Animating & Storyboarding in Mental Canvas
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2021
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Mental Canvas has somehow flown under my radar for a while. It's a really interesting storyboarding and animation app. It available on Windows as well. It makes it really easy to sketch out a scene in 3d and them move the camera through it.
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Price is a killer. This looks like something Procreate could add as a patch considering they were ambitious enough to add 3D model painting.
They already have some very basic animation feats, so you're right. They could add it just fine. Or create an animation-oriented Procreate as independent app.
I'm so sick of companies charging monthly. Ugh, that just ruined it for me.
It's one of the reasons why I moved from Adobe to Affinity & Procreate.
Exactly! Like do yearly make me sick
That pricing is just *insane*. Like, offensively so.
In a world where Blender exists for free
If you want to do this, but the price seems a little bit insane, good news: Blender can do exactly this for an amazing price of 0.00$ a month!
If i want to this in blender, what is it called so i can search for tutorials?
@@VincentsKonsulat Grease Pencil. I have the tutorial on my channel. But not in English.
The whole point, though, is that this is available on iPad devices.
Last time I checked, Blender ain't there for iOS/iPad OS yet (even though Appe recently became a Blender Foundation sponsor, interestingly enough).
@@BrianLockett "available in iPad and Windows". I am commenting on the windows part if that wasn't somehow obvious.
@@youshimimi "if it wasn't somehow obvious". It wasn't. Anyone who read your comment without knowing what Blender is (which is obviously the crowd you were targeting when writing it) *100% did not think you were talking about Windows specifically* . Ironic, this should have been obvious to you. 🤨
But yeah I like Blender, use it myself. But again, Blender isn't available on IOS, so idk if there's any substitute for this app on IOS.
NFT sponsorship made me a little uncomfortable. I appreciate that bills gotta be paid so I don't hold it against you personally, and I've seen you've responded to some other people about it too.
What exactly are you complaining about? 🤡
@@Dr.huejazz Bless your heart, trying to be snide in the comments.
I agree.
Anytime someone embraces NFTs I get Amway or Herbalife vibes.
Culty and slimy.
@@Starcheopteryx you not answering the question proves my point. 👉🤡
@@GeahkBurchill that’s because you’re uninformed and don’t know the difference between a pyramid scheme and Blockchain technology/Web 3.0/ Ethereum Smart contracts
This is very cool, but I do feel like this could end up a free procreate update in the future….procreate people, what do ya say?!
They’re still recovering from the 3D release lol, but yeah it could happen
mental canvas is free tho im using it without paying lol
$30 a month?! Unless they are sending me a bucket of bacon included with that purchase you can forget it. It just adds a simple Z depth?
Would that be a month bucket a bacon, or just a one time shipment?
@@thebradcolbow if the bucket came every month full of bacon then it's a good deal.
🤣🤣🤣 🥓
I’m baffled by this app. So 60 bucks a month to be able to place images on different planes and move a camera around them? I can do this with other softwares cheaper or for free.
I’m legitimately confused why Brad even reviewed this. You can get the entire adobe suite for this monthly price.
I’ve been using the free version for quite a while and it’s great.
But it’s aimed at professionals and not semi-pros and hobbyists - hence the prohibitive price.
Such a shame, because if it was a reasonably priced one-off payment they’d make a killing.
$30 dollars a month is an absolute rip-off for this extremely basic "animation" tool. Brad is right to say Grease Pencil in Blender does all this and more for free.
Is that available for ipad? I don't think so....but i agree, it's overpriced by a huge margin
@@aditya_gupta But it's available for Mac, both Intel and M1. You can connect your iPad and use it that way, or use a normal drawing tablet.
jo... no need to watch
@@aditya_gupta Yes l have it.It is available for ipad
@@aliciasam5239 i don't think blender is available for ipad
A few thoughts:
-Calling this an “animation” app feels… (I hate this word, because I don’t think the intent is/was malicious) “disingenuous.” My reasoning being that the primary feature isn’t so much that you can move things, but that you can separate them from each other. Someone mentioned it being “parallax” and I think that fits it a lot more.
-I can see how this slipped under your radar. It’s very hard to describe outside of video, and ridiculously overpriced for something that, for the average iPad user is a novelty at best.
-Following the above, I can’t see what I would use this for professionally beyond the novelty of being parallax. At least, not based on what’s currently shown in the video (i.e. how good are the native drawing tools, can you draw a full 3D scene vs parallax, can you export a workfile, etc) Maybe if the idea goes viral, sure, but it doesn’t solve any particular consumption problem a regular illustration, or 3D modeling/sculpting app doesn’t already.
-Also, that price. Maybe viable for professional usage as an artist tool, not so much for something that appears to be a novelty app. Which makes me feel like I’m missing something from the video, as to how it would be used commercially or professionally.
Also, going to echo a few of the others, and express a little disappointment in promoting an NFT sponsor. Right now, there are more downsides (nonconsensual art theft, inability to safeguard actual art purchases, environmental effects, scarcity for computer hardware due to buyout by crypto) than upsides, so it’s a little disappointing to see an ad for them here.
I agree with you. I wasn't sure how to present it. That's why I included Storyboarding in the title too. But even then it's not a *true* storyboarding tool either.
Also thanks for the sponsor feedback, it's good to know where people stand.
@@thebradcolbow Thanks for responding. I really appreciate a creator that makes an effort to engage with their comments section, and that someone like you is looking out for your audience (I use your videos in an unofficial capacity as supplemental material when helping students make purchasing decisions).
Recently I saw some effects like these in the Spotify player. It looked like the album covers in parallax mode… Maybe there’s more than we think in certain trends…
@@ValdemarDeMatos but they are probably achieved with other software or mix of software.
This comment really hit the nail on the head 👍 Also most of the animations I see come out of this remind me of stuff you can do with apps like CapCut where it tries to separate foreground and background, then do a parallax rotation - it's not as precise, but the whole process is pretty much automatic. So there's an easier way to do even the gimmicky part 😜
(And as someone who works in IT, NFTs were a product of a Hackathon that even the creators thought was a fluke but grifters turned into the next big hype. It's pretty much just a scam at this point, I advise folks not get involved in any way - when the crash inevitable comes people will be all tio happy to pin everyone on the wall of shame 😱)
Way overpriced and it's something I could easily accomplish in Unity.
Do it pleeeeease :D
Fuk apple xD
Unity's not available on IOS, I don't think. Good Windows substitue, but idk what can replace this app on IOS.
@@TD1237 maybe gravity sketch but I've never used it myself
I‘m not sure how I feel about that promotion…
Man even Brad is selling out 😬
Then don’t watch it, what exactly are you complaining about? NFT talk “bothers” you? Lol
@@Dr.huejazz yeah its cringe
@@KyngD469 - plain ignorance is why people cringe at NFTs.
you could just skip
Extremely over priced. Subscription based. Not worth it. You can achieve the same thing in Blender Grease Pencil and achieve much more.
Every 3D app I try on iPad eventually leads me to conclude I should just be using Blender 😂
i hate monthly sub apps
Thank u really for all your work on this channel. It has been already awhile and still enjoy your tutorials , and skill . thank u from a cartoonist to another artist.
It looks interesting, but very limited.
And the price is a non-starter. It's insane.
A very solid "no" to this one.
This is incredible! I am imagining this as a tool for Architects or landscape design.
Love this new style of video can't wait to see more!
NFT promotion is a nono for me...
I appreciate the feedback Jeffrey.
Brad, trying to follow along but when I import the PNG, yes I am sure they are PNG's, any file I import fills transparent areas with white. Any suggestions?
I heard about this app! I thought the concept is cool but when I heard it was not only subscription but also an expensive one I nope’d the hell out.
Maybe procreate can steal this 👀 lol
FYI there's a one time $30 payment option for Mental Canvas Creator available until April 1st.
Interesting in-between app but with a steep price for what it does…
I’ve had the app for a while and still no mention of requiring any payment but that could change any time. I’ll continue to experiment with it while free, but if it ever asks me to sub at those prices I’ll just turn to Blender. The iPad is great but still isn’t equivalent to a desktop machine and the apps designed around them.
Wow, I just heard about this. Really glad you did a deep dive
need help .dont know which one should i buy. MI PAD 5 PRO OR SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S7 FE. i really love ipad bud tight budget.
It’s kinda neat. I appreciate you making a video on it, I’ve mostly seen it on Instagram, which actually decreases its credibility in my book. 😕 Seems fun but ultimately not the most useful
I think you as an artist are amazing. Thank you
They do a nice job with their tutorial videos via app as well
Hi Brad, this is a bit unrelated to the topic but I'm thinking of buying a graphics tablet, so with no screen. Did you have like a top 3 options or something I could check out?
What ipad model are you using? Which ones are recommended to use with graphic applications like clip studio paint?
Amazing Explanation and Tutorial absolutely loved it, very informative thank you.
It seems like they have a one-time price tier now - $49 one time payment for the Creator version which includes one save at a time with no watermark.
@Brad Colbow are you going to update the lists for best devices in your website at the end of the year? I'm looking forward to it :)
Would love to see you tackle pro-level animation apps for the iPad, giving some reviews and recommendation.
To quote The Kids Today™ -- ""This ain't it."
Are there any?
@@silverblue73 Clip Studio Paint has good animation (along with a truckload of other cool features) and I've heard Brad say he uses it.
Brad I like you but please no more NFT sponsorships
👍 Thanks for the feedback
I'm not in the "I hate subscriptions aurrghlllrrraaah" camp but 60/month is on par with the whole Adobe CC suite everybody loves to complain about. Good luck with that.
That's a really cool and unique app.
You can change the background color in the "scene info" menu.
Awesome! Appreciate you sharing this brad!
60 a month is a lot for me tho
How would we make the background bigger?
Is there anything like this that can work on a HP Chromebook x2?
It’s a little like setting up parallax in toon boom? But interactive? Ha neat! Saw this on linked in funny but though it was a VFX!
Soo! I have done this before but now I can not get the file from Procreate to Mental Canvas without the background. Yes, I have the BG off when I export. If I tap the file in photos it shows the transparency. But when I add it to mental canvas BOOM! White background. Help me please Bradi Won Kenobi. You are my only hope.
I was very interested in this until I heard the price!just wondering if the latest version of Procreate would do similar?
You can only paint on UV unwrapped .obj’s and manipulate their view in Procreate, you can’t draw in a 3D space… yet
Brad can you do a vid about the gaomon of 1320 it came out 7 months ago and you already reviewed the 1560 so can you do this
Him: *starts the video with nft's*
Me: and that's my clue to leave
I really need this woahhh
Thank you ♥
FINALY!
The import image is grayed out. Is that a paid feature? (So wasn’t able to import my png’s)
I love this channel!
Thank uuuu very much for you work thank s great!
I'm using it a lot lately and what I can say is, it is Great, but still misisng some features, they should add a feature where you don't have that perspective moving of object, or simply an orthographic view of things, for the price, considering it only deletes the watermark, I guess it is fine, if I didn't want to pay it I can simply add some black bars over that watermarks or remove it in after effects or premiere pro. conclusion is, that if you want to have an ipad only animation workflow, this is a must have, I can imagine people importing footage from this to flipaclip and animate on scenarios created and animated in 3d. Long story short, the ipad is becoming a super dope compact device for professional animation studio in your backpack
Oh wait so if I don’t really mind the watermark and I don’t need to remove it, can I use the App for free?
@@vickychang6396 yes
@@ZarkOner omg thanks so much
i wish i had an I pad, that looks so amazing :)
What about wick editor the app. Can you please please please tell us what you think and maybe how to use wick editor?
are there any usable alternative apps for it?
Hey Brad.
Love your videos, they're very helpful.
I have a question that I hope you could answer.
Is there such a drawing tablet (not drawing display) on the market that uses an etched glass surface.
I am asking because both of my Wacom tablets lost their roughness very quickly and I'm just left with a smooth surface afterwards.
I assume that with the glass surface, that wouldn't happen and I would have a more paper-like feel.
Thanks in advance!
I am using the Wacom "FLEX" nibs, and they give a good drawing experience. Certainly cheaper than a film cover.
@@TheKevphil Thanks, I am using that nib as well. It doesn't feel quite the same as an etched display though.
I'm gonna make digital presents for my friend's with this app. ❤️
It's a year after this video was made, and the price is still insane for the simplicity of what this actually does. If it was a cheap one tome purchase, like Procreate, I'd buy it just to have a fun thing to play with in the ipad, but for an insane $60 a MONTH I won't even try the demo for their "pro level" I won't even try the demo. Imposing a limit on how many interactive web scenes you can do AFTER people pay for it seems like a level of greed I would never support, and as other people have mentioned there is much more reasonable software that does what this does.
Thank you
Cool app. I’ve been looking for something like this.
can mental canvas use in samsung tab s 7
how is this different from the grease pencil of blender?
Use for iPad tablets.
Hiya Brad, as an artist I am enjoying the convenience of digital art but Apple makes my innate abilities crave traditional, more hands-on, expression. I LOVE the app, if it was available on Android devices I'd spend my weekend discovering it. I'll likely invest in an iPad, just for the availability of apps like these,but I am fighting it for now. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽
Soon the brad's art family will surpass this channel 😈✊
Where is final export video dude?
Did he just mentioned NFTs? :(
Reminds me of Toon Boom. Which unfortunately is also a monthly sub these days. Rip Toon Boom Studio.
Thanks Brad, as someone getting into collages and who only owns an ipad this feels tailor made for me! I’ve been thinking of how to add more visual interest and show how much work goes into it. Breaking it down into layers is an ideal use case for me. Thanks heaps💪🏿
The second I hear the word subscription I drop caring about the app
Doesn't Microsoft Paint 3D have this feature?
Please make tutorial videos for character designer
Plz tell apps for face ratio and mix face's like procreate 🤗🥺
When it adds Sound/ Music and animating objects/layers and a deform tool it would maybe worth the price. But then you could also use Blender or Charakter Animator from Adobe.
I’m confused, but I JUST downloaded this app on my iPad for free.. is it not free on windows I’m confused?
lol ikr, i got it for free too
Please make a video on android vs ios vs windows/mac ecosystems of apps
Maybe you can add movement to the character like walking along in this forefront to give it life.
Hi Brad, sorry for bothering you on a Saturday morning but I was looking for an advice from you. I'm planning to purchase a tablet that I'll be using mainly for product design sketching and watching movies / tv shows on Netflix. I won't be using any other feature of the device, nor I'll be interested in other specs such as performance, audio quality, battery and so on.
Accordingly to my limited but very specific usage I had in mind to purchase the new 2021 iPad 9th gen, but the Apple Pencil 1 is a bit of a let down to me... not only due to its worse responsiveness but also when it comes to charging and portability.
What should I do in your opinion?
I was really tempted by the new iPad Mini... but I'm scared it might be a bit too small for drawing.
My budget is limited and I'm also considering other non-Apple brands.
I appreciate your work!
Spend a little for iPad Air 2021. You'll never regret it.
@@inisipisTV there's not such "iPad Air 2021". My budget is limited, I'm sorry.
Is there something similar for Android tablets?
Hi mr. brad .. im considering to buy an ipad for drawing and maybe doing some comissions with it .. which one should i choose between ipad 9 or ipad air 3? ..
i can save about 100$ if i choose the 9 .. but i hesitate to buy becuase it has non laminated screen.. hope you can answer thank you :)
I believe the Air has more Ram (if considering buying the recent model, as if not, the comparison would become too complex) and better processor. So, that'd be important if your canvases are very big in pixel dimensions (ie, large print projects) or with tons of layers. Other than that, I believe both would do well. IMO the issue is size. If you don't mind that there's less software (and generally worse) available for art in Android (but Sketchbook, Infinite Painter, Medibang and Artflow provide all you need, IMO), a Samsung Tab S7 FE costs just a bit more than Air or iPad 9th, and it's 12,4 inches, instead of 10 inches of the iPad 9. IMO it's important for art making. That said, I believe the default color calibration of an iPad _might_ be more accurate than the S7 FE or Plus. And it's important as no tablet (that I know of) can be color calibrated like PC and Mac monitors can, so, you are stuck with what they can do by default (one of the reasons why an artist is better of with a desktop system). I mean, the laminated or no laminated is imo a smaller issue than the screen size. Laminated will mean that you see the tip of the pen EXACTLY on the pixels that you are painting, but I believe with an iPad 9+Pencil 1 you would not notice it much. More noticeable could be the line lag, as I think is kind of worse in a regular iPad than in an iPad Pro (a new one). Knowing very well the commissions world, in your shoes I perhaps would stick to making them on a PC, but if it's gotta be portable, a good laptop + XP-Pen Deco Pro Medium (130$) tablet can do perhaps a more flexible service; and it all fits in a bag. Or an iPad pro (I know, 1200$ or so...), or at least a Samsung S7 FE (the S7+ costs as much as an iPad pro, while the latter has a ton more software available).
@@3polygons hi thank you for your answer.. i actually got a laptop with pen tablet, but you know bringing them together plus the charger brick .. its actually less comfortable and pretty heavy .. thats is why im thinking to buy an ipad ..
Can you make a video on affordable graphic drawing tablet for beginners!!??
I love your videos
Whats the cheaper alternatives on windows?
Can you do a review on renaisser stylus for
the surface
please make a review on asus slate 13.3 with the pen
My criticism about NFTs is the hidden costs that can result in the inflated price. I think when it comes to artist choosing to be apart of that space they will need either a user base or a platform that offers cheaper fees so they can have a bigger take away. This information is unfortunately not made clear and can leave the artist out of pocket
WOW! Expensive 😱 I'll do on Blender 😉😏
awesome
Please bring back the how to draw series
Says "It looks like it imported them in the right order." Just before changing the layer order. 😆
Any news on this being available on Android? Thanks! Great video demo!
I haven't seen/heard anything about it yet.
@@thebradcolbow Is it possible to share the images (PNG files)? I am trying with my images but somehow it is not working, Appreciate your help, Thanks in advance,
so cool stuff :3
Is there this also for Android?
MISTER CAN U GIVE ME A TABLET PLEASE ANY WILL DO
Review the Lenovo chromebook duet 5 please 🙏
Great, but...I pay less than that for the entire adobe Suite! I get that this is unique because it's on the iPad, but I can't see the value just yet.
Why NFT Sponsoring? I like your Content but that is a big fat NOPE! Stopped watching at 4:22!
Noted. Thanks for letting me know.
@@thebradcolbow Of course, your Content helped me get my 1st Gen iPad and my Huion Kamvas Pro. And I can understand your view/standpoint. And only when someone says something you can take action even if those voices of concern are just a few.
@@tikaani-wolf NFTs per se are not bad... POW based (instead of POS ones) are bad for the environment.
@@3polygons the idea behind them is pretty bad.
Imagine un ironically saying the following:
" please do not right click my nft I paid $700 for it. You do not have permission to copy and paste it."
Just think about that lol. And lets say you have the original, a genuine one. What will you do with it? Constantly remind yourself and others that its real. Shod we sit through the Verification process regularly?
Are you going to put it on a wall? If its printed out for that, why pay a bunch of money for a digital copy of it?
@@KyngD469 The right click thing happens already to any digital art sell on internet. I don't know if you are familiar with it (like Colbow, I am an artist) but physical art is only a portion (some would say that small in comparison) of the art sold today. I don't speak now of expensive art galleries with world famous artists: those will sell anyway and in any media, no matter what. But tons of mid range (and smaller indies) artists are selling their art in digital way before the first NFT was produced. They sell both in the personal website and in stock art/photography places. It is the exact same thing than an NFT ! At least in regards of security and theft. Watermarks can be removed digitally, and art can be trace or recreated, with extreme ease. Indeed, a design can be copied, even if slightly (but there are strong legal issues with that, too). This exists since day one in digital art/audio, etc sells. And yet there's a huge business around digital artwork. First, the percentage of people buying is enough to maintain the business. Second, you cannot do a set of things WITHOUT a proper license of the artwork, be it as a digital written license, or in the case of NFTs, the NFT itself is the contract, so to speak.
The analysis of the right click does leave out all the business side considerations about it. Of course fans can grab by right click a Goku artwork piece from Dragon Ball, as a JPG, but because such fan does not have the copyright of it, no commercial usage rights allowed (try to print a t-shirt with it and sell it, or sell anything), he/she might (if not is because the company doesn't need it/the kid has no traffic) get a cease and desist letter from Toei Animation (or whoever currently owns the rights of such image and character), and the fan will remove it, or the hosting company will remove such website. When it's a company infringing in this way, there might be quite worse implications (besides being a PR disaster). And... this is not different with NFTs. So, art is as protected as it was before. There are indeed more chances of your picture on the wall to be stolen.
So, the warning of the artist ("please, blah blah...") is not "just" a hope of good will on your side. It is indeed a warning (some artists don't know any of these basics things, but most do. That some won't care if you are just a fan, that's another thing, but I wouldn't take the chance). That artist can take a collection of legal actions against any theft, and some of them include fines from authorities, and etc. Even more, can stop any illegal use of her/his artwork at any given moment. I can assure you any hosting will promptly execute an account ban even to paying customers (ie, the fan paying for a hosting), as it is in the TOS of any hosting, social platform (which will cancel such account in an instant) and any place on internet.
To your question about the art being an original. Indeed, a NFT is about the most secure way to be sure that it is indeed an original from the author. It does not need any constant confirmation. It is stronger than a physical signature. Actually, it does not only serve for artwork, it is (and will be) being used for many other types of contracts.
The last question is very easy to answer. Digital art exists since a very long while, before any block chain was invented. Digital art has many uses (indeed, currently more than printed art, in our technified society, and more relevant, as is more eco-friendly), specially in the legal aspects of it, which are the ones where the business needs (be it games, films, art for business in many different applications, etc). Indeed, the shipping and storage of physical art is WAY more expensive, and worse, causes (trucks, planes, storage facilities, etc) a huge carbon footprint, compared to digital art. Printing is way less environmentally friendly than having the art as digital. You might only be thinking about having an oil or watercolor picture to hang in a wall, but there are tons of more usages of graphic and art pieces than that. Again, specially by businesses, publications, games/film industry, graphic design companies and a large etc. All these need rights to use the artwork. It is irrelevant that it is provided through a NFT contract or a regular (paper/digital) one. In legal (and so, money related) matters, both are totally safe for the artist and the buyer.
I am NOT in favor of current Ethereum (ETH) NFTs. As are *POW* based, and so, provoking a energy usage (kind of indirectly though, so, that is debated) much larger than needed, while *POS* based crypto coins are very frugal in energy usage. According to several studios, it is smaller (an NFT using POS) in the total energy use, compared to mail by plane or truck a printed art illustration/picture across the country. So, you can right now produce NFTs using such block chains, and not ETH (until it reaches 2.0, as it will become POS, if that ever happens), by doing it in Hic Et Nunc, SignArt, Kalamint or any of those which use Tezos, Cardano or etc POS based coins. And so to get your income in a much more environmentally friendly way. But the worries about copyright should be the same than in any of the pre-NFTs market, so, it's not a valid argument.
That's cool!!..