Next, we will get a lot of practice using the animation to animate the lightsaber. It was started by setting up a new project and importing the video. And it can also be a fun way to prank your friends and family. Creating a project like this is a fun way to learn more about open tunes. In this course, we will be creating a lightsaber scene like this one. My name is Paul, I'm a teacher, I'm an engineer and above all, I'm a guy who loves Open Source and digital art and animation. Introduction: Hi there and welcome to my course about creating light saber battles in open tombs. And finally i recommend you hold a short stick or rod in your hand to help guide you as you animate the light saber.ġ. We will use this frame as the background so we can make things disappear. There should be none of the moving objects in the view. The footage should include at least one frame with only the background. So use a camera stand or position your phone or camera in a stable way. Make sure the footage is not shaky because that'll be extremely tedious to animate each frame. If you choose to make your own project though, you will need to have some footage. Either way, upload the project here when you are done so i can give some feedback.

If you choose to copy me that's perfectly fine. However, it depends on how much time you want to invest. I recommend creating your own project because it requires a more active approach on your part and you will learn more. You can either copy me more or less exactly, or you can create your own project. Even if you are a complete beginner you should be able to follow along, but you will need to show some persistence when you get stuck.Īs a class project we will be making a lightsabre battle. To successfully complete the course you will need to install some free and open source software.Īlso, it's recommended you have some experience in Opentoonz before you get started.

Finally we will learn how to add a soundtrack.

After that we will use the function editor and function curves to animate the arm falling.

We will to do some simple photoediting in Gimp to cut off my arm.

We will learn to use the FX schematic to add some flare to the light sabre.

Next we will get a lot of practice with the animation tool to animate the lightsaber.

We will start by setting up a new project and importing video.Creating project like is a fun way to learn more about open toonz, and it can also be a fun way to prank your friends and family. In this course we will be creating a light-sabre scene like this.

Ffmpeg install into opentoonz