Tutorial&Tips 02 - Aligning character poses + Animating

[o0Kiushie0o]

Hiya! I got a question. ^^

I'm stuck on the bit where you said split it. Do you mean you animated the walking sprites in gimp or just move all sprites onto Sv? And what do you mean by "Copy the frame right below"?

Ok... two questions... XD

[Spamboiiboii]

how to minimise the chracters so that it fits the video?

[MCw1ld5tarXD]

-plays vid-

= =...didn't understand thw walking part(FAIL!)

-replays vid-

...FAIL!

-replays vid(AGAIN)

...I think I'm not the smartest person here but srsly,what do u mean at 1:24 onwards...

[iiPieeeX]

for the animating scene, how did you put so much space around the character frame? O:

[iKokoroful]

if you don't mind me asking. how long does it take for YOU to align your character walking. just a random question

[ZepherafeX3]

I LOVE U FOR TEACHING ME THIS O_O *has alot of motivation now*

[LOLWUTROX]

What version of SV do you use?

[Kiwinari]

...I finally know what paste event attributes does lmao ; w;

This whole time, I've just been pasting the little key frames over and over~ Thanks for the tutorial!

[BubbleForeverXD]

um...(i use sony vegas 10.0... ) I made my character walk (move by itself) and clicked saved animation. When i put it in Sony vegas the character looks like a zombie! The hair (sopose to be yellow) is green!! >< im a failure....

[liljeff456]

how do you move it so straight F5 . I can never do it D:

[Rikozx]

hey, Klaziki. You know your freezing part opening yeah? Hmm. can you make a tutorial about how you make the flower dropping down on Luana please? :O

It;s at 00.01 second to 00.10. Thanks yah. ;>

[KoohLoid]

How to make them walk fast

[XxMapleGirl1xX]

Hi did you just put the picture in or just make it smaller i still don't get it :(

[FrigidReve]

Nvm at my other comment- I'm prolly doing the right thing xD. I dunno. :P

[MegaPrincess1998]

0:25 the guy was from Demonic Wings and [Demonic Wings II] (puke out)

[SuperKimxD]

Question (a bit irrelevant):

When I do 3d scenes in SV, if I move an object about halfway up the screen, it disappears behind the ground. I tried putting the images in different layers (on the timeline) but that doesn't change it. How do I fix this?

[Klaziki]

@SuperKimxD Take a look at the left, there should be X, Y, and Z. Change Z, you either have to increase the number or decrease it, I forgot.

[MapleLexiCat]

Ok, two questions :) 1) Which bannedstory do u use? 3 or 4? 2) How did u make the empty space around the character? When i try to, it doesnt put that much space, only a little. I cant animate like that D: Im stuck...

[WinnieProductions]

Question , I'm sort of stuck when you have to split it.

I'm not sure how to split it.

[Klaziki]

@WinnieProductions Click on the thing that you want to split, and then press "s" on your keyboard. If it doesn't work, then I don't know.

[FrigidReve]

Sorry if I missed anything .. But, at 0:10 I think I clicked "Match output aspect" Its still blurry *-* I dunno what I'm doing wrong :/

[RisenPathOfficial]

OMG Thanks Klaziki, I was kinda stumped on how I was gonna animate for Ep.4 and just watching this helped me realize what i needed to do :D (P.S, do you want your name to stay as Klaziki in Ep.4? ) o.o

[PockiiRawr]

Klaziki, starting from 1:05, I try to animate on sv (im just a beginner) but when i pan and crop all the stuff, what do you mean by "Make Another one near the end by double clicking on the timeline" when i double click on the timeline it highlights the layers (bad explainer) but my friend says its normal but i dont get how to creates the second keyframe.

[Klaziki]

@PockiiRawr For my version of SV, it creates another keyframe when I simply double-click on the timeline. But if it's different for you, there should be a diamond shape with a + sign on it. Click on that to create a keyframe.

[PockiiRawr]

@PockiiRawr Oh thanks :D

[SuperKimxD]

another question plz help if u can! so im trying to animate a girl walking but when it reaches a certain point ontop of the background (near the edge) it gets cut off and if i move it further it dissapears. how do i keep it from getting cut off? i thought widescreen might fix it but i cant find widescreen... (proud to be nub :D)

[Klaziki]

@SuperKimxD In the pan/crop window, you didn't right-click on the box and then click "match output aspect", did you? :D Well do it. You can always resize it to your liking later.

If for some reason it doesn't work, delete the image or clip from the track, drag it back on, and then try again.

[SuperKimxD]

@Klaziki is there a way to do that while still doing the "paste event tributes" thing? cause if i "match output aspect" and then paste event tributes the match output aspect seems like its undone...

[Klaziki]

@SuperKimxD ... Aand that's why I also suggested in the video to keep all images the same size. :x

[SuperKimxD]

@Klaziki (sry for so much spam DX) oh o-o sry :c i guess i havnt been paying much attention to the video... (im not sure if just putting pictures together is considered "alligning") but by same size, do you mean pan/crop window same size? cuz i try to do that with the paste event tributes. or do u mean length? cuz all the clips im putting together are .04 seconds long...

[Klaziki]

@SuperKimxD The... image size. For example, if the first frame of your character walking is 150x100 pixels, the rest should be the same as well.

[angelSUKIYO]

hey Klazki gambatea!~

[SuperKimxD]

so i rlly need help with this... say you have a ms character with a transparent bg. u insert it into sony vegas and resize it. THEN you insert the same picture with a minor change (say ur lip syncing or something) and want to resize it the same way, how do you do that? D: i failed at it when i tried...

[Klaziki]

@SuperKimxD If the image size is the same, copy the one you already resized, right-click on the other one, and click "paste event attributes".

[xxBabeAnimeangel]

How to make background transparent? <_<

also my characters arent so good quality as yours !

even if i save PNG file ..

Help please :(

(sorry for noob english )

[richest200]

@LoveAznYou ik know that like today like awhile ago...

[GalPhoenix]

I'm confused.

Do you save each frame in PNG images and layer it down or...?

@_@. -brain frazzles-

[Saber7157]

can you make another tutorial about the lyrics?

like the october children opening song(lyrics)

{if you want to}

[richest200]

i mean how do u publish the video to youtube lol or save the video

[richest200]

how do u publish the videos?

[starme63]

YAY..I learned

[dodobirdies]

and what did you mean 1 pixel below O.o

[dodobirdies]

dawwwww I failed for one and a half months aligning 123....

[dodobirdies]

at 0:17... what wrong with that?

[ZEYnHEX]

Hexxer: Never knew people animated like this. I've been like, recording in bannedstory with CamStudio and plonking it into SV. I think this will give me more flexibility in making videos.... Thanks for the tutorial~!~!

[dodobirdies]

@ZEYnHEX Lol I lub you more each day ^.^

[ZEYnHEX]

@dodobirdies

Hexxer: O_o Lol.

[Klaziki]

@DorkyBunnyLuv The versions are all about the same, so it doesn't matter really.

[richest200]

how do u split the bars?

[Klaziki]

@richest200 Press "s" on your keyboard to split.

[richest200]

oh ya and how do u make them move strait

[RisenPathOfficial]

You should make a tutorial on how to add sound affects and background music =D

[keyuo]

Oh one more thing, when your adding the other frames for the walking animation, how long should 1 frame be?

I was messing around with that and I think 00:00:00:08 is about the average length for each frame isn't it?

[Klaziki]

@keyuo For walking frames, it'll depend on how fast you want the character to move. I usually put it as a little less than 1/4 of a second though.

[MegaJapanesegirl]

@Klaziki where u get sony vegas?

[richest200]

wat program was it in on 1:04

[Klaziki]

@richest200 Sony Vegas.

[keyuo]

Omg thats cool!

This should be very helpfull! Thanks for the tip!

[MisturCJ]

I knew the BGM sounded familiar.

It was from that Scooby Doo game.

[Klaziki]

@MisturCJ ... Actually, it's from MapleStory. :D

[abdulkadir6]

Ooh By the way, Tip from me:

Always align from THE BACK FOOT OF THE CHARACTER!

[abdulkadir6]

Woowie, this looks long to do :D. I dont know now which animate faster, Flash or SV? I am a flash user, but I think flash is much easier then SV if I look to this video 0,0

[iAnimeChicky]

-hugs u very tight- D:

I LOVES YOU MANG, now i dont have to make borders for all my videos now c:

[Klaziki]

@Claferi Do you mean... .gif images...? There's some problems with .gif images when you import them in SV, that's why I don't use them.

[Mistikitten]

Woah, that's an interesting way to animate walking! Really cool, I should do it like that, probably easier than the way I do now.(:

[HydraDragonZ]

"To align this pose, align the heads together first, then move THE IT up by 1 pixel...." Jeez, fail typo Lily.

[Klaziki]

@HydraDragonZ I finished it in the middle of the night. ;-;

[HydraDragonZ]

@Klaziki Bad Lily ;o You shouldn't stay up so late.

[tatum7605]

whaat program are you using? Because I suck and I only use banned story 4 and windows movie maker.

[Klaziki]

@tatum7605 Sony Vegas.

[Komoshi]

omg nice, i used to have a problem with that xD tyvm :)

[zzsiyingzz]

I don't get the part about double clicking to form a second frame. I'm using sony vegas 9

[NouuThaanks]

hey, just a question. if i follow links from other mmv makers, the website says nearly nothing to me ._. do I have to buy this program ? Or can't i even get to the right website because I'm not english ?

[Klaziki]

@NouuThaanks If you mean Sony Vegas, yes, you have to buy it, it's not a free program. You can download a free 30 day trial on the site though.

[NouuThaanks]

@Klaziki naah I already knew Sony Vegas isn't for free, but I think I just let it be, it's way too complicated to me xD I'll just stick at drawing. But thank you :)

[MrSkyareblue]

erm wat programme do eu nid to do this?

[Klaziki]

@MrSkyareblue I use Sony Vegas to make videos, and Paint.NET for image editing.

[FalleNecro]

err hw do ue do custom poses?

[akdjvhakdjbvfdv]

Omg i love this song. Is it somewhere in maple ? XD

[Deponeify]

lol i dont get the numbers xD

[Klaziki]

@Deponeify 1 represents the first frame, 2 represents the second frame... etc. That's why I mentioned how many different frames there are.

[Deponeify]

@Klaziki o ok im pretty nooby at animating and i dont read D:

[Addorablee]

@Klaziki BITCH MAKE FREEZING

[Lysserian]

@Addorablee Bitch, shut up. She can't continue Freezing right now even if she wants to, because she can't think of a good way to continue the story. She doesn't want to just toss out a piece of crap, because so many people are looking forward to it.

[MapleNanashi]

which program is this?

[SuperKimxD]

i squealed like a little girl when i saw saik... o-o

[gdrox333]

What's the song?

[Klaziki]

@gdrox333 Castle Outside - MapleStory BGM

[lilxthief112]

Pro F3

[planktonandkaren]

Awesome tutorial :D

Also you could add in annotations on the video or in the description that when people fall or punch outwards, etc. that they slide in the direction of the action slightly... it makes the animation more dynamic. Also, I recommend keeping all the images for the characters 320x180 and aligning them on Photoshop or paint.net because everything is then already aligned and it matches the Sony Vegas widescreen aspect ratio already. LOL... that's just my way of doing things I guess.

[zooty198]

Thanks for the tips 8D

Yeah- I personally like animating it frame by frame even if it's tedious because the green screen, I hate the freaking outline of the green screen colour (unless I get lazy, I will animate it frame by frame). c:

[xXAznMiyukiXx]

dam klaz yur confusing LOL

[Kiwinari]

I'm amazed I do it the same way as you 8D

Personally, this seems like the easiest way since so many never actually use other frames due to strange alignment.

[xParapluie]

... looks hard. o___o

[Videoboy45]

Or use BannedStory 4 which aligns the spritesheets for you. :P

[Klaziki]

@Videoboy45 Ah, I actually never use the sprite sheets. xD'

[cutieFluff]

woooow. :D

[SmexMyPocky]

Thankies for the tips . (:

[x3Hartts]

First :D <3