Learn Toon Boom Harmony Essentials: Simple Turnaround Rigs

Have you ever wondered could you create a turnaround rig in Harmony Essentials? In this new course, I'll show you step-by-step how to rig a simple, yet powerful cut-out character just using Harmony Essentials.

Now a full production character rig typically requires the node view and deformers that are only available in Harmony Premium – That being said, even at the entry level of Toon Boom software, out of the box, Harmony Essentials has a stronger set of animation features than programs like Animate or Flash!

Here are a few of the topics covered in the course:

TOC Welcome/Intro & Basics

• About this Course
  

• Harmony Essentials vs Harmony Premium
  

• Harmony Essentials vs Flash/Animate
  

• Setting your Preferences
  

• Using the Brush Tool
  

• Using the Pencil Tool
  

• Working in Drawing Mode
  

• Working in Camera Mode
  

Designing the Character

• Designing Cut-Outs for Harmony Essentials
  

• Sketching the Character
  

• Cleanup and Inking the Character
  

• Setting up Views of the Character
  

• Setting up Layers
  

• Working with Drawing Substitutions
  

Working with Pegs

• Should You Animate Pegs or Drawings?
  

• Setting Drawing Pivots
  

• Setting Peg Pivots
  

Using Bone Deformers

• Bone Deformer Basics
  

• Rigging the Torso
  

• Rigging the Arms
  

• Rigging the Legs
  

• Rigging the Hair
  

Using Symbols & Patches

• Advanced Arm Rigging
  

• Advanced Leg Rigging
  

• Advanced Hair Rigging
  

• Advanced Rigging the Eyes
  

• Rough Sketch of Drawing Substitutions
  

• Advanced Rigging the Eyes
  

• Setting up Layers
  

• Working with Masking & Cutters
  

Adding the Mouth

• Rough Sketch of Drawing Substitutions
  

• Advanced Rigging the Mouth
  

• Setting up Layers
  

• Working with Masking & Cutters
  

Setting up a Template

• Re-Naming Drawing Substitutions
  

• Using Kinematic Output
  

• Working with Child-Parent hierarchy
  

• Working with Layers and Nudging
  

• Creating Master Pegs
  

• Working with Libraries
  

• Creating Templates
  

Animating your Character

• Creating a 3/4 Walk Cycle
  

• Creating Blinks
  

• Creating Action Templates
  

• and Much, much more!!!