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Get the latest Moho 13.5.5 update!

FREE update for Moho 13.5 owners. It includes everything from the previous updates, plus several fixes and the new Relative Paths.

Relative paths make it much easier to work remotely and entire folders with other team members using Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or any other cloud storage service.
With the new Relative Paths the links to imported assets (as images, audio and videos) won't be lost even if the files are outside of the folder the .moho file is.

As a backup strategy, Moho still saves the Absolute Paths into the file, so even if you move the .moho file to a different folder, Moho will still be able to find its imported assets.

This new FREE update for Moho 13.5 owners includes:

• New relative paths to link files
  Now it is much easier to share files within more complex folders' structures or share an entire folder on different computers using Dropbox or any other service.
  The links won't be lost even if the files are outside of the folder the .moho file is.
  The relative path feature also uses absolute paths as a backup strategy.
  If you move your .moho file, and the relative paths inside it are no longer valid, Moho will try to find assets (images, audio, etc.) based on their absolute path. (Moho saves both absolute paths and relative paths in the .moho file.)
• On Mac, the Save As dialog will come up in the directory of the existing Moho document.
• A fix for font sizing bug in multiline text controls
• A fix for a crash when you have hundreds of actions
• Fixed a bug in which animation wasn’t playing properly inside of actions

Plus all the fixes and improvements from the recently released 13.5.3 and 13.5.4 versions, like New Improved Automatic Lipsync, Better Interface, Less Intrusive Bones, Bug Fixes, Better Stability and much more!

• Many Bug fixes related to drawing on a frame different than zero
• Better and more stable auto-save
• New preference to define the start frame of interval markers (See Timeline tab in preferences)
• Visualization improvements: Added a new preference for bone display width. Now you can set it between small, medium and large. (See Layers/Objects tab in preferences)
• Fixed support for styluses with erasers on Windows.
  You can drag the mouse on a numeric input field to change the value. Previously, this worked only with the right mouse button, but that didn't work well for some stylus users. Now, if you drag right or left over a number, you will change the value. If you click over a number, you can manually type the number
• Improvements to Copy/Paste Deep Keyframes: Channels without a keyframe at the selected frame now will use the default interpolation for the new generated keys
• Changed the display of bones to enforce a maximum width for bones. The thickness of bones, size of pin bones and other elements are now related to the workspace, making them less intrusive
• Automatic Lipsync is back with some improvements:
• Select a switch layer with mouth visemes, open the Layer Settings dialog, go to Switch layer settings, and select an audio layer to sync to -> automatic lip sync
  When you set up a mouth switch layer, you can create extra viseme layers for more variation. For example, besides the "AI" and "MBP" layers, you can also have "AI 2", "AI 3", "MBP 2", "MBP 3", as many as you want. When lip syncing, Moho will pick a sub-variation randomly. These variants should still be proper visemes, but they can be slightly different for more variation
• Option for the timeline to display a marker every X frames (defaults to 2). This is ideal to work on 2s, 3s or any interval you want. The number can be changed in the preferences. If you put 0, there will be no markers. Also, the markers start at the frame the animation starts (which is usually frame 1)
• Changes to layer colors in the Layers panel to make it easier to see which layer is selected
• When drawing new shapes on non-frame-zero, the shape is no longer created so that it only appears starting on that frame. It is created on frame 0, so you won't see keyframes appearing in the middle of the timeline (If you want a shape to only appear starting on a particular frame, you should probably use frame-by-frame layers instead)
• Scale handles for layers and points are bigger, making them easier to select
• Small improvements to the frame by frame layers. No unexpected keyframes will be created in the vector layers
• Added support for Floating Licenses
• The maximum number of tools allowed in a group (Draw/Fill/Layer/Other/etc.) was 32. Increased this limit to 128
• Several important bug fixes, including the Style window related crash
• When creating new layers or importing (images, svg), don't create visibility keyframes. The new layer should be visible at all times
• Relative Keyframing is powerful, but it's easy to make mistakes if you leave it activated without noticing it. We made some changes to help with this:
• Relative Keframing turns off between launches of Moho
• Highlight the timeline in a special color when relative keyframing is on. The checkbox is that same color to help new users to understand the relation between the timeline color and the option activatedImage
• Transform Points tool: Added the ability to adjust the pivot point for the selected points' rotation
• Allow for more flexible welding in triangulated vector layers. Now you can weld a point to another by pressing Enter (just like normal vector do)
• Added a preference for how many selected layers can be shown in the timeline at once. The default is 10, but you can change on Preferences -> Timeline -> Max selected layers.
  This solves some crashes related to changing the properties to several layers at the same time (like colorize, opacity, blending mode, etc)
• Bunch of fixes for things like colors in the timeline, tweaking the appearance of text fields and flipped bones, etc.
• When setting a keyframe to Cycle interpolation, by default it cycles back to frame 2 now, instead of frame 1. The idea is that many users set up a "starting pose" for characters on frame 1, and to get a proper cycle they need to repeat starting from frame 2
• Right-click an audio layer in the layers panel, and there's an option to export audio as a WAV file
• Export command in the File menu to export the entire soundtrack as a WAV file. (Pro only)
• Fixed a crash related to editing the layer properties for several selected layers at once
• Other fixes and improvements

You can download the update on
http://www.mohoanimation.com/download

PS: The ability to update directly from the menu Help -> Check for Updates will be activated in a few days.

You guys have been busy!

Thanks for all the fixes!

The addition of relative path is awesome too, especially for those of use who work with other artists or frequently switch between home and mobile computing.

Keep up the incredible work guys!

Relative path. It is really handy. Super useful. Thanks.

Great! Loving this frecuent updates.

Menu Bar > Help > Check For Updates . . . - Is Broken.

Tells me, "You're Up To Date!" Moho 13.5.4 is currently the newest version available.

@Arthritic,

To get the update through Check For Updates you may have to wait a few days before it appears. When Check For Updates is ready, Moho will notify you when you launch it. This is normal.

If you need the 13.5.5 update now, you can download the latest installer from the link in the first post. It's safe to overwrite your existing 13.5.x with this installer, but you can keep previous versions by installing to a different folder if you wish. (FYI, I overwrote 13.5.4 on my computer since I already know I'll be switching over to 13.5.5.)

Some users prefer to wait to see if there are any issues discovered by 'early adopters' (like me.)

Where is the update stored? I work on two computers. (not at the same time)
In the past I would download the update which stored in my download folder.
I then put it on a usb stick to transfer to the second computer.
(used mostly to save/output animations)

Would like to avoid the lengthy download twice by following the usual procedure but am unable to find the file.
(Not in the download folder)

rocky53204 wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 12:01 am Where is the update stored? I work on two computers. (not at the same time)
In the past I would download the update which stored in my download folder.
I then put it on a usb stick to transfer to the second computer.
(used mostly to save/output animations)

Would like to avoid the lengthy download twice by following the usual procedure but am unable to find the file.
(Not in the download folder)

You can still download it from the link in the first post. Just select where to save it.
If you want to find and save the installer from the in-program update, it's a bit more involved.

I don't remember how off-hand, but during the install process, there's a way to find out where the installer is located and copy it to another location. If you don't it get deleted automatically after install.

"You can still download it from the link in the first post. Just select where to save it."
Well, duh, guess I missed that part... thanks for clearing that up!

It auto-installed so I'll have to pay attention next time!

I found a new texture site, but it doesn't seem to support transparent background GIFs
Can you see my GIF?

I see two girls dancing.
Background changes from color to transparent.

rocky53204 wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 12:46 am I see two girls dancing.
Background changes from color to transparent.

Thanks，They seem to be working=3

I see the GIFs but I don't think their backgrounds are transparent.

The BG colors change from yellow to white in one GIF and orange to white in the other, but the post's BG color is actually a light gray so I think the white color is a solid, not transparent.

Anyway, cool anims!

Can confirm white background.
I downloaded the file and opened in chrome and it changes from color to white.

I previously opened in the forum which has a white background leading me to think it cycled transparent.

Greenlaw wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 7:48 pm I see the GIFs but I don't think their backgrounds are transparent.

The BG colors change from yellow to white in one GIF and orange to white in the other, but my forum BG color is actually a light gray so I think the white color is a solid, not transparent.

Anyway, cool anims!

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rocky53204 wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 8:28 pm Can confirm white background.
I downloaded the file and opened in chrome and it changes from color to white.

I previously opened in the forum which has a white background leading me to think it cycled transparent.

Thank you, I will do transparent background GIF in the future