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Synfig: Library How-To

Synfig: Library How-To

Working with libraries Understanding libraries was pretty easy so far thanks to Ricardo Graça and Quadro Chave. I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve…

Synfig on a Mac?

Synfig on a Mac?

Chocolate in My Peanut Butter! Okay, for the past few years I’ve been trying to learn Synfig in fits and spurts—working on my wonderful Ubuntu…

Synfig and Advanced Outlines

Synfig and Advanced Outlines

New and Improved This is a product innovation that can be described as “new and improved.” For anyone who has ever longed for easily creating…

Gitting New Things Daily

Gitting New Things Daily

Today I downloaded files from Lungching that he created illustrating Synfig libraries. They were a great help for me and I highly encourage those of…

Synfig How To: Bones Trick for Cut-Out Character

Synfig How To: Bones Trick for Cut-Out Character

Quadro Chave is the Bomb! Quadro Chave’s nice enough to have their Synfig discoveries online on Vimeo. While watching their videos, I picked up a…

More Terminology

More Terminology

Hi there. I included a blurb under my terminology post because I was totally lost while reading the Synfig wiki and running into the term…

Synfig How To: Making a Cut-Out Character

Synfig How To: Making a Cut-Out Character

I compiled these notes from the cut-out tutorial on the tutorial page for Synfig. They use an imported png images in order to create a…

Thumbalina: My Cut-Out Character for Synfig

Thumbalina: My Cut-Out Character for Synfig

Today I reviewed how to create a cut-out character for Synfig and created Thumbalina to explain the process. In the next couple days I’ll be…

Synfig Terminology

Synfig Terminology

Words Words Words Learning the “language” of a software program is the cornerstone for comprehension. Once you can language through a process, it helps with…

Flower Tutorial Hick Up (AVERTED)

Flower Tutorial Hick Up (AVERTED)

Update! Genete, one of the Synfig Gods and all around great guy, did some research and found out that there is a glitch that’s broke…

Notes for Cut-Out Animation Step-by-Step

Notes for Cut-Out Animation Step-by-Step

I actually found these notes I created in 2010 for creating a cut-out character taken from the tutorial on the Synfig site. I’ll read and…

Excited About New Sketches

Excited About New Sketches

I’m nervous about relearning Synfig. I know that it probably won’t take long to get back up to speed, but I know how much time…

Starting the Body Rotation Chart

Starting the Body Rotation Chart

Here is the frontal view. This morning I started sketch what the rotation looks like. I don’t know if I’m going to have a facial…

Eyebrow Chart

Eyebrow Chart

Simple as it seems, it’s still nice to have everything charted out on paper to see the progress. I’m excited to get started on new…

Mouth Chart: Added Mouths

Mouth Chart: Added Mouths

Here is the front view of Misty now finished up for mouths. I’ll be working on a three-quarter view next. I have to also start…

Eye Chart for Misty

Eye Chart for Misty

I don’t know why I didn’t start making these charts sooner. At a glance you can see what you’re missing.

Mouth Charts: Front View

Mouth Charts: Front View

Here is a JPG of the frontal mouth shots that I’ve done for Misty so far. I’m also going to make charts for eyebrows, eyes…

Back in Charge!

Back in Charge!

Nameless For the past two years, I’ve been working on this character with more stops than starts. While creating this character for an animation, I…

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