display you are honest and point people to budget friendly alternatives and are not pushing Wacom first (looking at you here Marc Brunet). I use either a Huion kamvas pro 16 , Surface pro 2017, or my new Samsung tab s7+ for drawing. I have used Wacom but for the money no longer find them worth it (unless you REALLY want a 4k pen display).
Brad taught me how to draw and now how to animate. He's quite a phenomenal teacher
Lately, I've been thinking about trying out Blender.
In the past, I was a hardcore digital illustrator/graphic designer who wasn't interested in using other programs that were not for my expertise. But, one day, in one of my works at my office, they asked me to make a motion graphic animation; at first, I didn't know how to use After Effects and programs like that and I can't say no. So, I took a deep breath and started to watch tutorials about what is After Effects. And oh boy, I never thought that I could use this app! Ever since then, I expanded my skills and added a new one to my list.
Who knows? Perhaps 3D art could be a new skill that I will add to my resume just like I did with programs like After Effect and Premiere Pro :)
I have decided to dig in animation yesterday and you just uploaded it today😍
Same pinch dude. Me too.😁
This is amazing I was really thinking about animation stuff
I was so curious about this
Thnx Mr brad
Great overview. I've used Blender for years for 3D work and just now getting into their 2D stuff. For simple stuff I'd stick to Procreate, for more complex, Blender, or Animate. All I really want is Animate on the tablet, iPad or Samsung.
If you want procreate then you need an iPad.
I have been waiting for this for a LOOOONG time man
Same
Congrats on 500k and thank you for all the help
i was gonna animate some stuff for the first time and you uploaded this... thanks a lot 💕
Adobe is expensive, but you know there's a saying that you can get anything for free if you know where to look at
*getintopc intensifies*
@@editoons15 so relatable all my Adobe apps are from getintopc
Exactly .... i mean imagine paying a life time subscription to keep using a software that if you stop paying you lose access to it
The feeling of the permanent ownership of an app feels good
@@ultranova3315 😂
@@Yazoon_S I wish they at least had an option to buy it once for like $80 per version. Like if you bought the 20.0 version, it would keep giving you updates for it, like 20.781. But they make you keep paying for it.
congratulations on 500k!!🎁🎊🎉
Thank you very much. I'm just getting started and need all the help I can get!
Krita is great for 2d and blender is great stick with it daily for a year and you will become a pro.
Thanks for the shoutout, Brad! 🚀😆 Great video!
2 years ago?!
But what about Krita? It's mostly for illustration but it does have some basic tools for animation AND it's free
He said he didn't want to list every single app, but he did show it at 3:05. There's also an info card linking to the video. *I know this is from months ago, mostly saying it for people just now watching.
Nah Krita is not as good as OpenToonz it doesn't have all the features you need for animation but it is the best free digital art software.
Congratulations on 500k Brad 🥳
This was helpful. And encouraging. Thank you!
Congrats on reaching half a million subs, keep up the good work
Please make a tutorial for adobe animate. Would help a lot!
Yes!
Yeah I wish Brad would go more in the direction of art and how-tos of software. His drawing tablet reviews are great but I stopped watching them once I actually bought one. More art videos would keep getting my +1 view at least.
Congrats on 500K!
I'd also add OpenToonz/Tahoma to the list. It's a very powerful, free tool, but a little wonky. Also, Krita has a fairly basic animation component. The 2d component of Blender is called Grease Pencil and it's a very powerful tool that has a lot of CZcams tutorials.
omg this is so helpful bc im so interested in animation but idk where to start or what to do
Just do it, don't wait for someone to say when to start and just start drawing
wow I'm starting a youtube animation channel, it has always been my dream to animate my own stories so this was helpful, getting hyped now!~
Would you be surprised if I said I use Pencil2D. I use vector mode, the Pencil2D Team try to persuade you not to do this, as they say the tools are still in development.
But I find them awesome to use. I use them for production jobs. My animation past includes using Flash & Moho.
Moho is great, older versions of it are great as well. They also have a debut option of the software that is shrunken down in terms of what it can do, but also has a shrunken price of usually $50. Something to also point out with Moho is that it has finally gotten back into the hands of the company Lost Marble, who started the project when it was Anime Studio. The future is bright with them.
Thank you so much for this video!!! It helps a lot to get over my "fear of drawing" lol
Congrats to 500k Brad 😊
Congrats on 500k!!!
omg??? for the past couple of days i’ve literally been contemplating whether or not i want to major in animation when i go to University 😯
Uni is a waste of time
@@Ihavetoreturnsomevideotapes you don't have to tell me 😮💨 i already dropped out😭
@@willowminss why bro
I personally chose Krita ..and loved that, it can produce some High Quality animations
(frame by frame only)
Happy 500k Brad!!!!!!!!!!
Woohooooo!!!!
Please make a video on how to motivate yourself to make animations
Hmm, that seems like an interesting subject
I can help:
1. Get off youtube and start drawing/sketching first so you know at least a little bit about drawing
2. Dont be lazy. Try, Practice and stop saying you dont know how to do something.
3. If you need to have "motivation" before you have even started, then you dont have enough interest in animation...so do something else. Nothing worth while is instantaneous...it takes discipline to get better.
*Animation takes a lot of time, skill and patience to get good. If you dont have any of those and arent willing to invest in them, you should find something else to do. Making no effort at all is sure way to never get good ...at anything in life
@@avidadolares hmm thanks for this, but i cant get off youtube rn, its a pretty critical stage in my audience growth, im practicing side by side tho
@@TanakaKun69 Then you will have to find time for the other part in learning animation...if you are interested. Its up to how badly you want to learn and are you willing to put the time in....same as everything in life. Other option is to hire someone to make stuff for you, if it is content based.
I am totally into Blender and you are right, the learning curve is steep and there are not enough (proper) tutorials out there wich makes it even harder. It is almos based on self teaching. Most tutorials are for 3D and they are awesome...
Hi
Will you like to learn more on animation?
@@dmsub70_giveawayontelegram26 Yes, of course.
I just downloaded an animation app with 0 animation knowledge just for fun and I drew a couple of slides with sketches and I already see why everyone loves animating. It's so satisfying.
What app on what device?
Can you give me the name?
I have a question can you suggest a 3rd party stylus that has pressure sensitivety and is relatively cheap ?
Congratulations for 500K bro ❤️
Hi Brad, can you please try the TCL NXTPAPER for sketching outdoors? Their reflective display technology is supposed to be responsive like standard lcd and reducing eye strain like eink, but does it suffer from glare issues outdoors and have they got the stylus features implemented well?
I love your content. Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial 😩♥️
Dude perfect timing
Was thinking abt this rn
I have an artist 12 pro but I just don’t know what to do in order to animate.
Do you use the ipad as a tablet for drawing in adobe animate? Or only procreate? For example you can use sidecar on the mac to turn an ipad into an input display. But I'm not sure if the pressure sensitivity connected to the computer is as good as with procreate directly?
Congrats on 500k!
Thanks you thank you 😀
Hi Brad! thanks to your video I was able to put together a target for my learning journey, and I was wondering if you know a mentor or a boot camp that you'd recommend to learn procreate, toon boom, and Maya? I intend to give it a full time dedication
Congrats on 500K !! great video as always :D
I want to start my own animation show like the proud family, what’s the best way to do so?
Hey Brad - another great video! Could you please tell me what mic that is you are using? Thanks!
I have some modest skills in animation & I've been wanting to dive back into, & this is really helpful, I've seen some pretty cool short animations done with procreate I was surprised at how well some are able to do using the program in fact some have channels focused around procreate cartoons, I'm planning to get an iPad for procreate mainly to practice digital drawing & painting but I also look forward to trying the animation feature. I have dabbled with blender & you're right the learning curve is steep, thanks Brad.
I am starting animation and digital art so I bought an iPad can you give me some tips regarding how to use the iPad for animation for the best result with minimum time waste.
How do people use procreate to make animation?
I have seen people making small animation on procreate but for making 10-minute animation can I combine all short animation
and can we save components and tweens in procreate
@@shubhamkaushik5798 why does everyone just jump to getting apple iPads when it comes to digital art 💀💀💀
You are helping us so much thank you
Really helpful, thanks a ton! :D
Which ipad animation app is user friendly for adding and syncing your own music to? I need to add music and also sync it to match certain frames in the animation.
Congratulations on 500k
Brad congrats on 500k
4 years into blender now
It is not as hard as you think especially if you are interested or you have hyperfocus (some people can stay on something for hours but they get easily bored from others)
Now you can do 3d animation, but you can do 2d animation too! Or VFX, CGI level VFX, you can edit videos or audio, and any thing related to 3d so you don't need an external app to improve your model.
Hyperfocus only works if you understand what you're doing.
Having ADHD and trying to learn something while not understanding won't activate hyper focus.
Great vid, I'm a heavy Animate user. If you want to do motion graphics After Effects is a good option. Maya student version is free
I want to make fun 2d animations that go along with songs I love as a side project. I want a good drawing tablet to do this on though. What should I buy?
Tysm for this video😍
I'm studying animation and have fallen in love with TVPaint. Got a great discount, the community is really friendly and helpful plus you can also run the full pro version on the Galaxy tab S10+ and it is rock solid. Toon boom storyboard is wonderful haven't played with Harmony. Grease pencil is insane. Weird but fun.
Edit. Opentoonz is pretty cool too but for my money TVPaint is the winner. Warning it can be a little eccentric in how it works or very Amiga.
How much?
Thank you for the video !!!!
When will you review WICK EDITOR ? I've been able to use the web version even on my phone, very similar to flash/animate
Thank you! I need a solution to scroll text across the screen (not handmade text but an imported text, like something from my Fontbook app on Mac). What do you recommend?
I learned so much from this!!! Thank you a lot!!!
Great vid! Thanks for the heads up, I think im gonna give UE5/Blender a go eventually! but for now, Adobe Animate
I mostly use procreate for animating, and to put it together, I use Vita, or CapCut, or Cute cut
congrats on 500k! (sorry I'm late lmao)
Thanks for the video so much
how to tween
I made several animations in procreate but they are not smooth
is there an app where i can export frames/layers and tween them?
or any other way?
About 8 years ago, I was using Blender to create Live Wallpapers for Android. At the time, I was trying to learn how to develop for Android, and that ended up taking a back seat, to me trying to learn how to use Blender. Haven't messed with Blender for awhile. I'd have to learn most of it over again.
I believe Blender has a 2D animation feature now. and you can kind of use both 3D, and 2D animation together to create some awesome effects.
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I have a program called anime studio pro 11 for some reason I can't get back into my program so it's been a year or so. I now am looking for a program that won't lock me out of my projects. Can you help me know what animation program is best for me?
Its help me, thank you so much 😍
Thank you this was a big help to make my animations on FlipaClip. I really appreciate it!
That app is impressive but I perfer Blender because it provides more versatile options.
@@turboanimationchannelhey I know I’m a year late but can I get that app on my tablet? And is it beginner friendly
Yes! Thank u!
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congrats on 500k
Please sir tell me which is best animation software for windows and also tell me how to used
Just to mention that Blender has now tools to do 2D animation, so it is not only a 3D program.
Wdym it always had 2d tools ( not always but ye, from almost 3 years now)
Perfect timing on this viceo
Love you bro
Which app/software would be best for beginner for simple animation(but with laptop and mouse)?
very helpful thank you
Thank you so much sir
What would be good with a laptop and a drawing Wacom tablet
Thank u for ur reccomedation
I am inspired by u
thank you brad for including blender.
What portable good battery life notebook would you reccomend for 2D animation
Brad if you see this: I want to buy an iPad (first ever) and I'm on a budget, is the iPad Air good?
My 10 yr old will be starting animation & film class next Month. She has an iPad pro & now a macbook pro m1 added. I downloaded procreate which she is still freshly learning how to use & now I’m wondering what app does she need to turn her art into animation 2d & 3d? I will try out the flip one. Thank you.
Right after the squarespace sponsorship part, I got a squarespace add.
I'm getting a surface book2 and I really don't know which applications do I use to help with animations since sadly procreate isn't available :(
Do you think MOHO will start creating more updates or since they got sold they are just going to die off? Also, what are your thoughts about Cartoon Animator 4?