if the camera movements are going to be added, move everything in the frame in Toonboom before exporting

inbetweening: draw the lines between two similar drawings along a motion path or an arc. (*keeping the drawings accurate and on model, focus on volume)

tips:

• don’t make your inbetweens too rough
• start with essential points that link action elements (elbows, head, wrists etc.)
• start with the easy bits
• always check the movement consistency

2D but also 3D: awareness of 3 dimensional space. (think of a cube)

smear frames: used to give the illusion of a motion blur. Save time and fun to draw.

clean-up: consistency is important

tips on colour:

set up the colour palette before start>properties>create colour art from line art

tips on paint bucket: if line art not closed, click on the close gap and draw a line to close

Software: After effects, Toonboom, nuke

In Toonboom>Quicktime output preset

export from Write nodes in Toonboom:>click+, node view>click yellow box on write node>layer properties>choose image sequence/png/colour+alpha

multiplane:2.5D>null in Aftereffects

tone>plug the highlight/shadow layer to the tone

comp in after effects: create new folders: 00 Master:the main animation/ 01 Comps/02 Assets> import footage>right click main>check the frame rate(12)

new>null object>foreground CTRL/Midground CTRL/Foreground CTRL>parent layers to the null layers>click P for position, create key frames>

adjust colour: layer>new>adjustment layer>effects and presets>levels