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OpenToonz v1.02 has been released and it collects the various nightly builds together that restore much needed functionality as well as adds a Save All option that was sorely needed.

What are you waiting for… go get it!

https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/releases

Need to know more about how to use the software?  Feel free to ask and I’ll post more info and links.

We interrupt this OpenToonz stretch of postings to spread the word about another program you should have in your toolbox.

BlackMagic Fusion is now out of Beta with their 8.0 release.

Compositing

Effects

and a whole lot more.

Go get it!

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion

Custom Brush

Pump Tool

Raster and Vector together (on different levels)

Auto Inbetweening

Blending of Color Styles

Rendering out to .MOV format

And yet another quick test of AutoInbetweening

My first test of the AutoInbetween feature.

With one frame inbetween:

With multiple frames inbetween:

Here’s a drawn sequence that I was using to test the scanning software called GTS that accompanies OpenToonz.  I still haven’t got that to work yet but that isn’t essential because the images can be scanned in outside of the program and then imported (drag/dropped) into the xsheet.

I like that the xsheet is so central to OpenToonz.  It makes quick work of retiming sequences.

Someone asked about blending drawings and such.

As with most things there are multiple approaches.

Here’s a video outlining the process when in the Schematic view.

The other way (perhaps more straightforward but accomplishing the same thing as it results in the FX being added to the Schematic flow) would be to Right Click on the Column you want to add the effect to in the Xsheet and select ‘New FX’

From Bonnien360 comes this video on basic usage of OpenToonz:

Thanks!