Spine PRO: A Complete 2D Character Animation Guide

In this lecture you learn what is a mesh, how to create a mesh, and how to make sure it has just the right number of vertices.

A lecture in which we continue adding meshes to the character’s rig with a prospect of creating a 3D effect to armor.

In this lecture we create meshes for the bending parts of character’s body, and compare them to the non-bending ones.

A first lecture on 2D character rigging where you learn to add bones, and working with hierarchies.

In this lecture the rigging of the skeleton continues, you get a deeper glance into the process and some of the best work practices.

This lecture teaches you how to add multiple bones at once to achieve smoother movement and make your animation process easier.

A lecture that introduces you to the Path feature of Spine and shows you how to use it in a character rig.

In this lecture you learn about Transform Constraints, and bones influence on other bones that help achieve realistic movement in 2D animation.

A continuation lecture on the topic of transform constraints that further demonstrates the usefulness of this technique in adding a 3D feel.

This lecture introduces you to the Weights tool, and shows you how to use it for binding character meshes to the bones.

In this lecture we learn to bind a Path to the bones using the Weights tool.

A lecture that deals with Inverse Kinematic Constraints, why use it and how to apply it to the character rig.

In this lecture we discuss a few curious points about character’s legs and get closer to completing the rig.

This lecture shows you one of the core animation principles of the draw order, and how to fix some common issues with it’s help.

In this lecture you learn how to quickly add a missing bone to an almost completed character rig.

Learn how to better organize your rig by coloring groups of bones into unique colors in a proper way in this lecture.

A lecture that helps you further organize your character’s rig for faster and more efficient animation process.

In this lecture you learn how to create a simple test animation that has an actual 3D feel.

In this lecture we explore all of Spine Pro icons and buttons to get you better acquainted with this powerful animation software.

Learn how to animate faster and more efficiently in this lecture on hotkeys and shortcuts.

A lecture where we begin creating our first full-scale 2D character animation in Spine Pro, starting with the core movement.

This lecture teaches you how to enhance your animations with the use of the new Graph editor (Spine v4.0), making the movements smoother and more natural.

This lecture teaches you how to enhance your animations with the use of Graphs, making the movements smoother and more natural.

In this lecture you learn how to make your animations look and feel more realistic with the use of Offsets feature.

This lecture marks the beginning of another key animation for our character, and we discuss how to start with the core movement of the run cycle.

A lecture in which we complete the core movement of the run cycle by finishing the loop of the run animation.

In this lecture we bring the character to life even more by adding secondary movement to the run cycle animation.

A lecture where we add a 3D illusion to our character’s movement using the Free Form Deformation technique.

In this lecture we add more movement to all of our character’s body parts, making sure the 3D effect is present all over the body.

This lecture deals with polishing up our run cycle animation with the use of Graphs to make the movements smoother.

Enhancement of the run cycle continues in this lecture where with the use of Offsets we make the character’s movements more realistic.

In this lecture you learn about different ways to speed up or slow down your animation in the most efficient way.

In this lecture you learn about different ways to speed up or slow down your animation in the most efficient way.

This is a lecture where we revise the run cycle animation and further improve it, until we bring it to perfection.

In this lecture we start creating the blinking animation by adding a new image to an already existing project.

A lecture where we continue preparing for the blink animation by adding a new slot to the new image we added in the previous lecture.

In this lecture we follow through with the process of creating the blinking animation itself.

This lecture deals with the Preview Mode which emulates the way two animations mix when played together, allowing us to test our blink animation.

In this lecture you learn how to export your animations from Spine for future use in gaming projects or any other form of visual display.

A final lecture that summarizes and concludes this Spine Pro 2D character animation course.