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Dani Abram
Приєднався 27 лис 2011
Animation professional and self-appointed Queen of Moho.
I work in TV and Film as an animator, with over 15 years experience across all kinds of projects, including 2D and 3D! I've worked at Aardman Animations (Star Wars, The Pirates!) Cartoon Saloon (Puffin Rock, Pete The Cat) Lighthouse Studios (El Deafo) and a million* more.
*maybe
I work in TV and Film as an animator, with over 15 years experience across all kinds of projects, including 2D and 3D! I've worked at Aardman Animations (Star Wars, The Pirates!) Cartoon Saloon (Puffin Rock, Pete The Cat) Lighthouse Studios (El Deafo) and a million* more.
*maybe
The Fastest Way To Rig in Moho
The number one question I get asked is 'How do you rig a head turn!?' and even though I keep thinking there's one million videos answering this question, I thought I'd show you my own personal process! Along with some rigging chat from a Rigging Supervisor!!! I talk about smart ways to rig, problem solving, using groups, anchor points, all the fun stuff!
Plus this is super easy for you to copy! If it's your first time using Moho, I hope this helps! I tried to time myself and it took me 8 minutes to create this head rig with left right controller from scratch! (It's simple, so I've called it Easy Mode!!)
Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animation software. Follow me for more Moho tutorials and animation career advice!
💻www.daniabram.co.uk/
✏️ daniabram
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⭐My Moho Magic Course waitlist: www.daniabram.co.uk/mohomagic
Plus this is super easy for you to copy! If it's your first time using Moho, I hope this helps! I tried to time myself and it took me 8 minutes to create this head rig with left right controller from scratch! (It's simple, so I've called it Easy Mode!!)
Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animation software. Follow me for more Moho tutorials and animation career advice!
💻www.daniabram.co.uk/
✏️ daniabram
🎧shows.acast.com/retakes
⭐My Moho Magic Course waitlist: www.daniabram.co.uk/mohomagic
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How To Apply Automatic Line Boils in Moho
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I LOVE LINE BOILS and someone at Moho must love them too!? This video is going to show you how easy it is to apply line boils to your Moho projects. A Line Boil is simply a random 'squiggle' of the animation line, caused by animators imperfections during the tracing process. It's super hilarious that this imperfection is now a 'style' I get asked to replicate often - I am sure hand drawn animat...
I Got INVITED To Annecy Animation Festival!!?
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Something crazy happened to me and it set me off down a path of personal growth!!! Something as simple as being invited to Annecy Animation Festival by Moho, helped me overcome my fear of not only flying, but public transport!!!! This is a another talky video about my experiences at Annecy in the MIFA part of the biggest animation festival in the world! I was invited by Moho Animation Software ...
3 Extra Income Ideas For Animators
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If, like me, you've been struggling to cope financially with gaps between projects, here are my ideas to generate extra income. It's no secret that the industry is in a 'wee bit of turmoil' and in order to keep my bills paid I have pivoted to offering my services further afield than my usual TV Studios. There ARE a couple of ways to make money that you might not have tried yet, so I hope by sha...
How To Animate A Fart
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How to animate a frame-by-frame, eye-grabbing fart in your animation! I recently had the pleasure of animating a character farting FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER (somehow) and I made sure I enjoyed every second! As a children's TV animator, I am not sure how I managed to avoid this task for so long. I made sure I went the extra mile, encouraged entirely by the amazing Animation Director that i...
How To Add Frame Counters In Moho
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Adding a frame-count to your scene files can help in the overall pipeline, for feedback and fixes! Here's how you can easily add them into your scene build process. Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animatio...
How To Make Easy Snow In Moho
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Moho offers a bunch of straight-out-of-the-box particle types, and SNOW IS FUN! Let me show you how to edit the defaults for looping snow! Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animation software. Follow me for ...
How To Install Fonts In Moho (Windows)
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Installing and using my own fonts in Moho STUMPED ME FOR A WHILE. Hopefully this will help if you haven't been able to firgure it out yet! Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animation software. Follow me for ...
Is Moho Easy To Learn?
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'Is Moho easy to learn???' Is the number one Moho question according to Google! Who am I? My name's Dani and I have been working as an animator for 15 years. I've been part of some amazing projects and had the pleasure of working for some of the world's best loved studios! Moho is my all time favourite animation software. Follow me for more Moho tutorials and animation career advice! 💻www.dania...
How To Make Repeatable Animated Patterns In Moho
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How To Make Repeatable Animated Patterns In Moho
I bought the debut version while it was on sale, but when I try to learn it I can’t find a tutorial that I can understand. I wanna learn it and animate with it but I’m so friggin confused and get so overwhelmed I just stop with it. Can you point me to a tutorial or something that may help me?
Awww!!! Don't paniccc, stick with it, it's really awesome! I taught myself but I have a lot of experience of other animation software to help me find similar tools/principles. If you're brand new, have you tried Moho's own free course? I don't fully know the limits of Debut but I think this is the best place to start: ua-cam.com/play/PLynyD-7entJ2giKWS9ReviR-exwJ3UJ3T.html
@@mohogal I’ll give it another go. I don’t remember why I didn’t like and was struggling the official tutorials before. This is the first rigging animation software I’ve ever worked with and I’ve wanted to use it since I have motivation issues with frame by frame TwT my only real experience is with Clip Studio
Great video, super helpful! Tip for anyone having the same issue I had: your action and controller MUST have the same name! Otherwise they don't work on the main timeline.
@@mollyheadycarroll I know I have said this somewhere, I just can not remember where!!! A very good point, that tripped me up in the beginning! Super important, thanks for sharing! 💕
aw dang I was hoping it was gonna be a video course I could just buy lol. guess I missed my chance for this.
Aw really sorry! I personally critique and help all the way through, so it's ran in cohorts so I can keep up :) The next one will start on 4th November but that's not announced yet! Sign up to Adam's mailing list to find out when the course runs ❤️ www.adamsanimationacademy.com/
😂 👋🏻 Awesome! I am going back to the beginning of your channel. I’m gonna watch ‘em all (feel free to sing that sentence to the Pokémon theme) I’m learning animation so I can create cartoons etc from my books 😆 I have wanted to do it for ages, and now I’m going for it 🎉
@@JayEllis aw yay!!!! Love this for you! Go, Jay GO 🎉
@@mohogal Thanks ☺️ Have a penguin 🐧 I tried teaching myself Blender, 3d and 2d. I have tried procreate as well as others. Vector art seems to be something I keep coming back to, though. At the moment it’s Moho and ToonSquid 👍🏼 youtube.com/@ameliamaylockmagic?si=n5aa79BGhRecafta
Does the moho debut 14 support 360 degree animation with rigged??
It does include "limited versions of PRO features like Meshes, Curvers and Smart Bones" - if there is smart bone capability and your rig is simple, I would say absolutely! It's all about good decision making and testing. You can squeeeeze a lot out of designs with good planning :) If you have a very complicated character and really do need 360 function out of it (I would argue you don't!) then I think PRO will always be better!
@@mohogal thank you so much
This is your best. PLEASE , more, more. ALT key Rotates the BONE. File, Bones, make smart bone dial, clicking on this, made it work for me.
This is wonderful. You took the snow particles to a new level.
You are a great teacher.
@@garymankey6186 you are so kind :)
you have saved me
@@Wolfie9149 ah I am so glad!!!! It confused me so much!! 😅
Hi Dani, do you think about any collaboration on a planned channel developement ?
Thank you so much ❤ your voice is so cute that i can learn anything from you😊 please keep teaching us more about moho❤❤
omg that's SO kind of you!!! 😂 If you only knew how much I panic about my voice :p
i just checked it. a bit pricey....but not as pricey as going to animation school tho...but since its dani. there must be a good reason why...😊 ill save up for it!
@@101touchapps hi! It’s not for beginners really - it’s a software course aimed at animators who need to learn a new software ❤️ I would totally recommend animation school first! It’s priced as cheaply as I dared; it took me 8 months to make! :)
@@mohogal 8 months 😵😵💫🥴 let me go hide in my cocoon and weep! thats a lot of hard work! what online school do you recommend?
incredibly helpful and simple. thank you
thanks for video
subbed subbed subbed! noice!
All my videos are made with THE MOHO software 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
@@kartoonal yaaaaaay! It’s so fun right?!
@@mohogal sooo much fun in every project there is a fun challenge 🤩
good job 👍
Very Nice Works 👏
Why do you rig the left and right head turns as two separate actions instead of one continuous action?
It's a reeeeeally good question that's a little hard to explain - but I want to keep each action open and operating *from* frame zero - almost as if Frame Zero is the first key. If you have KEYS on default positions, and then later move them on Zero - it can cause problems down the line - actions and smart bones can change unexpectedly on Frame 1. It's hard to illustrate in words - I strugle to explain without showing!
@@mohogal That makes sense. It never occurred to me that you could program multiple actions one one bone. I might start doing likewise.
How powerful of a computer do you need? Im working on a 2014 MacBook air with 8gbs.
Ooooh that does sound a bit old 😢 the best way to check is download their free trial and see if it runs smoothly - there’s loads of free scenes and rigs with it to test! They did recently change their engine and that seems to need a more modern graphics card. You should be able to tell immediately if you’ll need an upgrade at least 🩵
@@mohogal Thanks! I'll do that! I'm saving up for a newer more powerful computer.
pleased uplowad the moho cours on your chanel youtub
Thanks for commenting! Sadly this is a paid course for an online school. I hope to make many youtube tutorials in the future, it's just finding the time 😂😭
@@mohogal Pleased make youtube tutorial because i dont have money to buy paid course
Hello dani..i Love your tutorial.. Bring us character designe and full body turn ❤❤
Hellow
I want moho softwere
Reply plese
@@MrEdit6.0-d7j hellooooo
@@mohogal plese give me moho softwere !
Signed up and looking forward to it!
@@RichardVanLe aww awesome!!! Looking forward to meeting you!
finally found a Great tutorial of moho 😍 Please make a whole series love From INDIA
Can I import a character in png or vector a rig it?
Yep, both! You can bring in any bitmaps/PSDs etc and SVGs for vector :)
can you please make a full tutorial on how to make a 360 character turnaround in moho using a model sheet as a reference...please!
where do I find Link/etc for said MOHO course?
@@WorldEmpire In the caption of this video! The last link :)
@@mohogalyayy ah now I see it lmao 😅😆
Thanks! It worked!!!
Congrats Dani! That's freak'n awesome
Holy S### That's McCoy_Buck!!?!
Hey, what's up!
@@McCoy_BuckYou the man 💯 Your $20 advanced rigging course from few years back was a godsend
Did I miss the explanation of the advantage of putting the layer in a group?
Ooooh did I not say it! To keep the vectors themselves free for art changes/problem solving! The smart bone actions driving groups allows for more control later on, passed to the animator! I don’t like having vectors tied up in actions if I can help it :)
@mohogal Maybe you did say that, or I had guessed as much. But I don't see why it is better than just transforming the layer.
@@diregnome4898 Let's say I want to have multiple controllers in a rig. If I have two smart bone actions driving the transforms of a layer, I am going to get undesirable results when both are used. The layer will struggle to be in two places at once. If I have groups (and groups and groups in big rig cases) it leaves options for problem solving later down the line (a god send in a big pipeline) and I can have multiple functions active at once. Transforming the layer IS keeping the vectors free, I agree! But I am building more options in using groups. If you want to see a big rig, I did a Moho Webinar and talk through the Puffin Rock rigs - which shows this in more detail :D
@@mohogal Thanks! That makes sense.
Where is the linl exactly? Is the course still on?
Hi! The next round is open for sign ups and starts on the 9th September! It’s through Adam’s Animation Academy: www.adamsanimationacademy.com/moho-anim ❤
@@mohogal one qq... Is drawing a necessary skill for making good animations? Also i am a complete begginer( just have some davinci resolve fusion experience), so is there anything i need to prepare in advance?
@@ramanandh1261ah! The course does not teach animation principles - it’s more a software training course for animators! That said, there’s no drawing necessary - it’s rigged animation and I provided all the rigs. If you have no animation experience, I think this course might be quite advanced ❤
@@mohogal thank you for responding. Il try something on debut to get some experience and would join ur course.
Hello!! I came to say that you animate very well and also teach very well, I loved your voice btw <3 I would like to ask you to make a tutorial for an eye animation!
You are so kind!!!
Really helpful. Thanks.
I'll need to try animating a group layer rather than the vectors at some point
thanks <3
Please make a rigging tutorial for beginner . thx
Yay! I've been looking for a Moho-centric channel like this for a while. 🤩
Aww yay thank so much for saying!!!! I'm so glad!
Brilliant. Really helpful, succinct explanation of a really big idea! Thankyou kindly!
Dani Mam ur the best ,I follow u from ur webinar.please bring body turn ,hand rig tutorial and character design
Hello Dani! Thank you very much for the video. I discovered your work today and it is amazing! I also saw about your course. I have a question. I see that there are many tutorials and even videos on Moho's communication channels about working with vectors. Animations are certainly more fluid and easier to do with vectors, and they take less time to produce. But my question is about the use of images in animations, of characters and items made in PSD layers, in mesh distortion and other resources within Moho that allow fluid animation of Photoshop items, for example. My illustrations are entirely bitmap images, and I would love to animate them one day. Does your course cover this type of animation? I haven't found anyone who teaches it yet. P.S. I love watching Puffin Rock with my son and I loved seeing the updates on the character rigs in your portfolio. A big hug from Brazil to you.
Hiiiii Susan, and thank you so much for your great question! And lovely words :) In my animation course - it is literally just teaching animation with provided rigs - the rigs are vector and we animate the vectors in the exercises. For all the reasons you have aready described - they are fully controllable and therefore more desirable for an industry pipeline. All the Puffin Rock main cast are made to look as lovely as possible, like a textured bitmap storybook - but they are vectors. However, there are a ton of background creatures and plants that are exclusively bitmaps. They are easy to rig and therefore fast to implement - but what you win in Time, you lose in Control. If that's a fair swap for you, no one has any right to tell you otherwise :D One of my FAVOURITE creators who works in Moho is Camila Reis: instagram.com/cammiereis/ - gorgeous, gorgeous bitmap animations!!!! She also worked on the Puffin Rock movie, and I got to meet her at Annecy this year. Definitely worth a follow. In terms of animating bitmaps - animation is animation, there are really no secret techniques, a rig is a rig. As long as the bitmaps are rigged nicely, they can be animated in the same way I teach in my course ^-^ Loads of the Moho Library characters they provide for free are bitmaps too! (There's a big rock .. monster... snake thing!!) Super impressive!!!
i have a question why do u make pupil in different layer when u can mask it in the same layer is there a specific reasone for it ??? is it better to do in separate layers i am confused
Thanks for your question! ❤️ It's a good question! For a fast, simple and one off rig, you can do whatever you like and find the easiest! But for big pipeline industry rigs, where changes happen all the time and I need to cater for any scenario - it is safer to keep everything working seperately to allow for maximum possiblities. I also always want things to have their own origin points (anchor points/pivot points) for problem solving later. Usually animators want to do special things. I'm always aiming for easy fixes later on! It's not gospel, but it is how I do things in industry :) I've worked on many shows, and it is definitely a trend to keep everything seperated on their own layers! Hope that makes sense, I am probably too industry-pilled at this point :D
@@mohogal ohh it make sense, thank you for clearing my doubt 😄
@@sheeesh2501 You're so welcome :)
Niiice, thank You!
🎉thanks Dani fast and furious 😂 mean easy
haha!!! Thanks so much!!
So easy and clear thanks Dani
Thank yoooo ❤️
It's so nice when a tutorial is fun. I loved it! Please keep it up, Dani :) Thank you
You are SO SUPPORTIVE!!!! Thank you so much :,D
this video's teaching me a lots. I don't know how to rig head, but i will try after your video. Thank you for sharing. Hope you make a lot of video for anyone who just learned or want to improve their skill <3 maybe your next video's how to make arm and body for 360 ^^ ( Sorry for my english ^^ )
An Arm is definitely on the list!! Thanks so much for taking the time to write :) ❤️
@@mohogal thank you, i will find this 🥰