Author Archives: Rodney

  I’m debating how I might proceed with a set of short tutorials focusing on OpenToonz , Blackmagic Design Fusion, Animation:Master and other useful programs and utilities.  These tutorials would be designed to be small, compact and accessible while using … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the developers of OpenToonz who have just released a new version of OpenToonz.  It’s considered a minor release but there are major changes included. The primary reason for it being an incremental/minor version update is that file compatibility … Continue reading →

This is a quick test of the TileIwa fx node that (amongst other things) can make one screen full of background appear to continue on and on and on… seemingly forever. Note:  The “Iwa” in the fx nodes name stands … Continue reading →

Just a quick test of workflow with no particular goal in mind other than to create a short sequence with moving background (sky), middle ground (set), and foreground character. I suppose if there was a goal it was to set … Continue reading →

Two of my favorite programs were recently updated. Animation:Master and Fusion.  So good together.  🙂

Every once in a great while a work appears on the scene that validates the usefulness of cartooning, whether via comics or animation… or both in this instance.  One of the last true examples of this was Jeff Smith’s ‘Bone’ … Continue reading →

Imported and quickly colored o damn’s** cat walkcycle.           The first cycle is rendered out with a reframing from 25 Frames Per Second to 135 FPS.  I put the same walk cycle on 2s and it … Continue reading →