Courses

Animation

    Animator Certification

https://huggingface.co/spaces/tencent/Hunyuan3D-2.1

Use generated images as sprite sheets.

Text to Animation
https://www.animon.ai/

2D Animation
3D Animation

Animation Tutorials

The Wheels on The Bus - song animation, puppets. 100 million

https://www.youtube.com/@AIAnimationStudio/videos Adobe Creative Suite
Runway ML
https://www.kapwing.com/ai/dubbing/lip-sync lip synch, like hedra
loopy lipsynch. from bytedance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrC1fP1oHcg CapCut - rainforest blue avatar educating

The Zinnny Studio - digital products, animation, kids Books

AI Advances

Atomic Gains

AI Animation

*** Project Muse

Cloud AI

ai samson

MDMZ - animation

AI Bunny

Animation - Moana, Brave, Tangled, Toy Story, Shrek, Monsters Inc
https://longstories.ai/studio

Develop a COPY LONGSTORIES.AI - APP
  1. Consistent Characters
  2. Animating Backgrounds
  3. Audio Tracks
  4. Face Swap
  5. Background Swap
  6. Character Swap
  7. Camera Motion
  8. Image to Animation
  9. Video to Animation
  10. Lofi Animation
  11. Lofi animation that uses a 3D cymatic pattern or moving mandala, or a series of visual puzzles, that trains the non-dominant hemisphere [right-brain (for right handed people)]. Same with the music, hypnotic NLP de-programing, re-programming lyrics, pulses

https://github.com/3b1b/manim
Open source Python library for animation

https://github.com/3b1b/3Blue1Brown.com
https://github.com/3b1b

Blender

control blender - llm voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InHuoGkOb2s Manim Animation, using Python Libraries
voice llm control

Most likely the best free animation software out there, Blender is a powerful open-source tool capable of delivering impressive results to users familiar with it. When it comes to animation, Blender makes use of tools like shape animations, vertex weighting, armature, and inverse kinematics, along with so many others to allow intricate, detail-oriented animation.

Advanced rigging tools include envelope, skeleton, and automatic skinning. There’s also easy weight painting, mirror functionality, and bone layers for organization. The built-in brush selection includes Crease, Clay Strips, Pinch, Smooth, Mask, Grab to help make animations ultra life-like. Advanced animators can also customize brushes to match their unique design requirements. Shape keys enable you to tweak facial expressions, model muscle parts and refine skeletal rigs. You can sculpt, model, render, and more. You can even use the Grease Pencil feature to work on 2D creations and the helpful Python API for scripting and customisation through app extensions.

Hotel Transylvania 3


Follow along with Sony Pictures Animation Hotel Transylvania 3 director Genndy Tartakovsky to draw your own Dracula.

Animation Course

Storytelling
  • Scriptwriting for Animation: Writing scripts for animated content.
  • Character Development: Techniques for creating and developing characters.
  • Visual Storytelling: Conveying stories through visual elements.
  • Storyboard Creation: Planning and visualizing scenes and sequences.
Character Design
  • Character Design: appealing characters.
  • Character Development: backstories and personalities.
  • Costume and Props
  • Character Expressions: Techniques for animating facial expressions and emotions.

Advanced Animation

Adobe Animate

character swap - Unreal Engine

Blender, Maya

Being Animator - Blender, ChatGPT

Blender: A free and open-source 3D animation software with a comprehensive set of modeling tools.

Maya: A professional-grade 3D animation software.

3ds Max: 3D modeling, animation, and rendering, catering to various industries including gaming and architecture.

Houdini: 3D animation software known for its use in major animation productions like "Zootopia," "Frozen," and "Rio."

Animation Tools

LivePortrait, alternative to Hedra

https://huggingface.co/spaces/KwaiVGI/LivePortrait

Hedra - facial animation, lip synching

Video to Animation - expensive as yet.

https://domoai.app/ - Video to Animation

Blender

Adobe Creative Suite

https://civitai.com/models/118086/3d-animation-diffusion

Runway ML

Adobe Character Animator

https://app.animaker.com/editproject/xVgFZVRPKu2H8YSz

https://stock.adobe.com/sg/search?k=cartoon%20background
Animated Overlays
video on a animated background that loops
Copyright-free stock footage or animation
Free Animated, Magical Effects
Free Animated Backgrounds
Can create animation on backgrounds
Education - Learn Engineering Animations, medical animations
animated greeting cards
vector-based image morphing used in animation

Examples

50 most-viewed independent animated shorts, YouTube

Dog-training School - 500 Million views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y - guacamole, dice animation - 450 milion views

Rainforest Educational Documentary

Rainforest Animation

1. ChatGPT, https://claude.ai/, script prompt: Please write me a monologue for a cartoon character that is exploring the rainforest. Make it educational and include a part about a waterfall and a stream.

2. ClipChamp - Google login, generate text to voice

Create a new video
Record and Create
Text to Speech, 10 mins max, can use in pieces
Other languages, see if has API, or automate can bdo in bulk, with same animation.
download as mp4, lowest setting

3. Adobe Character Animator - Adobe Express, Google login

character tab at right, choose one
background tab, Choose Green Background
browse, under character main display
choose mp4 audio file we made in ClipChamp
record
download

4. Vecteezy - animated backgrounds, stock footage, images, login with Google

main search, drop down to 'videos'
search for 'rainforest animated'
license type on left menu - choose free license

Pre-recorded animation snippets or backgrounds

Use animation snippets within larger animation - Avatars move and express emotions via pre-recorded animations, or routines that can be multi-purposed. for example, a crying girl, a walking dog, a girl turning around, reaching her arms up, pointing, kicking.

Moving backgrounds, where appropriate, add to the animation. Use care not to overwhelm the main actor. Can animate static backgrounds for more control.

AI Voice overs, using text in English to create voice in other languages for free.

https://speechelo.com/

https://openai.com/api/
ChatGPT


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCMcyYAtRzw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABwQ5_LuYU&list=PLqNnERHGj6jAwoycLlCEz4wAGDg-eXBBl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pzmzXj03A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYW3De9Rq1s

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consider:


KdenLive - https://kdenlive.org/en/download/
https://www.avid.com/media-composer/learn-and-support#Tutorials

DaVinci Resolve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbqmZjJEsBw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UguJiz9AYM8

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OpenShot - animated effects
HitFilm Express


Chroma Key

iMovie
Calvary

DaVinci Fusion

Adobe After Effects

PowerDirector Essential

Adobe Premiere Elements
VSDC
Lightworks
VideoPad
Olive
Blender
Avidemux


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Free Images, GIFs, Backgrounds, Animations, Effects

https://www.freepik.com/

https://pixabay.com/

https://www.vector4free.com/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/697635798546967610/

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https://www.vecteezy.com/free-videos/animals

https://www.freeimages.com/search/cartoon-background

https://stock.adobe.com/sg/search?k=cartoon%20background

https://unsplash.com/wallpapers/art/cartoon


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Animations

Free Animations
Free Animated Effects
Free Animated Backgrounds

Turn Videos into animation

source TikTok viral videos from China, and repurpose them as animations, with different backgrounds, different audio.

Changing videos into animations by overlays, face swaps.

extract subjects from a video

--> turn animations into new animation using style guides

Character Design

  • appealing characters.
  • Character Anatomy: Understanding human and creature anatomy.
  • Character Development: Creating backstories and personalities.
  • Costume and Props: Designing costumes and props for characters.
  • Character Expressions: Techniques for animating facial expressions and emotions.

AI-assisted Animation

Cascadeur is a standalone 3D animation software that combines traditional keyframe animation with advanced physics and AI assistance, enabling animators to create realistic and expressive character movements efficiently.

Keyframes are critical points in the movement, such as the beginning, peak, or end of a particular action (e.g., the extreme points of a jump, like takeoff, midair, and landing). Tweening interpolates the motion between Key Poses

Physics-based animation.

Lofi Girl

    Lofi Girl
Looping Animation, hand drawing or tools, soundtrack (Licensing) comment section peaceful relaxing soothing 105 million views

kk - Lofi Girl

uu - 100 million views - Lofi Girl Midnite Study Session

Multi-hour animated videos, with long looping time, and different loops with random events, original mellow music, which itself loops. Passive game. Sexy manga and anime.



Lofi is about the music tracks, not the animation, which are just to look good. Simple animation-like effects or overlays, or backgrounds that appear to move left to right, panning, or zoom in or out. animations on a loop, with automated, random decision trees. Image effects

Vector graphics, and raster.

OpenToonz

Blender

Krita

Pencil2D

Synfig Studio

Adobe Animate
Moho Pro
Toon Boom Harmony
https://www.kdanmobile.com/en/animation-desk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxcFgxZ76AE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdJ92pVrKQ

TUTORIALS

Barricado - opentoonz

Debraj Sarkar - animation

JesseJJones

Plug-ins for open toons
GTS
Effects
KumoWorks


DWANGO?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3orj0eg5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTwMjbD2adQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkmyO3OvagU
plastic tool to create a mesh, then skeleton tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L72Ix0abQ8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXtrLPJ2uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoZ-3FWeQQ&list=PLqazFFzUAPc6if6lKp2Z5sDKcvVND0cP-

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxSFuwkwXgNwv_DDH1tjRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQEqCMYH1VY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVNlenF7LHk&list=RDQMoEuFk9IO0is&start_radio=1

opentoonz tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5xtQ0kWJKFSQMJFKEhFrJWOuB4jn4uXu

Paul Tillery IV - opentoonz tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g_SAIlLe-c&list=PLdkZXaKwa7Q89rvc-WL8o-joFIkE1uCoW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFVTl6ZPX2wF3QMlAZIYNRQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPvRrRxLzo
ThunderCluck

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVVQ_GqpCnQi0GqDSEyLYQ

https://www.youtube.com/c/Barricados/videos



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfBI76ktXoU&list=PLGgZjwctXPUD_6uXWwU5mIjY70jmpF09w


Animation Examples

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/most-viewed-indie-animated-shorts-on-youtube
50 most-viewed independent animated shorts on Youtube


Peppa Pig - 25M subscribers

Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes, 116M subscribers

K-3D
Animation Paper
Krita
Clara.io
DAZ Studio
Plastic Animation Paper
Toontastic 3D

looking for an animation program to specialize in.

start with recommendations, and search for number so fprofessionals in each program.




Krita - free animation software

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxSFuwkwXgNwv_DDH1tjRQ/playlists


Characters

Peppa Pig - 25M subscribers

Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes, 116M subscribers

Hello Kitty

Sales: Product Lines, clothing, toys, notebooks, etc.
Licensing: Events, branding, themes
Fanbase: Miss Kitty, Japanese manga, hentai cosplay.

movie studio

animation
cartoons
3d movies
cgi, movie effects
mobile apps
games

https://moneywise.com/life/entertainment/the-highest-paid-youtube-stars Unboxing: kids unbox toys and other products and play with them, talking about their experience and the product.

Corporate Sponsors, Advertisers

Toy Companies
Hasbro
Lego
MGA Entertainment Inc. is a manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1979. Its products include, Bratz, L.O.L. Surprise! (unboxing doll), Num Noms and Rainbow High.
Mattel
Spin Master
Tomy Company
Faber Castell
Art supplies manufacturers
Cosmetics Companies
Children's clothing lines, clothing companies, high-end fashion
Entertainment Companies
Disney
Pixar
Dreamworks
LucasFilms
Marvel Studios
DC Comics
Nickelodian
Sony
Saturday Morning Cartoons

Minions
Shrek
Toy Story
Finding Nemo
Lilo & Stitch
Avatar
Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, Dr Strange
Transformers
Avengers
Physical Toys Game Companies
Nintendo
X-box
* Anti-barbie, or punk-rock, anti-establishment dolls, for bad, rebellious girls

* Like Lego, but held together with magnets, and using wood or pieces you create yourself out of a composite, rather than plastic.

Many games may portray violence and malintention, seeking sales without delving deeper in karmic seeds that may be planting. Participation in, or marketing of these games must be avoided. Synergies between cable TV and entertainment companies, brand development, related product and toy lines, theme parks, etc.

Hasbro buys Entertainment One for $4 billion, gets Peppa Pig franchise, and is adding content-creation capabilities. Peppa Pig had $1.35 billion in retail sales in 2019, and the brand has room for growth, especially in China. Entertainment One’s television and film division can help increase content production and work with film studios and broadcast operators. Demand for franchisable, global content is at an all-time high.

Hasbro’s competitive positioning in the pre-school category, a significant market for the company. Unlock value with acquired brands by moving Entertainment One's toy business in-house. Hasbro paid a healthy yearly multiple on earnings, and is taking on significant leverage.

Adorable, Super-heros with personality and amazing, creative super-powers. Dressed in warm, basic colors, with a bit of pastel. Characters of the superhero TV show Power Rangers. Hasbro has also linked up with Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney and has seen growth with Marvel’s Avengers toys. Peppa Pig, which brings in the bulk of revenue at eOne, is a popular show that is streamed on several platforms across the globe and has been grabbing more sales with the growing popularity of its toys and merchandise. Jackie Breyer, group publisher at trade magazine, 'the Toy Book', said the latest deal shows Hasbro’s efforts to build its entertainment brands and not just toys. Beloved, story-led global family brands that deliver strong operating returns, and provides a pipeline of new brand creation driven by family-oriented storytelling.

Animation leads to looping cartoons with open-license soundtracks, then with dialog, to independent cartoons, branding, popular themes, kid's stories, then onto animated movies, game development.

Seeking animators or just artists who have work online, or can be found through a competition or contest online. Also simple fiver, elance or other talent sites. Can confirm it is the artist by having them do videos of themselves with their art, creating similar drawings. Some younger artists will draw for the fun of it, on a drawing site, or submit their drawings as in FaceBook, royalty-free as in the terms and conditions of using the site. Can have tracking and if their work goes viral, they get a stated % of the net profit.

Seeking voice-over talent online besides myself, or local (English, Hindi, Chinese, or Spanish, etc) speakers. Can verify it is the speaker again by video chat or a phone call with them. Again can establish working relationships online, especially with younger talent that is seeking exposure, credits on their resume/portfolio, and practice.

animations on a loop, with automated, random decision trees, live podcasts


Chilled Cow - - not open source, but good example of primitive looping

Multi-hour animated videos, with long looping time, and different loops with random events, original mellow music, which itself loops. Passive game. Sexy manga and anime.

(open source animation, watch cartoons while overlay of audio, tell a story, self-help..)

Looping Animation, using hand drawing or tools, with an excellent, related soundtrack (License), Meditation - Monoman .beautiful comment section peaceful relaxing soothing 57 million views

in VR, one way to manipulate objects is to wear a glove, and map the glove in space using lasers (like a gamebox), and have the motions of the glove mapped within the virtual world. Also, on various screens, there are libraries of 3-D objects that you can select and place into the background with the glove. Having pressed record, you can then move the object in the background in real time, and then press play and you havce 3-D animation.

new ways to animate using multiple cameras and software, tracking moving images in real time, and translating characters into animation. Can map these characters onto backgrounds, and even moving backgrounds, perspectives shadows, light source, etc. look into how games are made.