Create Simple Turnaround Rigs in Harmony Essentials

Have you ever wondered could you create a turnaround rig in Harmony Essentials? In this new course, Tony Ross will 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




Exporting Animations
Exporting H.264 format video

Exporting Video w/ Alpha Channel

How to Export Stills

How to Create a GIF

Closing