Synfig/C3/Basic-bone-animation/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Basic bone animation” using Synfig.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn to animate a character using Skeleton option in Synfig.
00:13	We will also learn to: add bones,
00:17	attach bones to body and animate the bones.
00:22	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 14.04 OS,
00:31	Synfig version 1.0.2
00:36	Now let us begin. We are in Synfig.
00:40	I will open the Synfig-character file which is saved on my machine.
00:47	This file has been provided to you in the Code Files link. Please download and use it.
00:57	Ensure that all parts of the body are in different layers.
01:02	Now, we will learn to rig the upper part of the body with fixed joints using the Skeleton.
01:11	Before that, we need to create groups. For e.g.- left hand should be made up of left upper arm, left lower arm and left palm.
01:25	So, we need to group these three layers and name it as L-hand.
01:32	Similarly, group the other layers.
01:36	Name the group layers as L-hand, R-hand, Head, Neck and Trunk as shown here.
01:46	Let’s save this file using Save As option.
01:50	Go to File and click on Save As.
01:54	Choose your preferred location and then type the filename as Basic hyphen bone hyphen animation.
02:03	Then click on the Save button.
02:06	Now, go to the Layers panel.
02:10	Make one more group of all these grouped layers and name it as Character.
02:17	Now, open the Character group by clicking on the triangular shape.
02:23	Right-click on the top layer of the Character layer.
02:27	Go to New layer, then Other and click on Skeleton.
02:33	We get one bone on the canvas.
02:37	Click on the Transform tool and select the green dot of the bone.
02:42	Hold and drag the mouse and move the bone to the Trunk part of the character.
02:49	Now place the bone as demonstrated.
02:53	Next, use the orange dot of the bone to adjust the length of the bone.
03:00	After this, right-click on the orange dot of the bone.
03:04	And then click on the option Create child bone.
03:10	Adjust the length of the child bone in the upper part of the Trunk as explained earlier.
03:17	In a similar manner, add and adjust the bones for neck, head and hands.
03:41	Now the Skeleton layer is placed inside the body.
03:45	Next, we will attach the bones to each part of the body.
03:50	For that, go to the Layers panel. Right-click on R-upper-arm layer and then on Select all child layers.
04:00	Go to the canvas. Using Shift key, hold and drag the mouse to select all the nodes of the right upper arm.
04:11	Press Ctrl key and then select the Skeleton layer.
04:18	Right-click on any node of the bone of R-upper-arm.
04:23	Click on the option Link to bone.
04:28	Likewise, we have to attach every part of the body to its respective bone by using Link to bone.
04:50	Every part of the body needs to be attached to the Skeleton.
04:56	Only then we can animate all the parts of the body using bones.
05:02	Press Ctrl and S keys to save the file.
05:06	Let us now start to animate.
05:09	Go to Layers panel and select Skeleton layer.
05:13	Turn on the animate editing mode icon.
05:16	Go to Time track panel and place the cursor on the 20th frame.
05:22	Observe the various coloured dots.
05:25	Blue dot is for rotation.
05:27	Orange dot for scaling.
05:30	And, green dot is for displacement in the Skeleton.
05:35	Let’s go to the canvas.
05:38	Select the blue dot of the bone which is placed in the lower arm part of the right hand.
05:44	Move the lower arm bone as demonstrated by moving the blue dot.
05:49	Go to the Time track panel and place the cursor on the 32nd frame.
05:56	Go back to the Canvas and move the lower arm bone as demonstrated.
06:02	Again, go to the Time track panel and place the cursor on the 48th frame.
06:09	Go to the Canvas and move the lower arm bone as demonstrated.
06:15	Next, on same frame select the blue dot of the palm bone.
06:21	Then move the palm bone as demonstrated.
06:25	Once again, go to the Time track panel and place the cursor on the 63rd frame.
06:34	Go back to the Canvas and move the lower arm bone as demonstrated.
06:40	We will animate L-hand in the same way.
06:43	Go to canvas and select the blue dot on the lower arm bone of the left hand.
06:50	Go to Time track panel and place the cursor on the 20th frame.
06:56	Go to the Canvas.
06:59	Drag the blue dot and move the lower arm bone of the left hand as demonstrated.
07:06	Lastly, click on Turn on animate editing mode icon.
07:11	Click on Seek to begin at the bottom of the canvas.
07:15	Play the animation by clicking the Play button.
07:28	Once again, save the file.
07:31	Let us now check the preview.
07:36	Go to File and then click on Preview.
07:40	Set the Quality as 0.5 and Frame per second as 24.
07:45	Click on the Preview button and then click on the Play button.
07:51	We can see a preview of the animation on the screen.
07:56	Let’s close the Preview window.
07:58	Now, let us render the animation.
08:02	To do that, click on File and then on Render.
08:08	Go to Render setting window.
08:10	Click on Choose and open the Save render as window.
08:15	Choose the location to save the file. I’m choosing Desktop.
08:21	Change the filename to Basic hyphen bone hyphen animation dot avi.
08:27	Click on the Target drop-down menu and select the extension as ffmpeg.
08:35	Click on the Time tab and change the End time to 70.
08:40	Lastly, click on Render.
08:45	Let us check our animation now.
08:48	Go to Desktop and select the Basic-bone-animation. avi.
08:56	Right-click and play the animation using Firefox web browser.
09:03	With this, we have come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
09:10	In this tutorial, we learnt about basic bone animation in Synfig.
09:16	We also learnt to add bones, attach bones to the body and animate the bones.
09:24	Here is an assignment for you.
09:26	Open the Synfig file given to you in the Code files link.
09:31	Add bones and animate the hand.
09:35	Your completed assignment should look like this.
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