Author Archives: Rodney

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About Rodney

Cartoonist and Animator! I'd tell you more but then I'll have to debrief you.

Blur + Exposure = Bloom

Attempting to answer a question posed in the OpenToonz forum, here’s a test of a basic bloom effect created with Blur and exposure.  (We are blooming in reverse of course in this example)  

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Resolve this…

Is it a game?  Is it a tool? The basic idea is to take a hastily created drawing and work it out (that is to say refine and repair it) so that it works in two or more perspectives. For … Continue reading →

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Girl of the Future

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Pixelate/Mosaic FX

Someone asked, “Does OT have a pixelate effect”? It does but I think it is called ‘Mosaic’.  

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Scrolling Text Proof of Concept

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Download Sample Data to Use with OpenToonz

Go get  https://opentoonz.github.io/e/download/sample.html

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Camera DPI/PPI etc

A little change in one setting can make a big difference…  

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Night Scene

I wanted to test a few colors on the characters and then they needed a scene to stand in…

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Test: Gradient Preservation thru Conversion

Demonstrating how a gradient fill may disappear temporarily during a conversion from vector to Toonz raster but how it can automatically return when converted again. So, it’s important not to panic and think it’s lost as that might lead to … Continue reading →

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Random (gray?) Hulk

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