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How to Animate to Music using Toon Boom Harmony
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(29 ratings)
375 students
Created byTony Ross
Last updated 3/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Animate characters dancing to a beat.
  • Animate lip synched vocals
  • Rig characters in Toon Boom Harmony using parenting, and various deformers
  • Animate a music video, or short

Course content

7 sections30 lectures3h 18m total length
  • Welcome & Using the Support Files1:25
  • Beats per Minute vs. Frames Per Second2:27

    Synchronize animation to music by using beats per minute and frames per second, converting BPM to frames per beat with a calculator, and building a cycle in Toon Boom Harmony.

  • Creating a Cycle pt17:53
  • Creating a Cycle pt25:40
  • Creating a Cycle pt35:43

    Create a beat-driven cycle on beats 1 and 3 by offsetting duplicated frames, and use color indicators (green for 1/3, red for 2/4) to visualize the rhythm.

Requirements

  • Though it is not required, being familiar with graphics programs like Photoshop, or Illustrator will help
  • You will need a copy, or demo of Toon Boom Harmony to follow along (works with versions 12-14+)

Description

Have you ever wondered how you could animate your favorite character or motion graphic to music?

Have you ever been curious about how animated music videos are done?

Last, but not least, if you've ever wanted to know how to use the same animation software that shows like The Simpson's, Bob's Burgers, or even Disney uses, look no further.

In this course, How to Animate to Music using Toon Boom Harmony, you will learn how simple it can be to animate to a beat! I'll not only show you how to animate to music, but I'll be showing you how you can do this in the award winning animation software, Toon Boom Harmony.

My name is Tony Ross and I’m the owner and creator of tonyteach*com, and I have over 2 decades of experience teaching digital animation, and my Toon Boom tutorials have been showcased on O'Reilly, Toon Boom, and Lynda•com.

In this course, I’ll show you tips and tricks, like comparing beats per minute to frames per second, as well as how to animate a simple dancing character moving to the beat. 

Lastly will put together a short clip, animating a band
Now, in a music video, there are certain things you can fake, or hide when animating, or even filming a band. But if the drummer is hitting cymbals, when the music is calling for drums, the illusion is lost…

I’ll show you how to get the drums animated correctly, and on beat!

If this is your first time working with Toon Boom Harmony, or even if you’re using a program like flash or adobe animate, these timing and music tips and techniques can still be applied.


What's in the course???
Animating to Music using Toon Boom Harmony 
Step-by-Step HD video training covering:
Beats per Minute & Frames per Second
Creating a Cycle based on BPM 
Importing our character 
Stop motion vs motion keyframes 
Bouncing to the beat 
Creating a dance cycle 
arm movement 
Adding the head movement  
Offsetting secondary motions
Setting key poses 
Lip-syncing a song 
Tips for animating a guitar player  
Tips for animating a drummer  
…and much more! 
Covers ALL 3 versions of Toon Boom Harmony (Essentials, Advanced, Premium)

Who this course is for:

  • This course is beginner friendly, and is also designed for solo animators, students, and small studios.