Outline Tutorial - how to outline your stickfigure

[xXaforgeXx]

thank you :D

[Animal00Kaiser]

I tried increasing the thickness 10 times like you said but it didn't really work out cos'the outline was too thin to see so to some people try it 15 TIMES. THANKS, ANYWAY! I'll try this in one of my animations once I fix my stupid movie maker

[MrMcQuackster]

it kinda sounds like mario music XD tutorial was awesome

[AbusiveStudio]

Y U SO SICK DUDE!!! :D

[KatonBlazer3rd]

HEY bro whats the the name of this of this song

[MrPivotman154]

more tutorials thumbz if u agree

[skullmaster691]

MAKE A KICK TUTORIAL

[vostubepuntocom]

this really helps, like 10 seconds before i saw one of yours videos in i was tring to do the out line, first i try to make a bigger stick bihaind, but dosn't work. And when i see this i fill trully stupid, it was so eassy. plis post a tutorial of other of yours epics effects PLIS!!!!

[PivotPivot77]

Before you finished the right arm it sorta looked like a charger or tank in l4d 2 lol

[Hbknathan18776]

How do i make the head black?

[yamxa996]

and if you dont want the outline to become too tick, you can always make it 10 pixels smaller and put it on front, or make 2 of 5 more/less...

[RaNd0m221]

ty for tutorial. awesome song too, leme guess, luigis mansion and mario mix

[Weegee1011]

yay! I'll try this out!

[Sorage55]

woah man, this is awsome! can't wait to try this out!

[alecooldudeXD]

the song of mario in classic version lol!!

[pivotdudet]

i never fot it was that easy

[Plottato]

i figured it out by myself, people are just idiots.

[corniglious]

wat is that song called

[kornoutloud45]

u should use pivot 3 beta, its a lot better and its more profesional

[perdinskee]

no it isnt. pivot 3 has more glitches and ALL the pros like jon use pivot 2

[mingleplug2]

i agree but theres better stks

thats why i use pivot 3

[perdinskee]

yea. i use it just cause some sticks i want and i mostly only use it cuz spites for movies and crud. just watch my stickfigs on coke 2 and ull see what i mean

[egbob3]

a nimation would be hard for an outline

[monstermadness99]

i have pivot but how do you get that figure cuz i fale to make one :| you know the figure with the black bead and long legs :|

[perdinskee]

ty u sooooooooo mutch!

[DeeCeecook]

that makes it hard to ove with 2 stickfigures

[EpicnessPivotMaster]

VERY CREATIVE! 5/5!

[BlueNinjaChidori]

there is also an effect in wmm its edge detect and then it just does all the work for you

[sgttris]

well if you have a floor on your animation then you might not want it for that

[Kittycat67123456]

5/5 i did this with a regular stickman... and it looks great... and very creative...

[kimomcgee]

LOL mario song

[10dimensionman]

thas amazingly creative....

[TheSanjamon]

Awesome

[pivotdx11]

u r 1 of da best animators ever

[moutapt]

nice music! :D

[Icyweavilesupreme]

You just seemed to know the point would go EXACTLY where you wanted to be... you lined it up so quickly. I'd spend at least an extra 30 seconds a frame dealing with getting the joints just right.

[yttob]

u are the best!!!!

[XxwafflewagonxX]

omg your wayyyy better then pmdx and pivotrj put to gether!

[XxDeadsoulz]

@XxwafflewagonxX That's because PMDX animates for comedy, if he made "serious" stuff it would be ridiculous. But Atok would still be better, because well Atok is AWESOME :3.

[Jordan360Z]

@XxwafflewagonxX Thats because they were both shit.

[PivoTMarshaL]

u can make the original figure other colours too

[newbiemage123]

atok...that was kind of a bad advice, cause u can just change the size of the stick to save a lot of time.

[AtokNiiro]

*Takes deep breath*

You are badly mistaken, my friend, since that would not only make the stick thicker, but also make the segments longer, resulting in a poor parody of an outline.

The black outline would appear uneven, and it would generally look ugly.

[soravsgoku123]

i understand what you mean now, its uneven and basically not even the same length. may i ask a question? this seems hard to work with, do you ever have any trouble?

[sijay42]

Im just gona go with Atok's because hay it may take longer, but hay the animation will look better

[pivotdx11]

u r right abbout that it will look ugly if u change the size.

[saladfury]

@AtokNiiro your awesome!!!!

[dannesil]

@AtokNiiro i tried that when i used naruto kyuubi XD i remade so there was o outline the stick was too detailed

[MrPivotPie]

@AtokNiiro Hey, how 'bout making a Basics of Centered Origin tutorial, so we can start making good effects and stuff.

[stankado10]

@AtokNiiro lol you owned him :)

[diggdawg89]

lol this is helpful but i figured it out watching ur anims.

[evilmor233]

I am a wanna be now...

Any Ways Thx I Might Use That In my Next Pivot

[barok1122]

tnx

[Skiataz]

wow u really take time on ur animations

[DonkeyButtProduction]

thats why its so good

[ilove093]

Yeah, He's Awseom

[deathkittin]

lol is ths a wierd version of mario world?(the song)

[SuperBleachFAn2000]

thanks

[orbote102]

what program did you use? can anyone plz answer me?

[justicegamer97]

pivot

[Wildfighter120]

pivot 2.25

[Dylangamer45]

pivot

[DnKcProduction]

lol thx

[LEG0prime]

why thank you 8D that will really help cause that looks ossum

[619FU619]

just go on mov maker, use splt go and click effects and click edge duration

[AtokNiiro]

Except it affects the entire frame, not just one figure.

Besides, Movie Maker effects make your animation look noobish, in my opinion.

[619FU619]

ur opinion do what ever ya wnt

[AtokNiiro]

I am just saying, that animations with WMM effects make you look lazy, because you didn't make the effects in Pivot.

[619FU619]

It doesnt make u look lazy. its just a short cut.

[AtokNiiro]

I guess it's a matter of opinions. However, I do think that it looks ugly with WMM effects.

[checkit30]

i wonder if anyone has tried to use sony vegas effects...

[headintheclouds1314]

who the hell uses sony vegas any more? everyone uses flash now.

[SiddXD]

ouch mustve been real hard...need i say more?

[20Gamefreak]

sweetz thx mate

[Spikeally]

kewl although i already knew how to do it but thanks still

[10dimensionman]

wow centered origin mustve been a bitch.

[pivotmasterPM]

lolz I knew how to do that months ago

[Rygopt]

lol I knew you had to do some outline but i didnt know how, thnks dude ^^

[Rastafirez]

Damn... that's the twice as much work^^

[DoubleYuTeeEff]

can i have that stk?

[Tabu1993]

How 'bout you just make one yourself?

[DoubleYuTeeEff]

cuz i like the way that stick is set up..

[wtfisourproblem]

lol i have known how to do this forever lol

[Zastend]

thanks for make this

[pooperr909]

so smart....in so many ways.....INTERZ or VET or ELITE...lol?

[spiderfiermoto]

easy

[The3Pivoteers]

I increase it by 3-5... that works too.

[pivotanimator751]

lol it's funny how so many people didn't know how to do this XD

[PivotzReborn]

ty soooooo much!

[AtokNiiro]

Hard? No.

More time consuming? Yes.

Amount of time used on an animation = quality of the animation

There are no easy way to great animations. Patience is everything. Skills are secondary.

[Bbionicjive]

thats deep man...

[AaronJeffery1]

simple and effective.

awesome tutorial :)

totally going to use this.

[BG27Productions]

wow that helped but it will be tricky to move during an animation

[pivotmasterTJ]

thx man (i start making eztoon now but still, thx man)!

[PivotJrDX]

thank you man you are a marvellous man cause you ROCK

[inoXkp95]

thx. it really helped

[kimkyuubi]

thanks dude!

[2martykiller1]

ty its cool

[zombiies]

no offence this is harder than it looks

[poster108]

WOW!!!! TY!!!!!!!!!! thats alot of work tho lolz

[animator96]

can't you click and mark both of em'?

So when u move one, the both will move? xD

[scbmovies]

wow i use to think u pivot 3.0 beta

thx

[AnimatedKookie]

omg, dude it's that simple? OMg that was like an optical illusion... I use that effect all the time but I never thought u made it like that! Wow, we've been fooled.

[DerrickBouchard]

How do all the people know who you are? D:

-AWL

[chelonz]

thx dude 5/5 cool vid

[juakakoki]

thanks for the tutorial

[olstab]

dude it must have taken sooo long to do center origin

[AltiartheAssassin]

huh, i just always made another stk smaller..... now that i know how u do do it........ but no more tuts unless its REALLY obvious

[Fangscream]

Why would you want tuts for something obvious? Retardation, or a typo?

[flappers18]

0_0 wow.... thx Atok!

[NumbChild99]

NICE DUDE

[TheBoredBoy]

Now no more tuts.

=D

We don't want 500 Atok's popping up everywhere.

Lulz.

[WildSnakeMovie]

i already knew how to do this but thanks any ways atok >:3

[declan12345678910]

How can you not know this? Anyway you'll be helping alot of people janus

[BioPivot]

well i already knew this lol xP

do moaar tutorials on running and flames and how you make ur stks

:3

[RASMProductions]

i feel so dumb

[theflyingebit]

awesome thx

[omgbullsht]

Lmao i watched you centered origen ages ago and decided to figure out for myself how to do it. I've known for so long now. thankz anywayz =)

[KgZ2747]

Hey man, nice tutorial, I've been interested in learning flash recently, and this helped alot.

Thanks for using my song by the way. <3

[AtokNiiro]

It's a great song, and perfect for a tutorial theme too :3

And by the way, this is not Flash, but Pivot Stickfigure Animator, which is freeware and much more simple than Flash.

[PivotAnimator50]

lmfao this kinda got me a little pissed because i just figured out how to do the outline a day before you posted this tut! XD it took me DAYS! XD yeah ima nub

[Teczee]

How didnt ppl know how to do this anyway O_o

[bl00DAvian]

Exactly 50 gazilliion Good comment points to u

[PivotSharp12]

Thanks atok

[Darktobi211]

lol i always made origonal thinner XD but still gd tut :3

[Xaine45]

Awesome, even though i already knew!

[grambler1]

det er dejligt med et tut :D men det e rjo ik' så kompliceret :3

[AtokNiiro]

Nej, men jeg bliver alt for ofte spurgt enten om hvordan jeg har lavet det, eller om ikke jeg vil sende den pågældende stk (nogle folk tror åbenbart, at den består af en enestående stk :/)

[grambler1]

lol

[XZEROpivots]

THANKS but I knew how already...

but thanks i used to only size up outline by 2 now it looks much better!

[deadhungrykid]

awesome tut :DD

i also wanna know how you did what n8ster11493 said (the cool wrap-arround effect ... ) :3

[joshuastaines]

i thought it was that didnt know for shure

[PivotA11]

wow i cant belive SO MANY PEOPLE ACTUALY asked you how to do this they all must have been big time noobs....

[n8ster11493]

Awsome tut... But I wanna know how you made that part in Centered Origin, where you use that effect before he changes into this guy... That cool black wrap-arround effect.... :/

[t3hownzer]

i have the stk for that wewt

[n8ster11493]

HOW!?

[t3hownzer]

founds it on a website

[n8ster11493]

Lucky dawg... I envy you.... *>:(

[t3hownzer]

it doesnt come with the particles tho only the wrapping around part got msn i can send u it i dont use it -=/

[n8ster11493]

Ok, message me and I will send you my Yahoo MSNGER, or My AOL, those are the only ones I got...

[FallnereyeZ]

Thanks but i already knew that lol.

[PivotAvenger]

woulda been useful when i used pivot =/

i use flash now though

still, cool tute

[DantoraMandova]

LOL, just use the effeect from windows movie maker!, this way is so uch harder i think. Try my way with edge dection. you will like it better i think. I still support this way to though, because there might be some things you don't want with edge detection, like if the line is 2 thick, it makes it white inside. so keep your ground thin.

[AtokNiiro]

Yea, it's true that it is easier in Movie Maker - if you make a super simple animation. If you add just a single object, it too will be outlined. Imagine how it would look, when you make a complex background. Horrible.

I disapprove the use of WMM effects, since it has nothing to do with Pivot and is only misleading about the animator's skills (actually, using WMM effects on your Pivots will make you look noobish).

[revlin66]

kewl men... thxs for the tut, i really appreciate this

[Gazmqu333]

Thanks man

[kingpivoter]

o wow that's pretty cool i always had trouble when i tried this

[cheese15624]

cool, i figured that out recently though. but still, good tut.

[valtus64]

Great and simple effect

[BubbaDJ000]

Thank you!!!!

[UberBeef]

Are you still animating atok? I would really love to see love at first fight finished.

[shadowL6]

I wish u didn't tell people because now everyone will do this... Well, a lot of people will. I liked people not knowing D:

[StickX13]

egotist

:[

[AtokNiiro]

Why shouldn't I? It's not like it's an old secret kept in centuries by a mysterious order.

[shadowL6]

>D D: yeah I know ._. Good tut btw, but why can't people just figure this out themselfs? I mean its not that hard... not saying you shouldn't have put it up, i'm saying you don't really need a tut to figure out something like this :P

[mikeb4894]

Yeh, nice one mate, someone needed to do this. It was getting annoying having to explain it time and time again to every noob.

[KillBill869]

u uploaded a vid O: nice tut atok, finally a vet makes a tut Xp lol. jk. i think u r an elite, or maybe u were, love at first fight looked elite to me

[ashrowe51]

nice atok very simple but not time consuming

[Anchupom]

i love this effect.

thanks for putting up this tut

I found another tutorial telling me how to do it, but it only said 4.

pfft. yours is better.

And did you start off the outline thing, or just pick it up and use it better that anyone else could?

[AtokNiiro]

I don't really know. I hadn't seen it before I made Centered Origin, but I find it hard to believe that no one ever made it before.

[Anchupom]

i know what you mean. its such a simple idea, with such good results, that you think someone would have done it, but it didnt really appear until after Centred Origin.

[snorreproductions]

I knew this but thanks anyway... lots of hard work to animate both figures tho... :D

[st1wPNV]

first comment, first view, first rate yay !

[st1wPNV]

OMFG

when i was watching this there wasnt any comments and views lol

in 2 and half mins xD

[xmex180]

there is another easier way to do it.

there's a effect on WMM that let's u do it.

[AtokNiiro]

Except it wont let you pick out specific objects to outline, it affects the whole image.

[xmex180]

oh, true....

[MibsPivs]

thx for the help, its a cool effect!