tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28794873443408947802024-02-18T22:22:12.060-05:00Animation Studio Stuff for StudentsSources & Suggestions for setting up an Animation Workspace for Hand-drawn Animation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-25802895128745135372011-12-02T09:04:00.002-05:002022-05-12T09:05:40.187-04:00Why this blog ? What will you find here ?<p>This page is a sub-section of my blog for online animation students <a href="http://hand-drawn-animation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Hand Drawn Animation Notes</b></a>. <br />
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Here you will find sources and suggestions for purchasing or building traditional animation equipment. (see the links in the sidebar for companies which sell animation equipment and supplies online.)<br />
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See the next post for a list of topics.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>UPDATE: </b> as of 05/12/2022 most of the information posted here is still valid, although some of the posts need to be updated. If you find a broken link or one of the listed scanners or video cameras that is no longer being made , please feel free to contact me to let me know. Hardware like scanners is updated frequently, so it's a challenge to keep it current. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">. <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-7299591375295804002011-12-02T08:47:00.001-05:002019-08-20T10:53:16.149-04:00Hand-Drawn Animation Equipment and Supplies <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Click on the links below to read the Topics covered : </span><br />
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<b>1.)</b> <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/basics.html" target="_blank"><b>Basic Equipment for Hand-Drawn Animation</b></a><br />
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<b>2.)</b> <b><a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/purchasing-animation-desk-or-lightbox.html" target="_blank">Purchasing an Animation Desk or Lightbox</a></b></div>
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<b>2.a) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/purchasing-animation-disc.html" target="_blank">Purchasing an Animation Disc (options)</a></b></div>
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<b>3.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-it-yourself-animation-desk.html" target="_blank">Do-It-Yourself Animation Desk</a></b></div>
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<b>4.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-on-build-it-yourself-animation.html" target="_blank">More on Do-It-Yourself Animation Desk Project</a></b></div>
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<b>5.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/animation-frame-capture-video-capture.html" target="_blank">Image Capture for Animation: Video Capture options</a></b></div>
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<b>6.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/image-capture-for-animation-scanning.html" target="_blank">Image Capture for Animation: Scanning options</a></b></div>
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<b>7.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/inexpensive-large-format-scanner-for.html" target="_blank">Inexpensive Large Format (11" x 17") Scanner</a></b></div>
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<b>8.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/another-do-it-yourself-animation-desk.html" target="_blank">Another Do-It-Yourself Animation Desk project</a></b></div>
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<b>9.) <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/animation-books.html" target="_blank">Animation Books: Essential Reading</a></b></div>
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10.) <b><a href="https://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-started-with-traditional.html" target="_blank">Getting Started with Traditional Animation : Basic Techniques PART 1</a></b><br />
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11.) <b><a href="https://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/04/part-2-getting-started-with-traditional.html" target="_blank">Getting Started with Traditional Animation : Basic Techniques PART 2</a></b><br />
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<b><i>See the sidebar for Links to Traditional Animation Suppliers and Animation Software.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">1.) </span> Animation desk with animation disc , or a lightbox with pegbar. (get the disc if you can , it's better.)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2.) </span> Extra ACME peg bar for scanning or video testing your drawings. Get a thin, metal tape-down peg bar if possible because those are the most versatile. <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/acme-pegbar-chrome-plated-steel-ultrathin" target="_blank">Lightfoot Animation</a> has them or you can get a less expensive one from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MyLifeUNIT-Stainless-Fixing-Animation-Positioning/dp/B01M5BCBNM/" target="_blank">Amazon.com </a>at this link:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">3.)</span> ACME punched animation paper. Lightfoot Animation or Cartoon Supplies have pre-punched animation paper (see links in sidebar) . <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/12f-ingram-bond-22-lb-pro-studio-500-shts" target="_blank">Ingram Bond animation paper</a> from Lightfoot or Cartoon Supplies is recommended. Ingram Bond paper is more expensive , but you'll notice the difference between this and the cheap photocopier-grade paper. Ingram Bond erases better, lasts longer, holds up to repeated flipping, the surface is better for drawing, it scans better.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">4.)</span> Pencils, various. Col-Erase red and blue. Various brands of Graphite pencils , HB, B, 2B . Recommended graphite pencils include: <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/tombow-mono-professional-drawing-pencils/">Tombow Mono</a> and <a href="http://www.pencils.com/palomino-blackwing-602">Palomino Blackwing 602</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">5.)</span> Erasers: Soft kneaded eraser (grey) , and "Magic Eraser" (white) .<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">6.)</span> Exposure Sheets (free , <a href="http://www.animationmeat.com/templates/templates.html">printable X-sheet templates</a> from AnimationMeat.com). Pre-printed Exposure Sheets from <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/x-sheets-exposure-sheet-24fps-50-blank" target="_blank">Lightfoot Animation</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">7.)</span> Animation frame capture software. TVPaint Animation is recommended. Or Digicel Flipbook or Toon Boom Harmony. With TVPaint and Digicel Flipbook you can either scan your drawings or use an HD webcam for video capture of your drawings. With Toon Boom Harmony you may only use a scanner . Also look at a software like OpenToonz , which is free and can have scanned drawings loaded imported. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">8.)</span> a <b>scanner</b> for scanning your animation drawings into TVPaint , Digicel Flipbook, Toon Boom Harmony, OpenToonz, etc. <br />
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The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-Workforce-WF-7840-Wide-Format-500-sheet/dp/B08DXKBY6N/" target="_blank"><b>Epson Workforce Pro WF-7840 </b></a>a good scanner that has both a Flatbed scanner and an Automatic Document Feeder for auto scaning up to 50 sheets at a time. <br />
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(NOTE: scanner models from Epson and other scanner manufacturers are constantly being updated , so the exact scanner model above may not be available, but look for a scanner that can handle paper size 11 x 17 , which will allow for scanning 12 Field animation paper or slightly cut-down 16 Field paper )<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">8 a .) </span> a digital video camera or HD webcam mounted on a down-shooter (tripod or ideally a copy stand) to capture your drawings via video feed into TVPaint or Digicel Flipbook, etc. <br />
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<br /> </p><p>A couple of resource docs:<br /></p><p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sig8zMdjxvOIxByapU0a_bf5_tBJotI3ntoqSkQz6DE/edit?usp=sharing&authkey=CJH3pa4P" target="_blank"><b>Traditional Animation Materials List</b></a> <br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IWF6OC6jeUMRBC0JDCi5MwtCl04SAztt/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> <b>"Animation Student's Guide to Animation Desks" </b></a></div>
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One of the basic items you need to animate is an animation desk or a lightbox.<br />
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There are many different configurations of desks , some of which I have shown in the web album <a href="http://inklingstudio.typepad.com/photos/animation_desks/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Animation Desks gallery</a> in the sidebar links. You can peruse that album for ideas on how you might set up your own workspace.<br />
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There is also a PDF booklet that I have prepared called <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IWF6OC6jeUMRBC0JDCi5MwtCl04SAztt/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">"Animation Student's Guide to Animation Desks"</a></span> which may be downloaded by clicking on the link.<br />
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While it is possible to purchase or build a large professional studio-style desk such as this example of a Disney Studio desk ---<br />
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most of use don't have the space or the funds to purchase such a large desk for our home studio. (these desks are wonderful, but take up a lot of space and are very heavy to move).<br />
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A good , portable animation desk is the one made by Colin Johnson of Vancouver, BC , available through his web site <a href="http://www.animationdesks.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">AnimationDesks.com </a><br />
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This desk is very good value for the money as he includes the white plexiglass animation disc , and a backlight unit along with the desk itself. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Animator Frans Vischer animating on one of the Colin Johnson desks. This photo is from Duncan Studios in Pasadena, CA where Frans was animating on the film Mary Poppins Returns (2019) </span></div>
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There are similar portable table-top animation desks available from <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/index.php/cPath/25_44" target="_blank">Lightfoot Animation</a> , and <a href="https://www.chromacolour.co.uk/animationsupplies/lightboxes-disks/wooden-portable-lightbox-12ft-disc-pegbar.html" target="_blank">ChromaColour U.K</a>. <br />
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The <a href="https://www.chromacolour.co.uk/animationsupplies/lightboxes-disks/wooden-portable-lightbox-12ft-disc-pegbar.html" target="_blank">ChromaColour portable animation desk</a> is a little more lightweight and folds down flatter for storage, if that matters to you . Depending on where you live in the world the shipping from the U.K. may make this more expensive than the Colin Johnson Desk. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/new-led-easel-design-pro" target="_blank">Lightfoot portable lightboxes</a> are much more expensive , but they do have a smaller "footprint" (only 24" x 24" compared to 36" x 24" on the Colin Johnson table and 30" x 24" for the ChromaColour table) , so if space is an issue you might want to consider one of the compact Lightfoot Easel Design Animation lightboxes :<br />
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A more compact , less expensive option would be to use a simple lightbox with a fixed animation pegbar (no rotating disc).<br />
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Lightfoot Animation sells the <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/12f-personal-lightbox-new-led-lighting" target="_blank">Artograph LightTracer II 12 Field lightbox </a>(12" x 18") with an Acme peg bar pre-installed for about $119.00 <br />
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Some online art dealers such as <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/artograph-lightracer-light-box/">Dick Blick Art</a> have these <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/items/55315-0006/" target="_blank">Artograph LightTracer I</a>I lightboxes for less , so keep your eyes open . Dick Blick currently sells the 12" x 18" model for about $80.00 (compared to list price of $129.00) . Add a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MyLifeUNIT-Stainless-Fixing-Animation-Positioning/dp/B01M5BCBNM/" target="_blank">thin tape-down Acme peg bar from Amazon.com</a> for $7.00 and you'll have a functional animation lightbox. <br />
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Or you can use one of these thin LED Lightpads with a Stand -<br />
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A peg bar: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MyLifeUNIT-Stainless-Fixing-Animation-Positioning/dp/B01M5BCBNM/" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/MyLifeUNIT-Stainless-Fixing-Animation-Positioning/dp/B01M5BCBNM/</a><br />
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Get a stand for the lightpad to adjust it to a comfortable angle for drawing:<br />
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These sort of set ups with a simple lightbox or the lightpad on a stand will work, but the disadvantage is it doesn't fully rotate , so you can't turn your drawing to the most comfortable angle to draw from like you can with an animation disc. The disc mounted in a portable lightbox or in a drafting table is better.<br />
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(<a href="http://animationdesks.com/" target="_blank">Colin Johnson </a>sells this white plexiglass disc with peg bar for $85.00 + $18.00 shipping.<br /><a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/12f-student-pro-animation-disc" target="_blank">Lightfoot Animation </a>sells a similar disc for $129.00 + shipping. )<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Traditional Drafting Table adapted to Animation Table: </span><br />
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A step-up from a portable table-top animation desk would be to have a hole cut into a <a href="https://www.draftingsteals.com/10115.html" target="_blank">standard wooden drafting table</a> so you can mount an animation disc on it , with a backlight unit mounted underneath. What you would give up in terms of portability and compactness you would gain in flexibility and comfort. A drafting table can be adjusted in both height and the angle of the tabletop for the maximum in drawing comfort. You can adjust the table to whatever angle is best for you. If you have the space this is really the best option for a traditional animation set up.<br />
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">Alvin Pavilion</span> wooden drafting table , offered in a range of sizes from <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">24x36 to 31x42</span> , is a good basic drawing table. These tables are available from <a href="https://www.draftingsteals.com/10115.html" target="_blank">DraftingSteals.com</a> or other art suppliers.<br />
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If you have the proper tools to make a <span style="font-style: italic;">precision</span> cut <b>16 <span style="font-size: 85%;">1/2</span>" hole</b> in the table top then you could cut the hole yourself , or hire a local woodworker who has the proper tools to make the cut for you . <br />
You may have a friend or family member who has the proper tools to do this. Be very careful when cutting the hole. The hole must be perfectly round with smooth sanded edges so the disc will turn smoothly.<br />
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Besides being able to fine-tune the height and angle of the drafting table it also gives you more space to pin up notes, model sheets, and X-sheets , especially if you use an extension panel as shown below. (the extension panel may also be used on the Colin Johnson desk to add space to clip on an X-sheet to the right or left side of the table.)<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(153 , 0 , 0); font-size: 85%;">(notice most of the artists have a corkboard on the<br />wall in front of their desks to pin up model sheets and<br />other notes) </span><br />
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If you have the extra space an over-size table top gives even more space to pin up your model sheets and other notes as shown below:<br />
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You will also find it useful to surround your drawing space with a folding table, shelves ("scene stackers") and/ or some sort of side-table unit to have a place to stack your drawings , blank paper, pencils, and other supplies, to keep them organized and close at hand.<br />
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Notice the tall <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">scene-stacker</span> to the right of this animator's work space. The drawings from various scenes can be kept organized in a shelving unit such as the one shown below:<br />
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This Winsor-Newton artist's tabouret shown below makes a good compact side-table unit for an animation desk. Paper can be stored in the lower shelves, while the interior drawers can be used to store pencils, erasers, peg hole reinforcements , and other supplies.<br />
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Here is another view of a typical animation scene stacker unit filled with animation drawings bound between chipboard panels and rubber-banded around the outside to protect the drawings and keep everything neatly organized. Below is a shorter scene stacker unit:<br />
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Anyone looking for ready-made Scene Stackers (for 12 field animation paper) take a look at these cube stackers available from various stores such as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Target </span><span class="Apple-style-span">or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> Ikea -</span><br />
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There are other similar stacking shelf units available from different office supply and home decor stores.<br />
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The one linked to above is 15" x 15" , which is big enough for 12 field paper (12.5" x 10.5") , not quite big enough for 16 field paper (16.5" x 13.5" ) . Most people use 12 field paper so that's no big deal. But if you wanted to use 16 field you'll need to find slightly wider shelves.<br />
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These type of shelf units (also from Target) are wider and you could add multiple shelves to it:<br />
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Scene stackers might not be the most glamorous item on your equipment list , but you'll be surprised how handy these shelves are for storing and keeping track of your animation drawings.</div>
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An inexpensive , functional scene stacker can be made from large size stacking file crates ("milk bottle crates") available from various office supply stores:<br />
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This economical file crate scene stacker could be further sub-divided into individual shelving compartments using sturdy cardboard or lightweight masonite panels held in place with wire or glued in place.</div>
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This is probably the easiest "do-it-yourself" animation desk if you have the right tools to make a precision circular cut like that. (it's trickier than it might seem at first, so <span style="font-style: italic;">"measure twice, cut once"</span> and be careful.)<br />
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If you're skilled with woodworking you may also want to build your own portable animation table from these plans: <br />
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Here is a link showing Sheridan College animation student Brock Gallagher making an animation desk very similar to the one shown in the plans above:<br />
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<a href="http://brockorama.blogspot.com/2006/05/do-it-yourself-animation-desk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Building a Do-It-Yourself Animation Desk</a><br />
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Here is another do-it-yourself animation desk project with photos and detailed instructions:<br />
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<a href="http://animuppetry.blogspot.com/search?q=How+To+Make+an+Animation+Desk" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">How To Make An Animation Desk - Part 1 -4 </a><br />
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The finished product from the project linked above:<br />
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This photo from animator Dan Caylor shows the portable desk that he refurbished and added a new LED backlight unit mounted on a cross brace underneath:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> I'm happy to say I heard from animation student<a href="http://chipsandsolstice.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-built-animation-desk.html" target="_blank"> Marty Walker</a> who built an Animation Desk using the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj805vTvimAXP3fC_3LFJpkdgoHA9rm1fYqqDlFRZFylUStHODzY-3_C7RjHbWVp9JzkFPX1HS25k16kKzoAvPNBd4-1L_TwkYP8Y9EjVkjQ4MyNuBlh7LnIPWEfDTnLC4IWl-0rYaYsEsL/s1024/Animation_Table_Plan.JPG" target="_blank">Jim Macaulay plans </a>I posted above. Check out the results :<br />
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Marty was also good enough to list all the Materials and Tools needed for the project . See the link to his <a href="http://chipsandsolstice.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-built-animation-desk.html" target="_blank">blog</a> for the materials list.<br />
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By the way, for those of you who may not recognize the name of Jim Macaulay he was a great teacher of animation at Sheridan College in the 1970's , 80's, and into the 90's. Jim passed away at age 91 in 2015 . He influenced many of us who attended Sheridan's Classical Animation Program during those years he was actively teaching (about 1975 - 1995) Here's a photo of Jim with a student :<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">(teacher Jim Macaulay with animation student </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Cathy Parkes at Sheridan College , about 1980.)</span></span><br />
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Jim also co-authored a book on storytelling in animation called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"And Then What Happened?"</span> with another Sheridan professor , Zack Schwartz.</div>
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As I mentioned in my other post , a standard flat, rectangular or square lightbox with an Acme peg bar attached will do as the bare-minimum for animating, but it is best to have a lightbox or drawing table with a hole cut to mount a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">rotating animation disc</span>. Believe me, it does make a difference. Rotating the disc gives you much more control over your drawings.<br />
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In years past when animators were expected to calculate their own camera/pan moves for their scenes , metal or wooden discs with sliding , ruled peg bars were the norm.<br />
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These peg bars were ruled in <span style="font-style: italic;">20'ths </span>of an inch to allow very close pan moves to be calculated by the animators and notated in the Camera column on the Exposure Sheet.<br />
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A precision, metal animation disc such as this deluxe model made by <a href="http://www.mechconcepts.com/Animation_Disk.html">Mechanical Concepts</a> is still a worthy tool, but not as necessary as in days past.<br />
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Nowadays when most camera moves are done within a digital ink and paint or compositing program (such as TVPaint, Toon Boom Harmony, Digicel Flipbook, After Effects, etc.) it is not as necessary to have the sliding peg bars on the disc to figure out the moves.<br />
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Many modern-day animators prefer to use a lightweight, relatively inexpensive<a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/12f-student-pro-animation-disc" target="_blank"> white, translucent plexiglass disc</a>. These type of discs originally became popular at the Richard Williams Animation Studio in the 70's and 80's and have since become widely used in the industry.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(</span><a href="http://animationdesks.com/" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Colin Johnson </a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">sells this white plexiglass disc with peg bar for $85.00 + $18.00 shipping.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/12f-student-pro-animation-disc" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lightfoot Animation </a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">sells a similar disc for $129.00 + shipping. )</span><br />
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Here is Richard Williams animating on a plexi-disc at his studio in London:<br />
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Sylvain Chomet animating on his film "The Triplets of Belleville" :<br />
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The white plexiglass disc has the advantage of being much less expensive than the traditional metal disc with sliding peg bars , as well as being light-weight enough to carry around and use for animating in casual situations such as using ambient light to shine through the back as the animator rests the disc on his knees or on the edge of a chair or table. Richard Williams mentions in his book <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Animator's Survival Kit"</span> , page 83, how he animated some of the first scenes in the film <span style="font-style: italic;">"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"</span> in a hotel room in Wales with a plexiglass animation disc propped up on his knees.<br />
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For those who want a disc with the ruled , sliding peg bars, Lightfoot has this black plexiglass disc with translucent white glass drawing area, and sliding peg bars for $699.00 - </div>
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ChromaColour U.K. has a similar disc for <span class="regular-price" id="product-price-591"><span class="price">£274.99 pounds which is about $335.00 U.S. dollars by the current exchange rate (08/19/19) . Check with Chromacolour for current price and shipping cost.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.chromacolour.co.uk/animationsupplies/lightboxes-disks/disks/black-plexiglas-animation-disc-16f.html" target="_blank">https://www.chromacolour.co.uk/animationsupplies/lightboxes-disks/disks/black-plexiglas-animation-disc-16f.html</a><br />
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Mechanical Concepts' 16F metal animation disc was about $650.00 when last made.<br />
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Either type of disc will work , but the less-expensive white plexiglass disc is sufficient for almost any type of traditional animation job. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-24480255922543310382009-05-07T21:41:00.011-04:002019-08-20T10:28:13.503-04:00More on Build-It-Yourself-Animation DeskI saw a question posted on an animation forum about the type of hardware needed to make an adjustable light table, such as the one shown in the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHuHwv4vbu2Bmz59iOtcc04m32PD1ZWROGoiTlO8Pz8uqp46M92UaYHFzaMpBRy8q9xO7lMc30_HodXp1EQx3zDGN0Z5jmd9xkui6hjZvFgbIxrFE-hTxl5bu4MUzXrwXfH9D-_Kb4zX7/s1600/Animation_Table_Plan.JPG" target="_blank">DIY Plans posted above</a>.<br />
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The hardware is available from specialty hardware and woodworking stores . The name of this special type of hinge is a <span style="font-style: italic;">"lid stay"</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">"flap stay"</span>, or <span style="font-style: italic;"> "lid support"</span> .<br />
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See a variety of different kinds here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.rufkahrs.com/shelbe/lid.html" target="_blank">Rufkahr's Lid Supports</a><br />
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This kind available from Rufkahr's is called the <a href="http://www.rufkahrs.com/shelbe/lid.html" target="_blank">X-70200/05Z<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Lift Up Ratchet Support</span></a>.<br />
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Another kind of table support used is a<a href="http://www.rufkahrs.com/shelbe/lid.html"> </a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rufkahrs.com/shelbe/lid.html">Pneumatic Spring Stay</a></span> :<br />
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In these photographs you can see how the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> Lift Up Ratchet Support </span>is used to make a portable animation table , similar to this one : <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHuHwv4vbu2Bmz59iOtcc04m32PD1ZWROGoiTlO8Pz8uqp46M92UaYHFzaMpBRy8q9xO7lMc30_HodXp1EQx3zDGN0Z5jmd9xkui6hjZvFgbIxrFE-hTxl5bu4MUzXrwXfH9D-_Kb4zX7/s1600/Animation_Table_Plan.JPG" target="_blank">Portable Animation Table Plans</a>, but with the lift up supports.<br />
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In the following photograph of animator Børge Ring's animation table you can see the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Pneumatic Spring Stay</span> used to hold the table top at the proper angle:<br />
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tVpP8bkRdMafSIHSP1W8EQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMe9jxXE8KDZ3VX4J6pzbGxZL27LejoH4r84BGOjMIrmggfCnd7pjw-iX1UODGTiqSMfW9S9Giq1pJAx3PqjHU11FmlbpjdACZ8nTSDaUh1hXMiSehdUi-BkERS-gRNBB9WILbmqFBz2H/s400/Borge_Ring_animating.jpg" width="640" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-70411560492782378672009-05-07T21:40:00.000-04:002009-05-07T23:16:02.802-04:00Animation BooksWhat books should you get as you study animation ?<br /><br />At the Academy of Art University Online we have several books which are required texts for many of the traditional animation classes. Check your individual class book list to see what books are required and which books are optional recommended books.<br /><br /><br />Books which are frequently on the Required Books list:<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707"><br />Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life </a> by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Character-Animation-Crash-Course-Goldberg/dp/1879505975"><br />Character Animation Crash Course</a> by Eric Goldberg<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284">The Animator's Survival Kit</a> by Richard Williams<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Animation-Collectors-Preston-Blair/dp/1560100842"><br />Cartoon Animation</a> by Preston Blair<br />(there is also a free downloadable verrsion of the 1st edition of Blair's book on the ASIFA Animation Archive: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/media-preston-blairs-animation-first.html"> Preston Blair's "Animation" , 1st Edition</a> )<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Animation-Pencils-Pixels-Classical-Techniques/dp/0240806700">Animation From Pencils to Pixels : Classical Techiques for the Digital Animator</a> by Tony White<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.anamie.com/"><br />Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation</a> by Wayne Gilbert<br /><br />Other worthy books for your attention:<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Drawn-Life-Classes-Stanchfield-Lectures/dp/0240810961">Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes</a> Vol. 1 and 2 by Walt Stanchfield. (<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Timing-Animation-Harold-Whitaker/dp/0240517148">Timing for Animation</a> by Harold Whitaker<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/mike.fowler/page.html"><br />Animation Background & Layout: From Student to Professional</a><br />by Mike Fowler<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Prepare-Creating-Characters-Animated-Features/dp/0240808207">Prepare to Board: Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts </a>by Nancy Beiman<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Characters-Personality-Animation-Graphic/dp/0823023494">Creating Characters With Personality </a> by Tom Bancroft<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Elemental-Magic-Special-Effects-Animation/dp/0240811631">Elemental Magic: The Art of Special Effects Animation</a> by Joseph GillandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-12744825475556259142009-05-07T21:39:00.007-04:002022-05-12T08:47:32.588-04:00Animation Frame Capture - Video Capture<p>This article was written several years ago when mini-dv cameras or other digital video cams were more commonly in use . Today just use a good quality HD webcam , like the <a href="https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/webcams/c920s-pro-hd-webcam.html" target="_blank">Logitech C920</a> or<a href="https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/webcams/c930e-business-webcam.html" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://C930.">C930.</a> (best prices for webcams will usually be found on Amazon) Use it with a webcam control sofware (such as <a href="http://mactaris.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Webcam Settings</a>) that allows for manual override of focus, exposure, and white balance, so you can get optimal image quality from the webcam.</p><p>--------- <br /></p><p>At the pencil test stage one option for getting your hand-drawn artwork into the computer is to capture your frames with a <span style="font-weight: bold;">digital video camera or webcam mounted on a down-shooter</span> (could be a sturdy tripod, but preferably a Copy Stand). Drawings meant to be digitized for final coloring should be captured using a scanner , which I'll discuss in the next article.
The camera is pointed straight down at a shooting stage which has an Acme peg bar embedded or taped along the edge. The drawings are placed one at time under the camera and each drawing is captured as a single "frame" taken by the the animation software (i.e TVPaint or Digicel Flipbook, etc.) via the live video feed from the camera. Digital video camera is attached to the computer via firewire (IEEE 1394) cable or USB cable. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">(NOTE: firewire is not as common now as it used to be when this article was written)</span> Here are photos of typical video pencil test stations with mini-dv camcorders used to shoot the drawings. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> (NOTE: these photos are from several years ago. It's more common nowadays to mount an HD webcam or even a mobile phone to use as the source camera on the downshooter)</span> </p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 85%;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 85%;"> (click on the images to see them larger)</span>
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You can still find relatively simple, inexpensive Copy Stands at photography supply stores and on eBay. A popular line of copy stands that have been used for pencil test stations are the CS-3 and CS-2 line of copy stands made by Testrite Co.</p><p> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 78%;">Testrite CS-3 copy stand being used for shooting pencil tests:</span>
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The Testrite CS-3 an CS-2 copy stands are no longer in production, but they show up often <span style="font-weight: bold;">eBay</span>. Other brands of <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/438353-REG/Dot_Line_RS_CS920.html">copy stands </a>made by Bencher, Kaiser, Beseler, and Bogen will work equally well. You do <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> need to get one of the super-expensive models with a geared column and professional quality photo lights. Basically all you need is a sturdy column to hold your camera securely in place and a platform or "stage" underneath to tape-down your Acme peg bar. (the "stage" should be large enough to accommodate standard 12 and/or 16 field size animation paper.)
A tripod may also be pressed into service to shoot your animation. Be sure that the legs are secured so that they don't get moved during a shoot.
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The spiral type of fluorescent bulbs called "Cool Bulbs" which are about 150 watt-equivalent can be used with inexpensive metal reflectors (clamp-on shop lamps) with ordinary white paper taped over the lamps to diffuse the light. If you have any open windows or other strong light sources other than the light you are shining on your animation drawings you should mask off the windows with heavy shades or black paper taped over the window , and/or mask off the shooting area so stray light does not fall on your shooting surface.
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<span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Canon mini-dv camera mounted on Kaiser copy stand. </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 78%;"> </span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Be aware that if you use this type of camera you will need to purchase an adapter such as the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ADS-API-558-EFS-Pyro-Video-Converter/dp/B000I7YP06">PYRO A-V LINK</a><a href="http://www.adstech.com/products/API-558-EFS/intro/API-558_intro.asp?pid=API-558-EFS"> </a> to feed the S-Video out or BNC Video out connection cable to your computer. Another suitable adapter is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Canopus-77010150100-ADVC110-Converter/dp/B00030ATTO/">Canopus 77010150100 ADVC110 Converter</a> . </span>The adapter will convert the analog S-Video or BNC Video signal to a digital signal that can be inputted to your computer. Be sure that the animation application you are using can read the signal . (if in doubt ask the Tech Support Dept. of the software you are using for frame capture. Again, I want to point out that this article was written in 2007 , so in 2022 it's probably better to just use a common HD webcam like the Logitech C920 or C930 for frame capture. If you already own a Canon or Nikon DSLR camera that has a live video feed , you could probably use that for frame capture. )<br /></div><div><div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-57941114455365049022009-05-07T21:38:00.015-04:002019-08-20T11:33:48.773-04:00Image Capture for Animation - ScanningVideo capture is typically used to make fast frame captures for pencil tests. Video has the advantage of speed .<br />
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However, when image quality needs to be very high (for instance when scanning drawings which will be colored) a scanner should be used, with the resolution set at least 300 dpi or higher.<br />
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A scanner may also be used for making pencil line tests as well , although it will typically take longer to scan a set of drawings than to shoot the pencil test with a video downshooter.<br />
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If you do use a scanner for pencil tests you will find that the scans go faster and create smaller file sizes if you scan in B&W mode or Greyscale mode. For rough-rough pencil tests the resolution of the scans can be lower, such as 72 - 96 DPI , especially if the intended output for the pencil test is a simple 640 x 480 Quicktime movie file.<br />
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The scanner will produce much cleaner images with less "grey" or "yellow" picked up from the paper, especially if you are careful to adjust the brightness and contrast (threshold) settings on the scanner before scanning your drawings.<br />
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Use a thin metal peg bar taped-down securely along the edge of the scanner , outside of the glass area.<br />
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A typical scanner only allows you to scan an area of 8.5" x 11" or 8.5" x 14" at most. Some brands of these flatbed scanners , such as the Canon LIDE 90 pictured above will allow you to capture up to about 10.5 or 11 field area of a standard 12 Field piece of paper , or if you are using smaller 10 Field paper you can capture the entire piece of paper from edge to edge.<br />
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Here's an article on <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/192wncYsnVHXTVxgmspBZMNT7C82AJMVLKjC2STmFfTY/edit?hl=en&authkey=CM672wo">"Scanning 12 Field Size paper using a regular Letter-size (11" x 8.5") Scanner" </a> which shows how up to 11 Field can be scanned using certain models of scanner , such as the Canon LiDE series. <br />
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If you are using full-size 12 field or larger 16 field paper you will need a large-format "tabloid" scanner which will capture a maximum image of about 12" x 17".<br />
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Examples of large format flatbed scanners are the Epson Expression 10000XL or the Microtek 9800XL scanner. Other brands include Richoh and Fujitsu.<br />
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The large-format flatbed scanners are MUCH more expensive than the standard office size scanners.<br />
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Even more expensive are the 11" x 17" tabloid size Auto-Document Feed (ADF) scanners. Usually the large format ADF scanners cost between $4,000 - $8,000 and are built for industrial level production. These are beyond the level that most individual animators or students would need or be able to afford. <br />
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However , there is now a relatively inexpensive ADF 11" x 17" scanner on the market, the <b><a href="http://www.brother-usa.com/mfc/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=MFC6490CW">Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner</a></b>. I cover this in more detail in the <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/inexpensive-large-format-scanner-for.html"><b>next post</b></a> after this one. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Fujitsu ADF scanner for high speed, high volume scanning)</span></span><br />
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The advantage of Auto-Doc Feed scanners is <span style="font-style: italic;">SPEED</span> , so if you are scanning a large number of drawings and time is of the essence then an Auto-Doc Feed scanner can be worth it . Be aware that your software must have the ability to recognize and automatically register peg hole shapes on the scanned drawings, since the drawings are scanned through on rollers , off-pegs. The drawings will jitter and shake unless the software is able to automatically recognize the peg holes and line them up . (The "2-Point Stabilization Pixel Tracker" in TVP Animation v.9.0 will align peg holes and the soon-to-be-released TVP Animation v. 9.5 has an <a href="http://paperless-animation.blogspot.com/2009/08/peg-hole-registration-with-tvp.html">improved automatic Peg Hole Registration</a> feature which makes this process even faster. Digicel Flipbook's <a href="http://www.digicel.net/autoscan.htm">"Auto-Scan"</a> plug-in also performs this function. <span style="font-style: italic;">Some</span> (not all) versions of ToonBoom will auto-align peg holes on drawings scanned with auto-feed scanners.)<br />
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If you work on smaller 10 Field paper you may use a regular 8.5" x 11" size Auto-Document Feed scanner to speed scan your drawings. The regular size ADF scanners are much less expensive than the tabloid size 11" x 17" ADF scanners. The same conditions apply when using any ADF scanner: the animation software you use must be able to recognize and auto-align the scanned peg-hole shapes. Otherwise you must use a regular flatbed scanner and scan ON PEGS.<br />
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Again, refer to the downloadable PDF booklet <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-lkE5Ash8MJYWIxZjE5NzUtMGNlMS00YmQzLWJlNTAtMjFhYmFhNDIyNzI4/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">"Image Capture Techniques for Hand-Drawn Animation"</a>.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-49578657602388303182009-05-07T21:30:00.003-04:002022-05-12T09:00:55.190-04:00Inexpensive Large Format Scanners for Animation<span style="color: red;">THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED on 01/11/2018 TO REFLECT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SCANNERS.</span><br />
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If you've ever priced a large format (11" x 17" tabloid size) scanner you know that they are generally very expensive (starting at $1,200 for basic 11" x 17" flatbed scanner , ranging up to $4,000 to $8,000 for an industrial strength Auto-Document Feed 11" x 17" scanner) .<br />
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EPSON now has<a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-17861" target="_blank"> a series of large format</a> (11 x 17) <a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-17861" target="_blank">scanners</a> in a comparable price range as the Brother 11x17 Scanners. The advantage of Epson scanners in my experience is that the EpsonScan scanner interface in Professional Mode is much better than the default Brother scanner interface.<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7610-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGETI" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<strike><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7610-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGETI" target="_blank"><b></b></a><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Epson Workforce WF-7610 Scanner </a></b></strike><br />
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<strike><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7620-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGELG/" target="_blank"><b>Epson Workforce WF-7620 Scanner</b></a></strike><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <span><span><b>Epson Workforce WF-7610
</b>or <b> Epson Workforce WF-7620</b></span></span> have been officially <i>discontinued</i> by Epson (although still in stock at many office supply stores and can be found online , so if you find one , that's great) , however, the new <u><i>replacement</i></u> models for the Epson WF-7610 and Epson WF-7620 are:</span></div>
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href="https://epson.com/For-Work/Printers/Inkjet/WorkForce-WF-7720-Wide-format-All-in-One-Printer/p/C11CG37201" target="_blank">Epson Workforce </a><span id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><span style="color: black;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" style="color: black;"><span id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><span style="color: black;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" style="color: black;"><span id="x_x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><span style="color: black;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" style="color: black;"><span id="x_x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color 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or </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-Workforce-WF-7840-Wide-Format-500-sheet/dp/B08DXKBY6N/" target="_blank"><b>Epson Workforce Pro WF-7840 </b></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><div>
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Another good scanner is the<strike> </strike><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6720DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00E8G8QYY" target="_blank"><strike><b>Brother MFC-J6920DW</b></strike> </a>. Same general price range as the earlier Brother MFC 6490-CW. Relatively low-priced for an 11" x 17" scanner. The others in this series are <strike> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6520DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00EPY0JAI/" target="_blank">Brother MFC-J6520DW</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6720DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00E8G8QYY/" target="_blank">Brother MFC-J6720DW</a></strike> .<br />
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Newer models are : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFCJ6930DW-Wireless-Replenishment/dp/B01LWNQ8NG/" target="_blank">Brother MFC-J9930 DW</a><br />
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Also these HP scanners : <span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HP-OfficeJet-Pro-7740-Wireless/dp/B01JUCLLGK/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>HP OfficeJet Pro 7740</b></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span> and <span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HP-OfficeJet-Wireless-Printing-G1X85A/dp/B00JOI5O8C/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515714671&sr=1-3&keywords=HP+OfficeJet+7612" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>HPOfficeJet 7612</b></span></span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These run from about $199 - to - $279 on Amazon.com depending on the model .</span><br />
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I haven't used this particular model Brother scanner (the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6720DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00E8G8QYY" target="_blank"><b>MFC-J6920DW</b></a> ) , but it's functions are similar to the older MFC 6490-CW scanner which I have. For traditional hand-drawn animation our interest in these scanners is that they are relatively inexpensive scanners that can handle full-size 12 Field animation paper. (and also cut-down 16 Field paper . Standard 16 Field paper is 16.5" x 13.5" , which won't quite fit in the auto-document feeder which takes paper up to 17" x 11" . But , for example if you use HD 16:9 aspect ratio your 16 field scannable area will be within an area approx. 16" x 9.75" , so 16 field paper that has had the top lopped-off so it is cut down to 16.5" x 11" size will run through the Brother's auto-document feeder or fit on the flatbed.)
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(for those of you using the Brother scanners I suggest ditching the default Brother scanner interface and using <a href="http://www.hamrick.com/">VueScan </a>as your scanner interface)<br />
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I own and use the older model <a href="http://www.brother-usa.com/mfc/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=MFC6490CW"><b>Brother MFC-6490 CW </b></a>scanner --- which retailed for about $299.00 (although I've seen it for as low as<i> $199.00 - to -$219.00</i> after a mail-in rebate)<br />
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The newer Brother MFC-JDW series of 11 x 17 scanners replace this one.<br />
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As you know if you've priced out an 11 x 17 scanner, until now this was really unheard of to find such an inexpensive 11 x 17 size scanner which can handle full-sized 12 Field animation paper fed through an Auto-Document Feeder (ADF) for very fast scanning .<br />
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Combined with an Auto Peg Hole Recognition system in software such as TVP Animation, Digicel Flipbook, or ToonBoom Animate PRO/Toonboom Harmony , this new Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is a great tool for independent animators or students. In my experience <b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdgxxw_how-to-use-the-peg-holes-registrati_tech" target="_blank">TVP Animation's Peg Hole Registration</a></b> is the easiest to use and the most accurate. The Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is aimed at the small business and home-office user, so I doubt that it is necessarily built to hold up for a long time under heavy-duty feature film or tv production use, but for the student or the independent animator on a tight budget this product at least puts an 11" x 17" scanner within an affordable price range. At this price you could actually replace it several times over if it broke down before it would cost you as much as the usual 11 x 17 ADF scanners from Epson, Fujitsu, Ricoh, Canon, etc.<br />
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Animation student <a href="http://onanimation.com/">Dan Caylor</a> first alerted me to the existence of this relatively low-cost 11" x 17" scanner. Here is Dan's review of the scanner on his site: </div>
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Dan is using it with Digicel Flipbook, but this auto-document feed scanner should work with any animation software that has Auto Peg Hole Alignment (such as <a href="http://paperless-animation.blogspot.com/2009/08/peg-hole-registration-with-tvp.html">TVP Animation</a>.) I've personally tested it with TVP Animation and it works fine. If you're looking for a relatively low-cost 11" x 17" ADF scanner for your animation drawings then you might want to consider it.<br />
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A good overview of setting up the Brother Scanner for a production system of scanning animation drawings is in this 8-Part Tutorial by Nate Foster. Nate is using ToonBoom Animate Pro (ToonBoom's "Optical Registration" peg reg. system is notoriously finicky) . If you use TVPaint then you'll find <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdgxxw_how-to-use-the-peg-holes-registrati_tech" target="_blank">TVPaint's Peg Hole Registration system</a> a lot simpler to use.<br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-2876071301421658282009-05-07T21:26:00.005-04:002009-06-05T10:45:13.833-04:00Another Do-It-Yourself Animation Desk projectFor those of you with the right tools and the do-it-yourself motivation here is another project to inspire you to build your own animation desk . Click on this link to see details: <br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://cartoonmeltingpot.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/how-we-built-my-animation-desk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">How We Built My Animation Desk</span></a></span><br /><br /><br />This one starts with a base adapted from an old computer desk :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8fWjiQTjUG7Gjj8og5YV_QmonoyiWiMTJ8r7HBZi5T7PiDSCiUQzI85GG_Ep5SuxeipAKNayAiS1xjVipy8SDfDb5j0pnlEb7mV6qN8A2L1iJAKShsCqNvoU0MWsws7GqoAqHvUfcw-M/s1600-h/desk-11.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8fWjiQTjUG7Gjj8og5YV_QmonoyiWiMTJ8r7HBZi5T7PiDSCiUQzI85GG_Ep5SuxeipAKNayAiS1xjVipy8SDfDb5j0pnlEb7mV6qN8A2L1iJAKShsCqNvoU0MWsws7GqoAqHvUfcw-M/s400/desk-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343850840556271122" /></a><br /><br />The rest of the desk is built on top of the computer desk with the typical wood railing system which raises and lowers the angle of the desk top as desired. (or you could also use the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTBTZw7tyCE6EJuneD3Hq5_4l1fddNQbyuJ0VKV37cpbPBCKlU32ROMnreCzCxFdb6ndumBTekSfNbkSdFzvLLjxH2oqVMw-hj18bw3oHmFLauC_HF12tOuKiZz-v65cKgS2sGEbx8Jcj/s800/Lift%20Up%20Ratchet%20Support.jpg">ratcheted lid stay hardware</a> shown in one of the posts above in place of the wood railing to raise and lower the table top.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB31LQTMULBDPYJNCnriAoRkWPLZpBPA9Zs93X8IRVEQI8zBSix8DDIOcd-Bs7hePc5YJgJ1fm0f9etiFl-jHp-q1KazD0lhn5nhXozjxfpgQKS36R4Oj8QVwBT8C36za_BNovO0rIr1gB/s1600-h/desk-24.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB31LQTMULBDPYJNCnriAoRkWPLZpBPA9Zs93X8IRVEQI8zBSix8DDIOcd-Bs7hePc5YJgJ1fm0f9etiFl-jHp-q1KazD0lhn5nhXozjxfpgQKS36R4Oj8QVwBT8C36za_BNovO0rIr1gB/s400/desk-24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343850844430533474" /></a><br /><br />And here are a couple of photos of the finished product . <div>Pretty nice ! </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv12G1CH2lF6-VYXMAjdFkuEpZqHpJIuS7txf2MeettPI6Ibnsy1aGqU1OkDuRlHv0G_DF3-37EwhoLboTa8M7DUqI9gxPw1YyB1_PXLHPY0pkpuPsLDtZPS8Far5BxcBdcEPQXCamXPYD/s1600-h/desk-261.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv12G1CH2lF6-VYXMAjdFkuEpZqHpJIuS7txf2MeettPI6Ibnsy1aGqU1OkDuRlHv0G_DF3-37EwhoLboTa8M7DUqI9gxPw1YyB1_PXLHPY0pkpuPsLDtZPS8Far5BxcBdcEPQXCamXPYD/s400/desk-261.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343850849168365938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinh_6wvAW-WEmnIQC9ruVCUAUzCMg6q-O7b6pCbsEGBwPJhDVrqEz9y0520DIkK2bDWXCE79llcj_saiF5jF_dx1obQ2lXl3EC97spLInqNupbwySEXDh1Ap-_2PUt6fFSwz-RZFdMSAdl/s1600-h/desk-27.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinh_6wvAW-WEmnIQC9ruVCUAUzCMg6q-O7b6pCbsEGBwPJhDVrqEz9y0520DIkK2bDWXCE79llcj_saiF5jF_dx1obQ2lXl3EC97spLInqNupbwySEXDh1Ap-_2PUt6fFSwz-RZFdMSAdl/s400/desk-27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343850846170754946" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>This desk has a useful feature that many desks lack: the hole for the disc is off-set so there is plenty of space to one side to place the X-sheet, models sheets, or any of the other dozens of little Post-It Notes and other scraps of papers that animators accumulate while animating. (also the optional <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/product_info.php/products_id/144">pencil holder</a> , available from Lightfoot Animation .) </div><div><br />More details and photos of building this desk at the original link:<br /><br /><a href="http://cartoonmeltingpot.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/how-we-built-my-animation-desk/">http://cartoonmeltingpot.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/how-we-built-my-animation-desk/<br /></a><br /><br />-------<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-13672755550483400572009-04-27T17:08:00.000-04:002017-08-31T17:39:23.000-04:00 Getting Started with Traditional Animation : Basic Techniques PART 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Whether you are using using traditional pencil on paper with an animation disc (recommended) or a Wacom tablet drawing directly into TVPaint Animation , the material posted below will help you to get up to speed on the terminology and techniques of traditional hand-drawn character animation.</div>
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See this <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1sig8zMdjxvOIxByapU0a_bf5_tBJotI3ntoqSkQz6DE&hl=en&authkey=CJH3pa4P" target="_blank">"Traditional Animation Materials List"</a></b> and also my blog where I have links to many sources for traditional animation equipment and supplies:<br />
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<b>Traditional Animation Basics - Starting off right - </b><br />
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Whether your are using traditional pencil on paper or using a Wacom tablet to animate you will want to make sure that you have understood and follow the traditional animation methods and terminology. <br />
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To make sure we are all<i> "on the same page" </i>please spend some time to delve into our class Textbooks and read these sections prior to the first week of class or at the very start of the first week of class for Module 1 and continue to refer back to this material so you will be able to establish good industry-standard work habits from the start.<br />
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To get started , read in our class textbook , <b><span style="color: blue;">"The Animator's Survival Kit" </span></b>by Richard Williams , <b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">pg. 41 - 45</span></b> on <i>ANIMATION IS CONCENTRATION</i> . <br />
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Notice there in the book he relates and illustrates an amusing anecdote of an encounter he had early in his career with master Disney animator Milt Kahl , resulting in him coming to understand that "Animation is Concentration" . You can watch Richard Williams amusingly tell the story here:<br />
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But within this amusing story is a solid truth : <b><i>Animation is Concentration</i></b>. Don't let yourself get distracted when you're animating. Animating involves a lot to keep track of mentally and if even the great Milt Kahl admitted that he <i>"wasn't smart enough to think of more than one thing at a time" </i> then maybe we aren't either ? </div>
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<b> 1.)</b> <span style="color: blue;"><b>Character Animation Crash Course</b></span> by Eric Goldberg , read the preface pages <b> pg. xvii – xxii </b>on <b>“Definition of Terms”</b> , <br />
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Even if you are animating paperlessly with a Wacom tablet in TVPaint or some other digital 2D program you will find that using a traditional X-sheet is very useful and gives you more control over your timing. This is not just “old-timey” stuff being reviewed here with a sense of nostalgia for the good ol' days of Walt and the Nine Old Men , etc. ; it’s a logical system that has been fine tuned over many years of use in professional animation studios and it still works best for traditional character animation , even with all our digital bag of tricks. <br />
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<b>5.) </b> OPTIONAL READING In <span style="color: blue;"><b>Animation: From Pencils to Pixels</b></span> by Tony White, read Chapter 11 - <b> “2D Animation Basics”</b> , <b>pg. 332 – 348</b> on <b>Keys , Inbetweens, and Timing</b> , so you will better understand the concepts of Key drawings, Inbetween drawings, and Timing/Spacing charts. <br />
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Another OPTIONAL READING would be to read in Chapter 11 of <span style="color: blue;"><b>Animation: From Pencils to Pixels</b></span> by Tony White, from <b>pg. 349 –to - 365</b> to further familiarize yourself with the use of the Exposure Sheet (aka “the X-sheet” or “the Dope sheet”) and the use of peg bars and flipping.<br />
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Again, you'll notice some overlap of the material you're also reading in the Eric Goldberg and Richard Williams books , but we tend to learn through repetition and I hope the point is not lost on you that all three of these authors writing at different times and different places share a common "language" of traditional animation terms and methodology. <br />
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An important technique to learn is how to "roll" your drawings on the pegs of the animation disc or light box and also how to flip your drawings to check the action, so if you are using traditional pencil on paper for doing your assignments in this class then you should be aware of how to properly Roll and Flip your paper drawings.<br />
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Although difficult to describe, both rolling and flipping are a knack you will acquire as you do them more. Sometimes both of these actions are just known simply as Flipping, depending on who you ask. See <b><span style="color: blue;">"The Animator's Survival Kit"</span> page 80 - 83.</b><br />
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You can use the rolling action to check a group of five drawings stacked on top of each other (one sheet flat on the drawing surface and the other four sheets of paper held between the fingers.) The wrist and fingers work together to roll the drawings back and forth like this so you can preview the action , see the animation on the drawing board: <br />
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In this brief movie taken at the Disney Studio animator Frank Thomas is seen demonstrating both rolling (on the pegs) and flipping (off the pegs) as he animates and checks his work on Lady and The Tramp :<br />
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Here is footage of animator Fred Moore at the Disney Studio working on his light table , drawing Mickey Mouse:<br />
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Here are a few more videos showing you how traditional animators work with the drawings on their animation disc, rolling the drawings on the pegs, and also "flipping" the drawings off the pegs to check the action. You should get used to doing this with your own drawings. <b>Please watch these in their entirety .</b><br />
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First, animator Joanna Quinn shares how she works:<br />
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Did you notice how both Joanna Quinn and Sylvain Chomet work <i>rough</i> in their animation drawings ? Sometimes beginning animators have a tendency to try to work too clean , trying to make their animation drawings very precise and "tight" in terms of the line quality, but this usually ends up making the animation look very stiff .<br />
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Below is a great example of how a master animator works --- this scene of Jane from Disney's "Tarzan" movie is by Ken Duncan . Ken's final "roughs" that he turns over to his assistants for inbetweening and clean-up are very meticulously drawn, so no doubt is left about what he intended , but if you look at Ken's initial rough pass you see that he works VERY ROUGH at first.<br />
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Doing a rough pass allows him to concentrate all his energy on the acting. Once he gets the rough pass established he goes through and does a tie-down pass to clarify the drawings and add details.<br />
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The first clip shows Ken's first rough pass. The second clip shows his tied-down rough pass (which in turn will be given to an assistant animator who will put down a final, ready-for-scanning clean line )<br />
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For more examples of animator's Pencil Tests go to :<br />
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<a href="http://livlily.blogspot.com/2010/11/pencil-tests-animators.html" target="_blank"><b> http://livlily.blogspot.com/2010/11/pencil-tests-animators.html</b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.penciltestdepot.com/" target="_blank"><b>http://www.penciltestdepot.com/</b></a><br />
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<b>Numbering and Charting Drawings : Keeping Track of it All -</b><br />
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As you've gone through the readings on traditional animation terminology and methods discussed above , please make sure you have a good grasp of the logic used in numbering the drawings on the actual artwork as well as on the X-sheet , and how the Charts are used to indicate timing and spacing on the drawings.<br />
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Each of the recommended text books for this class each one has a section on the use of the Exposure Sheet, or X-sheet for short.<br />
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The best explanations of this important tool are in Eric Goldberg's <span style="color: blue;"><b>"Character Animation Crash Course"</b></span> <b>pg. 67 – 74 </b> on The Exposure Sheet and Richard Williams's <span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Animator's Survival Kit"</b></span> , <b>pages 70 - 77</b> . <br />
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I'd like you all to make sure you thoroughly understand what is covered in those sections regarding numbering of drawings whether you are using TVPaint Animation or animating traditionally on paper.<br />
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Notice this numbering system was developed primarily at Disney and is the most flexible system:<br />
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When animating<i> "On Twos" </i>(each drawing exposed for two frames) the drawings are numbered by odd numbers , while animation <i>"On Ones"</i> is numbered with both the even and odd numbers consecutively . <br />
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Thus a section of animation On Twos is numbered like this :<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 ,</span> etc.<br />
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<i>because each drawing is exposed for two frames on the X-sheet or timeline</i> .<br />
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Drawing #1 is exposed on both frames 1 and 2 , drawing #3 is exposed for frames 3 and 4, drawing #5 is exposed for frames 5 and 6, and so forth. The drawing number corresponds to the frame number it starts on . The frame numbers always advance forward at 24fps ("on ones") but in most cases our animation can be effectively done on "12 fps" , (that is exposed "on twos") . <br />
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Now , let's say that in looking at the pencil test of this scene animated On Twos you decide that part of the action would look better On Ones , so you can easily drop-in the drawings on ones (on even numbers) if you inbetween the odd numbered drawings <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">to add drawings on ones:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> <span style="background-color: white;">1 ,2 ,3 ,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 </span><span style="background-color: white;">,</span></span><br />
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and then go back to twos : <span style="color: #cc0000;">,15, 17 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 ,</span> etc. <span style="background-color: white;"></span><br />
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A good rule of thumb is that <i>VERY FAST action</i> will almost always be animated On Ones , whereas normal actions or especially slow actions can be On Twos. But it depends on the action. Test it first , try it on twos , then if you need to you can add ones. Animating on Twos can save a lot of time and work since working on Twos is <i>half-the-drawings needed</i> as animating on Ones. <br />
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This system of numbering and exposing the drawings is very logical, elegant system. Read the Richard Williams book , <span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Animator's Survival Kit"</b></span> , <b>pages 70 - 77</b>, <i>especially <b>page 76</b></i> and in Eric Goldberg's <b><span style="color: blue;">"Character Animation Crash Course"</span> </b> <b>pg. 67 – 74</b> on <i>The Exposure Sheet</i> to wrap your mind around this system of numbering and use it .<br />
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Also make sure you understand the concept and use of Charts on the drawings. These charts indicate the animator's intended spacing of the inbetween drawings . In the Richard Williams book <b><span style="color: blue;">"The Animator's Survival Kit"</span> </b>you can see an explanation of the form and function of the timing chart on <b>pages 47 - 57 </b>. Charts are guides for how far apart the breakdowns and inbetweens are between the animator's Extreme drawings. Even though you will be inbetweening your own work in this class , get in the habit of making clear, easily-followed charts on your animation drawings.<br />
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Here are some of the most common Charts you will see on animation drawings: <br />
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<b>*IMPORTANT: </b>Do me a favor. When you animate your assignments for this class make sure you number your drawings clearly near the upper right corner of the page and have your timing charts written clearly in that general area too, so that when you shoot or scan your drawings I can clearly see your numbering and how you have charted your drawings.<br />
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Also, scan and upload your numbered X-sheet (as a .jpg file) when you upload your movie file .<br />
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This will help me to give you accurate frame-by-frame feedback on any corrections you need to make with your timing and we will both be clear on which drawings I'm referring to in my Notes to you. Please do this whether you are animating on paper or paperlessly in TVPaint .<br />
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It's important that I see your thinking process with numbering and charting your drawings -- <br />
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Don't worry that the numbers flashing by up at the corner of the screen
looks "messy". Everyone who works in animation is used to seeing those
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Look at these examples from professional animators demo reels: <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/22645955">Pablo Navarro Demo Reel 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6815723">Pablo Navarro</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Animation of Owl from "Winnie the Pooh" by Dale Baer -<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/29412165">Dale Baer: Owl from Winnie the Pooh</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/jamaalbradley">Jamaal Bradley</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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See the drawing numbers and the charts flashing by on the edges of the
paper of the pencil test ? If you clearly mark your drawings like this
then I will always be able to step through your pencil tests
frame-by-frame and refer to the exact drawing or section of drawings
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<b>"Cel" Levels and X-sheets in the Digital Age:</b><br />
Every layer or level on the X-sheet accounts for each and every element in a scene : characters, props, effects animation (shadows, fire, smoke, etc.) , and Background elements.<br />
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Even though in the present day we are not physically photographing the levels on cels with a motion picture camera (instead we use a digital "camera" to composite levels within TVPaint , Digicel Flipbook, Toonboom, Flash etc.) you should still get used to thinking of the logical "stacking order" for the various levels.<br />
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Imagine you are looking down through the levels drawn on transparent cels , stacked on top of a BG level , with the camera pointing down . The top most level would be for any overlays, effects animation, or any character or prop that is in the foreground or covers another character at some point. Then come the character levels , finally the Background level on the lowermost level. The digital compositing process still needs to have the levels stacked in a logical manner like this, so consider that when planning your scenes if you have multiple levels in a scene. <br />
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Click the link to go to <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/04/part-2-getting-started-with-traditional.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 2</b> </a>of this post on "Getting Started with Traditional Animation" , <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2009/04/part-2-getting-started-with-traditional.html" target="_blank"><b>ON INBETWEENING: A FOUNDATIONAL SKILL</b></a>.<br />
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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-47512016279328084112009-04-27T16:19:00.000-04:002017-08-31T17:39:45.667-04:00PART 2 : Getting Started with Traditional Animation -- ON INBETWEENING: A FOUNDATIONAL SKILL <b>PART 2 : Getting Started with Traditional Animation --
ON INBETWEENING: A FOUNDATIONAL SKILL </b><br />
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If you have the book by Tony White <b><span style="color: blue;">"Animation From Pencils to Pixels"</span></b> read his material on <i> "2D Animation Basics"</i> , <b>pg. 342 - 348</b> on Inbetweening:<br />
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Also take a look at the following videos which demonstrate the inbeween process.<br />
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This first video was done by one of the other instructors here at AAU, Tony Claar, where Tony explains very clearly an old inbetweening "trick" to accurately line up inbetween positions. (you'll see the same thing illustrated in Tony White's book <span style="color: blue;"><b>Animation From Pencils to Pixels</b></span> on <b>pg. 342 - 348</b> ) This "dot method" as Tony calls it , is related to the "off-pegs-shift-and-trace" trick that we'll discuss more about later. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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Also review the attached handouts (click the links to download): <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.animationmeat.com%2Fpdf%2Ffeatureanimation%2F10Steps.pdf&ei=Vn7mU8rRD-fjsATW7YDwCw&usg=AFQjCNHjHVucJzKGLQYTfBZXQuVqnroGrA&sig2=tFAZIOlEslUSUIET4RbfIw&bvm=bv.72676100,d.cWc" target="_blank"><b>"10 Steps to a Perfect Inbetween"</b> </a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-lkE5Ash8MJNFBFSjNwYlF3SWc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>"Clean Up Hints"</b></a> , both of which discuss a little bit about tricks like "off-the-pegs" inbetweening which can increase your speed and accuracy when inbetweening.<br />
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In this video clip from a documentary on his career in the mid-1970's Richard Williams tells the truth about what full-animation inbetweening is about : "Every Drawing is Important " -<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(the part about inbetweening starts at the 0:45 mark after the clip from Williams's "A Christmas Carol" )</span></span><br />
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What he says is true: "Inbetweening" as a separate step in the process is often times a necessity of mass production pipelines, but in fact anyone who is doing "inbetweens" or "breakdowns" or is a "Key Assistant Clean Up Artist" i<i>s doing animation </i>. Traditional full-animation takes every drawing seriously. (yes, as Dick Williams points out , there are times when there are just straight half-way drawing-between-drawing inbetweens that need to be done to complete the production , but even then you can keep up a high level of craftsmanship.)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*The clip is a bit dated in terms of how Williams refers to what was then possible with computer graphics (c. 1978) , but his essential point still stands: in classical hand-drawn animation every drawing is important and even "mere inbetweens" should be approached with the sensitivity and skill that only a trained artist can bring to the table.</span> </span></blockquote>
In traditional inbetweening we build up detail on top after the basic shape has been lightly sketched in and established (usually with light blue or red pencil).<br />
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Here's an example of building up a character from rough, basic shapes before refining the final lines of the inbetween . The main breakdown inbeween to do here is #5 . Notice how the inbetween is built up by blocking in basic forms first, then tying-down the line detail on top of the basic forms.<br />
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Extremes are drawings <b>#1</b> and <b>#8</b> . 1/2 -way breakdown inbetween will be <u>#5 </u>:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe you'd like to try your hand at doing this test ? Here are the drawings:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">You'll need to print-out and peg up the drawings in registration . (use the + cross-hair registration marks on the drawings).You'll need to print-out and peg up the drawings in registration . (use the + cross-hair registration marks on the drawings as a guide to pegging-up the drawing on animation paper or on "peg strips" . )</span><br />
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When you get a tricky drawing , you need to first find the Basic Form on a difficult inbetween position, then add the details after you have the basic form turning correctly:<br />
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<b>A Note about working Paperlessly in TVPaint :</b><br />
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You can certainly use the "dot and arcs method" when working paperlessly with a Wacom tablet in TVP Animation , though it is more difficult to simulate taking the drawings off-pegs and shifting them when you're working paperlessly. (you are encouraged to work traditionally with paper)<br />
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<b>NOTE:</b> Starting with TVPaint 9.5 and continuing in TVPaint 10/10.5 and <b>TVPaint 11</b> there is an <i>"Inbetween Out-of-Pegs"</i> ("off pegs") function. This simulates the traditional "off-pegs" technique.<br />
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If you're using the older versions of TVPaint 9.5 or 10/10.5 be sure you have<i> 'Checked for Updates' </i> in the TVP Help menu so you have the most recent version. (for TVP 9/9.5 the most recent version is <i>9.5.21</i> . For TVP 10/10.5 the most recent version is <i>10.5.7</i> . For TVPaint 11 the most recent version as of July 21, 2015 is <i> 11.0.2 </i>, but expect frequent updates , so make it a regular practice to <i>"Check for Updates"</i> under the Help menu and check the <a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/forum/" target="_blank">TVPaint Users Forum</a> for announcements about updates. )<br />
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See the online documentation for TVPaint 11: <b> <a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/doc/tvp11/index.php?id=lesson-tradigital-animation-advanced-classic-tools-light-table" target="_blank"> "Using the Light Table" </a> </b> and <b><a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/doc/tvp11/index.php?id=lesson-tradigital-animation-advanced-classic-tools-oop" target="_blank">"The Out-of-Pegs feature"</a></b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-lkE5Ash8MJOGpCYTRWbkZac0k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>** Inbetweening in TVPaint ** </b></a></span><br />
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Another thing to remember if you're working paperless is that you can get greater accuracy in your inbetweens by zooming-in close on the drawings and working at a larger size. The larger the drawing , the greater control you'll have over your individual strokes. Sometimes when working paperless the best way is to rough your drawing very lightly with basic forms , then zoom in and start to refine the placement of the lines (with the onionskin/light table turned on) as you are zoomed in closer. Periodically zoom out and scrub through the drawings to check how the lines are flowing. If you detect any shakiness or jittering in some lines erase and refine the line. <br />
<b><br /></b>*Learning to animate on a Wacom tablet (Intuos or Cintiq) can be a challenge in and of itself (to get comfortable with drawing on the tablet) , so<b> </b>as a general rule most people learn the process better by working traditionally with pencil and paper. Then those traditional inbetweening skills can be applied to working on a tablet.<br />
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Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/86tqKH3zxuM?list=PLpyXxVvCbmX8LAj6PTnQpA5mNwfwV17Zb" target="_blank"><b>playlist</b></a> of videos I've found on YouTube that cover the topic of inbetweening. Some of the so-called "tutorials" posted on YouTube are pretty bad, basically "the blind leading the blind" , made by people who can barely draw or animate , but these tutorials on inbetweening presented in this Playlist are ones that I'd recommend you watch . The ele tutorial on "Animation Clean-up" is more of a "digital inking" tutorial , since it doesn't really cover cleaning-up sequential animation drawings (dealing with issues of maintaining consistency of volume and line weight from drawing to drawing) , but it's a good tutorial on how to approach cleaning-up a rough drawing .<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/86tqKH3zxuM?list=PLpyXxVvCbmX8LAj6PTnQpA5mNwfwV17Zb">https://youtu.be/86tqKH3zxuM?list=PLpyXxVvCbmX8LAj6PTnQpA5mNwfwV17Zb</a><br />
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In this video , veteran Disney animator James Lopez demonstrates how to block-in an inbetween drawing while constantly flipping between two key extreme drawings. James writes:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoNwcI8A2c" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoNwcI8A2c</a><br />
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I would say "flip constantly" is the key phrase here . Students should keep in mind
as they are watching this that even if they are working paperlessly with
a tablet in an app like TVPaint or Toonboom , they must come up with a
viable way to program the "scrub forward /scrub backward" keyboard
shortcuts to their Wacom tablet express keys , or use a USB controller
like a Griffin Powermate (or even an old game controller) rigged to
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This video by former Disney animator Dave Zaboski is a good introduction to animating and inbetweening in TVPaint. Dave uses a hybrid process of starting his rough drawings on paper , then finishing his scene in TVPaint :<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/57043308">TV Paint Beginner's tutorial</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/vishvakarma">Dave Zaboski</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Here's another really great tutorial on the basics of animating with TVPaint , by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AaronBlaiseArt/search?query=animation" target="_blank"><b>Aaron Blaise</b></a>:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I'd suggest you watch these video tutorials on in <b><i>FULL SCREEN </i></b>mode so you can see the details . </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-3311901296567797442009-04-02T20:30:00.000-04:002019-08-20T10:39:26.064-04:00Two useful apps for Traditional Animation For <b><i>scanning</i></b> animation drawings for import into animation apps such as TVPaint Animation or ToonBoom Animate Pro / Harmony, or Digicel Flipbook you should seriously consider <a href="http://www.hamrick.com/" target="_blank"><b>VueScan </b></a>scanning software. VueScan (for Mac, Windows, and Linux) offers many options for image adjustment/enhancement . Scan your drawings in VueScan, then import to TVPaint (or ToonBoom, or Digicel Flipbook.<br />
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If your are using <b><i>video capture</i></b> instead of scanning then get <a href="http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/" target="_blank"><b>iGlasses</b></a> for Mac (Mac only, not available for Windows) . iGlasses gives you many more options for manually adjusting the exposure, focus, and white balance using an HD webcam (such as the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Desktop-Laptop-Webcam-Camera/dp/B00CRJWW2G" target="_blank">Logitech C-930</a>) . One more I should mention is a program called <a href="https://mactaris.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Webcam Settings</b></a> , which is similar to iGlasses, for manually adjusting the image quality of webcams . (again, this is a Mac-only program. There are similar types of programs for Windows, but I'm on a Mac, so I don't have any recommendations. ) <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879487344340894780.post-28240222762089179362009-04-02T16:08:00.000-04:002019-08-20T10:39:41.170-04:00Pencil Testing with your iPhone or Android Smartphone - an alternative to scanning A faster alternative to scanning is to capture your animation drawings with your iPhone or Android Smartphone. Modern phone cameras are quite high resolution , so the images captured can be very sharp. (the iPhone 7 has a 12MP camera for example , and similar Android phones have 12 MP or 8 MP cameras). <b><u>Use good lighting for optimum image quality.</u></b> See the document:<br />
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<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-lkE5Ash8MJYWIxZjE5NzUtMGNlMS00YmQzLWJlNTAtMjFhYmFhNDIyNzI4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Image Capture Techniques for Hand Drawn Animation</span></a></b><br />
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(this is a booklet I put together several years ago, so the capture technology shown is dated -- mini-dv cameras , video surveillance ccd cameras -- but the camera stands and lighting set-ups shown are still valid if you're using an iPhone , digital camera, or webcam for capturing your drawings)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The best lighting arrangement is use 2 - to - 4 lamps arranged as shown in the diagram above , at about at 45-degree angle from the surface of the drawings. </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">You want to adjust the lighting so you get <i><u>totally flat, even illumination over the </u></i></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><u>surface of the drawings, without any hotspots or shadow areas</u></i>. Some plain white </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">paper or translucent vellum (tracing paper) taped over the mouth of the lamps will </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">provide diffusion of the light , so the light is evenly spread over the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">(this shows a video camera on a copy stand, but with an adapter this could also be a smartphone mounted on the copy stand, pointing straight down at the drawings ... you can also use an HD Webcam such as the Logitech C-930 or C-920 to make your image captures directly into TVPaint using the Video Input panel, but the iPhone camera can make captures that are as good or better than captures made with a webcam.)</span></div>
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For line drawings , set the iPhone camera to Monochrome (B & W) mode. Adjust the exposure and then lock the exposure if possible and set the focus manually, then lock it. Again, it is important that you use good lighting to provide even, flat illumination . You'll need to get a <b>REMOTE CONTROL</b> for the phone so you can fire off the shutter without physically touching the phone. (to avoid the jarring the camera). There are many different models available. Here are a couple you could use:<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/CamKix-Bluetooth-Shutter-Control-Smartphones/dp/B00PJSIIES/" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/CamKix-Bluetooth-Shutter-Control-Smartphones/dp/B00PJSIIES/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fintie-Bluetooth-Wireless-Multimedia-Smartphones/dp/B00WFXWKY4" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Fintie-Bluetooth-Wireless-Multimedia-Smartphones/dp/B00WFXWKY4</a><br />
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You'll also need to securely mount the iPhone/iPad or Android phone/tablet on a tripod or a copy stand with a <u>tripod mount adapter</u> . There are various models of tripod mounts you can use, such as this one:<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Joby-JM1-01WW-GripTight-Mount-Black/dp/B009GHYLKS" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Joby-JM1-01WW-GripTight-Mount-Black/dp/B009GHYLKS</a><br />
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(check on Amazon for others : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fintie-Bluetooth-Wireless-Multimedia-Smartphones/dp/B00WFXWKY4" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dmobile&field-keywords=tripod+mount+ )</a> .<br />
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<a href="http://www.modahaus.com/shop/rostrum-camera-stand/" target="_blank"> http://www.modahaus.com/shop/rostrum-camera-stand/</a><br />
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Each drawing is placed onto a taped-down<b><a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/acme-pegbar-chrome-plated-steel-ultrathin" target="_blank"> ACME pegbar </a></b>and illuminated by two lights at 45% angles on either side of the stand. Use the<a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/content/acme-pegbar-chrome-plated-steel-ultrathin" target="_blank"> ultra-thin metal peg bar</a> so it sits flush with the shooting surface .<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<b>don't be tempted to use the cheaper white plastic peg bars, because those are 1/8" thick and will tend to make the paper buckle , instead of laying <u>completely flat</u> when you put it down on the peg bar.</b> If you have one of these 1/8" thick white plastic peg bars and can't afford to buy one of the thin metal peg bars , </span><u style="font-size: small;">see further down below on how to adapt it so it will sit flush [flat] with the shooting surface</u><span style="font-size: x-small;">) .</span></span></blockquote>
The iPhone's (or Android' phone's) camera must be adjusted to make sure the focus and exposure are locked before shooting so you don't get fluctuations in the focus or exposure , which will cause flickering. Use the remote control to capture each image, so you don't physically touch the camera when capturing.<br />
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After you have captured all the drawings, transfer the image sequence from your phone to a folder on your computer (name the folder(s) by Scene Number , so you can keep track of your original image captures ) and then import the image sequence into your animation program such as TVPaint Animation or AfterEffects or what have you , to arrange the drawings in layers and to time the drawings on the timeline.<br />
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<b>Scanning will still give you the very best image quality if you are scanning final clean-up drawings for coloring , but for pencil testing purposes it is much faster to capture your drawings with your iPhone or Android phone camera </b>(or you can use a digital still camera mounted on a tripod or copy stand ... follow the same procedure , capturing each drawing one at a time , using a remote control shutter release , and after the entire image sequence is captured, transfer the image sequence to your computer and then import the image sequence into TVPaint or whatever animation program you are using.<br />
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A useful accessory is a <i><u>hinged glass platen</u></i> , to press down your drawings absolutely flat .<br />
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<a href="http://www.animatormag.com/archive/issue-16/issue-16-page-25/" target="_blank">http://www.animatormag.com/archive/issue-16/issue-16-page-25/</a><br />
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Although a simple hinge made from gaffer's tape/duct tape will work fine . Or the platen can be free-floating sheet of glass that you place on and lift off each time you make a frame capture. In that case super-glue or tape a drawer handle to the right and left side edges of the glass to make it easy to place on and off the shooting platform to press the drawings down flat. Make sure the sheet of glass is wide enough that the handles will get outside of the shooting area, so you don't capture the edges of the glass or the handles on your frame captures. For example , let's say you are shooting 12 Field animation paper , which is 12.5" wide x 10.5" high . Your platen would need to be something like<br />
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Many students purchase one of these inexpensive white plastic peg bars . The advantage is they are inexpensive , but the <i>disadvantage </i>is that the white plastic peg bar is 1/8" thick and will tend to make the lower edges of the paper buckle , instead of letting the drawing lay completely flat when you put it down on the peg bar. You want to try to have the paper lay as flat as possible when capturing the drawings.<br />
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Here is how to make a shooting surface that allows the 1/8" thick white plastic peg bar to sit flush with the surface . You'll need some 1/8" thick chipboard or matte board or 1/8" thick birch plywood (although the plywood is more expensive)<br />
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The version of the Recordex Simplicity Cam referred to in the post below (model <i>5e</i>) is no longer available , but they have <b><a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/simplicitycam.html" target="_blank">similar models</a></b> available. Recently in working with this camera again I found some ways to improve the overall image capture quality , so I'll share the process in this document:<br />
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<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcrsmN1FJfy6YY5wpClFcqBKaTMJi9XWdh2yR81EJso/edit" target="_blank">Improving Image Capture Quality with Recordex Simplicity Cam </a></b><br />
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The main thing is to use Recordex's <i>proprietary software</i> <b><a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/xsightdownload.html" target="_blank">XSightHD</a></b> to capture the images , then import the captured images into TVPaint or whatever animation application you may be using.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Original post from a few years ago: </span><br />
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As seen on the <a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5162" target="_blank">TVPaint Community User Forum</a> : <br />
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This relatively new image capture station , the <a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/page152.html" target="_blank"><b>S</b><b>implicity Cam 5e HD Document Scanner</b></a> by Recordex-USA --<br />
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This unit is <b>compatible with both Windows and Mac OS</b> .<br />
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<b>Capture resolution up to</b><b> <u><i>2560 x 1944</i></u></b> (which is actually higher than 2K Film res. of 2048 x 1556). However, to get this resolution your computer's screen resolution needs to be increased to maximum. If your computer screen resolution is lower you may not get this max. resolution.<br />
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<b><strike>Manual control of White Balance and Exposure.</strike> <span style="color: red;">(NOTE: not anymore with the most recent update of the XSightHD software . Unfortunately they removed manual White Balance and Manual Exposure as an option. Hopefully they'll add it back in a future update of the XSightHD software. )</span></b><br />
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<b>Max. capture area of </b><span class="Normal-C5"><b><i>12.75" x 17.25" </i></b> (so this will capture the usable drawing area on 12 Field [12"w x 9"h ] and 16 Field [16" w x 12.75" h] animation paper.) </span><br />
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<span class="Normal-C5"><b>Image capture is much faster than scanning on a Flatbed scanner</b> . (Image quality is better with scanner, but the image quality from the Simplicity Cam is good enough resolution for a pencil test)</span></blockquote>
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<b>NOTE:</b> the base of the unit will need to be bolted down to a table top or a board so it can't be knocked over or jarred out of position (the base is weighted, but it needs to be completely locked down for animation) .</blockquote>
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See this document : <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DR4w1Ij6DPYHNMYLJ4nwyEqhl5Kdx3-tyY445BPyGZo/edit" target="_blank">Lock-down_Simplicity_Cam </a></b><br />
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<span class="Normal-C5"><b>Add a <a href="http://www.lightfootltd.com/product_info.php?products_id=412" target="_blank">thin tape down peg bar</a> to the shooting stage</b> to hold your drawings in registration as they are captured, </span></blockquote>
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<span class="Normal-C5"> <i><b>OR </b></i> if you have TVPaint Animation you can use the <u><i>Peg Holes Registration FX</i> </u>in TVPaint to register the drawings post-capture , so you could potentially capture your images much faster by laying the drawings down flat on the shooting stage under the camera without a peg bar , but because the black backing of the shooting stage will show through the peg holes that will cause the peg hole shapes to be captured , so then when the images have all been captured into TVPaint you can run the <i>Peg Holes Registration FX</i> on the captured images to automatically align all the drawings in perfect registration (Some other pencil test softwares have similar types of automatic peg-hole shape alignment . Check with the Support Dept. of the software you use to see if this is an option . I can tell you that the Peg Hole Registration in TVPaint Animation is easy to use and is very accurate.) </span></blockquote>
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<b><u>You will need to add a set of lights</u></b> as the built-in LED light that comes with it is not generally bright enough . But the lights you need for Pencil Testing are inexpensive clamp-on "shop lamps" which you can purchase at any hardware store. Use 150 watt equivalent spiral "Cool Bulb" fluorescent lights , which remain cool enough to tape a piece of plain white paper over the lamps so you will get very bright, but diffused light spread over the shooting area so your drawings are captured without hotspots in the middle or shadows at the edges which can happen when pencil testing without adequate lighting.<br />
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On the Mac use it with <a href="http://camtwiststudio.com/" target="_blank">CamTwist Studio</a> for extra control over the captured images (control Brightness/Contrast/White Balance , and also Zoom-in/Zoom-out of the camera) . On Windows use the software that comes with the camera for Windows :<a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/XSightHDViewer.html" target="_blank"> XSight HD</a> camera viewer software. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>** UPDATE :</b> use the </span><b><a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/xsightdownload.html" target="_blank">XSightHD software </a></b><span style="color: red;">for both Windows AND Mac for best quality image captures with Recordex Simplicity Cam. <b>** </b></span><br />
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<u>The <b>Simplicity Cam 5e</b> unit is confirmed to work for capturing high-res. b & w line art animation drawings into <b>TVPaint Animation</b></u> with both Windows and Mac OS. (given that it is an <i>HD </i>USB camera it should potentially work with any other kind of pencil test software such as Digicel Flipbook or Toki Line Test. But check the technical specs first with the Support Dept. from whatever software you are using) <br />
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The manufacturer Recordex-USA does not sell directly to the public, but they have a list of resellers available on their website: <b><a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/shop-recordex.html" target="_blank"> http://www.recordexusa.com/shop-recordex.html</a></b><br />
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Download the brochure at this link: <a href="http://www.handroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/FlyerHANDROO_072011Fr.pdf" target="_blank">Handroo Brochure </a><br />
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They are working on securing a U.S. distributor. In the meantime you may order directly from them. (although the shipping is expensive) Price is approximately $300 USD , plus $180 shipping to the U.S. Check with them on exact shipping cost , depending on your location. <br />
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They offer it in kit form, unpainted , so you can customize it with your own colors . The kit version is slightly less expensive.<br />
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