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Hi all,

I wanted to try this screencasting thing out, so thought i'd go over a couple of techniques i like to use. I described this before in text, long time ago, but thought it might be easier to follow as a video...

Hope you find it useful, post any questions below.

please note: no masking was used in the creation of this video

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my tutorial links are dead

I'll re-do them and upload to youtube sometime...

Hmmm I might use your way, I been using a mask. Those 2 lines you made from the mouth's corner to the face's edge to create the shapes seems to be a better way than what I been doing. Thanks for sharing.

Stephen

Very well explained, one of the better tuts on face construction techniques. Thanks for sharing.

thanks for watching

I think the stacking order thing is one of the fundamentals of working with anime studio, and no other program i've ever seen has this ability - it's so powerful when you get your head around it!

Just one comment to that classic technique: To speed up animation (without using bones) you can make use of point groups. When selecting lower llip + lower teeth + tongue you can make use of groups for quick point selection. It will speed up animation process.
-G

Very good tip! I would have been going crazy doing this all with layers.

funksmaname wrote:Hi all,

I wanted to try this screencasting thing out, so thought i'd go over a couple of techniques i like to use. I described this before in text, long time ago, but thought it might be easier to follow as a video...

Hope you find it useful, post any questions below.

please note: no masking was used in the creation of this video

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stUE ... xYWV5YVVZd

suplimental: a more localised use, not using outer head shape

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stUE ... xYX1lYX1Rc

Sadly, neither of these links are working for me... hrmmm

Loved it! The second video seems to stop about halfway thru tho. Hope you make more. I'm a multi-layer guy myself, but have to admit the single layer method is far easier, and better for certain types of projects.

Thanks DF

Dunno why the video appears to stop... stupid system doesn't let you fast fowrad either! Ryder - i can get to the links, try again?

Next time i might try to upload to youtube instead!

funksmaname wrote:Thanks DF

Dunno why the video appears to stop... stupid system doesn't let you fast fowrad either! Ryder - i can get to the links, try again?

Next time i might try to upload to youtube instead!

Hey, worked this time... not sure why Thanks!

Perfect tip!

Face creation was really a tough part of any project always, really interesting!

Thanks for sharing!

Just recognized your tutorial (because of your signature). Great thing and looks very easy. I am going to test this technique and I am also going to watch your other videos. Thanks for sharing this!

I thought I would try Funksmaname's shape stacking technique on a simple head turn. It's a great setup if you don't need a full side view and it's all on one layer too.



You can download the file here.

I should mention two "cheats" that I used on this rig:

1) The nose shape is a simple flip using a step key. This usually looks jumpy, but I tried to use it when the head is turning quickly to make it less noticeable.

2) I wanted to put the ears in one layer rather than on separate layers, but you cannot animate shape order in the same layer. However I found a clever workaround in this thread:

Shape ordering in single layer.....(?)

This graphic should explain how it works:



Anyway, hope you all find this variant useful.