Make a full Body Turn
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Goodfello86
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Make a full Body Turn
Hey all. I am still pretty new to Anime Studio. I have Debut 6. I have pretty much mastered the method of making my character's head turn, but what I am having trouble with is making his body turn. For example : my character is looking at something to his left, and then he turns to his right to walk away or to look at something else. If anyone can help me out with this I would be so grateful. Thanks
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There is no tool to create a fully smooth body turn on 2d (ok, maybe with a lot of masking and blend morph you could). You can have three or four separtated views in a switch layer. the magic is animate it to make "feel" like your character is turning.
a great example of this is the Amigaman's flea run. you can check it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEz9Fm9CJJE
Based on my experience, the best thing you can do is make the half of a movement, change the view, and continue with the other half of the movement. For example, if you character turns meanwhile is raising the arms, put the change of view just in the middle of that raising.
The turn will look better meanwhile better "hints" (anticipations and movements which starts on a view and finish on another) you give to the viewer.
Check the Amigaman's example, you don't even notice it's changing of view!
a great example of this is the Amigaman's flea run. you can check it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEz9Fm9CJJE
Based on my experience, the best thing you can do is make the half of a movement, change the view, and continue with the other half of the movement. For example, if you character turns meanwhile is raising the arms, put the change of view just in the middle of that raising.
The turn will look better meanwhile better "hints" (anticipations and movements which starts on a view and finish on another) you give to the viewer.
Check the Amigaman's example, you don't even notice it's changing of view!
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For body turns I create poses of the character at various angles, and morph from one angle to the other.
As a rule of thumb, from experience, it's better to morph 15 degrees at a time. (ex.: from 45 degrees to 60 degrees). So I create poses at 30, 45, 60, etc.
If you morph shapes using a wider angle difference, it becomes difficult to ensure a smooth transition from one pose to the other.
As a rule of thumb, from experience, it's better to morph 15 degrees at a time. (ex.: from 45 degrees to 60 degrees). So I create poses at 30, 45, 60, etc.
If you morph shapes using a wider angle difference, it becomes difficult to ensure a smooth transition from one pose to the other.
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Goodfello86
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Depending on the complexity of the character I have started using a technique that involves shifting the bones for the arms and legs to "simulate" a turn or 3/4 view.
This works well for simple cartoony type characters. You can shift the bicep or shoulder bones to push the arms forward and back creating a "turn" type view. Same with the legs. You would also need to change layer order as needed to put legs and arms behind or in front of the body.
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This works well for simple cartoony type characters. You can shift the bicep or shoulder bones to push the arms forward and back creating a "turn" type view. Same with the legs. You would also need to change layer order as needed to put legs and arms behind or in front of the body.
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