Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Here’s a battle between the Selection Tool and the Animate Tool.

I’ll show how they compare, what functions they’re both useful for and which is best. In reality, you’ll use both of them for different purposes. Let me show you which is used for what purpose.

00:00 The selection tool vs the animate tool in OpenToonz
01:18 Round 1: The basic controls
08:00 Round 2: Moving outside the camera
10:35 Round 3: Moving across the camera
12:35 The Judges Decision

Dwanko example downloaded from: opentoonz.github.io/e/download/opentoonz.html

Set & change the size of levels: youtu.be/3-YX5sY15u0

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