Toonsquid 2.0 has been released.

Cambler

@Robin2 said:

@Cambler said:

@Robin2 said:

@Cambler said:
On the topic of animation tools for iPad, is there a tool (maybe Toonsquid has these capabilities) that helps to automate, or at least make less manual, the process of animation? Maybe via the use of mocap files or libraries of pre defined movements? I'm an ideas man and less interested in the mechanics to a degree

As well as regular auto generated tweening (from ‘inbetweening’) between two keyframes you can also draw a motion path in Toonsquid which allows you to draw a line and have an object/element follow that path. Likewise Dreams has a ‘Record movements’ mode which allows you to move elements in real time and have those movements recorded - in the same way that some music apps allow you to record the movements you make on an xy pad.

As @Ailerom says, Toonsquid also now has a bone rigging system and mesh but though i haven’t tried them yet, i expect they will need some considerable setting up before use and the benefits being received - all these things are massive time savers compared to the ‘draw every frame’ approach but there’s simply no way around it, making anything other than a very basic animation is time consuming. And perhaps that’s not a bad thing? The effort and action of making something over time yields results that aren’t going to be there if things are too easy and our initial ideas are just magically realised without any effort, surely? It’s up to us to come up with ideas which we are confident warrant the investment of time necessary to realise them.

Thanks @robin2. What id dearly love is the ability to rig a character with bones and use a motion path and some motion library to have it walk that way, run that way etc etc. just to speed up the process. Also don’t get me wrong, I am not a lazy man and do not to simply want to press a button and produce a finished product. I’m hoping for a time when I can have intimate control over what I need to and to not have to build the cogs that drive the wheels that make the car go, if you get my drift. It’s more about creative flow I guess. Animation in this instance would be a vehicle for ideas (mostly comedic but not wholly for my purposes) not as a craft as such. But all approaches are good of course!

Yeah, i think i get what you mean and while there isn’t anything capable of that that I’m aware of on iOS (not sure about desktop?) it seems like the sort of functionality which will certainly be possible in something at some point.

Also, i forgot to mention, Toonsquid does have Symbols which would allow you to speed things up as well. As I’ve said in the other post, I’m by no means an expert, but Symbols would allow you to animate an action once, save it as a symbol and then reuse it as and when it’s required. Cheers.

https://toonsquid.com/handbook/symbols/overview/

Hi @Robin2 thanksnso much for that. The Symbols functionality sounds great and if I read it right means you could build up a library of custom motions to call upon. Thanks again!

eross

@Robin2 man thanks for sharing this. I didn’t know it got such a cool update. this is what I was hoping procreate dreams would be like. but toonsquid 2
is perfect.

Robin2

@eross said:
@Robin2 man thanks for sharing this. I didn’t know it got such a cool update. this is what I was hoping procreate dreams would be like. but toonsquid 2
is perfect.

No problem, i definitely thought it deserved to be shared! It’s great isn’t it; Procreate Dreams are really going to need to up their game to equal it, let alone surpass it. Cheers.

audiomike

@Robin2 said:

@MrStochastic said:

@Robin2 said:
I’ve only had a quick play since updating but yes, Chroma Key was one of the new effects in 2.0.

Yes, you can import video onto a layer. Don’t know whether all the new effects can be applied to video yet, not had the time, but I’ve checked with Chroma Key and that works on it.

Could I import image files like jpegs or pngs into it?
also, @Robin2 and @Luxthor , you both seem to post a lot about video and in this case animation apps. Just curious if you have any examples of the kind of projects you do with it?

I am primarily a visual artist and use digital painting software every day but I’m very much still an enthusiastic beginner when it comes to animation so no examples I’m afraid. As @Krupa points out above, there’s really no shortcut when it comes to making animation.

Well there sure is an animation shortcut. It’s called limited animation. Take 2 poses and cut from one to another. It is a “different” look but it just as effectively tells the story. It is especially effective in satire as the more amateur it looks the funnier it is.

An example

Robin2

@audiomike said:

@Robin2 said:

@MrStochastic said:

@Robin2 said:
I’ve only had a quick play since updating but yes, Chroma Key was one of the new effects in 2.0.

Yes, you can import video onto a layer. Don’t know whether all the new effects can be applied to video yet, not had the time, but I’ve checked with Chroma Key and that works on it.

Could I import image files like jpegs or pngs into it?
also, @Robin2 and @Luxthor , you both seem to post a lot about video and in this case animation apps. Just curious if you have any examples of the kind of projects you do with it?

I am primarily a visual artist and use digital painting software every day but I’m very much still an enthusiastic beginner when it comes to animation so no examples I’m afraid. As @Krupa points out above, there’s really no shortcut when it comes to making animation.

Well there sure is an animation shortcut. It’s called limited animation. Take 2 poses and cut from one to another. It is a “different” look but it just as effectively tells the story. It is especially effective in satire as the more amateur it looks the funnier it is.

An example

Simple animations can be fantastic, no question. I’d bet even that example took a lot longer to make than some would expect though.

lasselu

I can't draw worth a sh*t and know nothing about animation but this app is so much fun...