Best Tutorials

[mrchrislackey]

I've finally sprung for Moho, and I'm going through the official tutorials, which are a bit much for me.

I would love something that takes you through just some basic stuff (importing characters & backgrounds, basic rigging) and shows you how to make something from beginning to end. Like 'here's a 15 second scene and this is how to do it' kinda thing.

Does anyone know if there is something like that floating around on YouTube? Heck, if there are good lessons somewhere, I would be willing to pay for them!

[Greenlaw]

Hi @mrchrislackey!

Many new users are eager to get on with their animation masterpiece, but I recommend working on a bunch of 'tiny' projects first, to get a grasp of Moho concepts and develop some necessary skills. Give each project a specific learning goal and keep the technical parameters small and focused. For example, if you want to learn about rigging, start with a character using only seven bones (e.g., root, head, body, limbs.) If you can make that look good, you're on your way.

You can see an example of a simple Moho rig in the What's A Switch Layer? segment of my recent Moho Tips! 7 Ways To Switch Layer! Pt 1 tutorial. The running/jumping cat has one additional bone for the tail, so it really doesn't take much to build and animate an appealing character in Moho.

Once you get something like this completed, try something a little more complicated in a brand new project. For example, try buiding a character withjointed limbs (elbows and knees), and using IK. Or make a small project involving only the Switch Layer, or only Smart Bone Actions.

Before long, you'll want to combine the skills you've learned to make more complex animations, and you'll have a pretty good idea how to do it.

The point is, by completing a bunch of small, short-term projects, you'll feel a sense of accomplishment (or a dopamine hit) and retain the enthusiasm to create more. And the more you make, the more you will learn.

By contrast, starting off with one complicated production that tries to do everything could take a very long time, especially while trying learn everything all at once, and it will likely end in frustration, boredom, and abandonment.

Also, be sure to get plenty of sleep...that's how your brain stores new knowledge. If you don't sleep, it all goes away. (I should follow my own advice.)

I hope this helps! BTW, one of my goals this year is to create small activity-based tutorials. Some of these will be for beginners, and may build on previous activities, so watch out for these on our Little Green Dog channel. (For intermediate and expert users, don't worry, I making videos for you too.)

[Greenlaw]

Alisa suggested I take the above post and make a tutorial video out of it. Tiny projects!

[GCharb]

Definitely the "Learning Moho from beginner to expert" course on this channel, 39 videos showing all the basics of Moho in separate, small and easy to digest videos, you will learn all that you need to be able to use Moho 14.x from those !

Here is the playlist...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... -exwJ3UJ3T